How the Russians dealt with China’s ‘Ladakh-style’ incursions

Belarus: Behind the curtains in Europe’s ‘last dictatorship’

The winds of change

A White Elephant by the Ganges: A Russian bard’s fantasies about India

Vladimir Vysotsky, one of Russia’s most beloved 20th century poets, was fascinated with the India of his imagination, and wrote and sang a few timeless classics about the country in the 1970s

Astrakhan’s India Connection

When Indian immigrants thrived in southern Russia

Capital Reasons

A brief history of transfers, name changes and ex nihilo constructions

Winter in St. Petersburg

A visit to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s House

The Backstory of our Anxieties

We are still living in the changes authored by the years 1979 and 1989

Doping Ban: Russian Sporting Prowess and Public Health

The ban on Russia in international events will be a dampener for aspiring young athletes

Behind the Upsurge in Stalin’s Popularity

Dispatch from St Petersburg

Reimagining the India Map