Russia

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

Ajay Kamalakaran

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

Ajay Kamalakaran

When Indian immigrants thrived in southern Russia

Capital Reasons

Sudeep Paul

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

Winter in St. Petersburg

Ajay Kamalakaran

A visit to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s House

The Backstory of our Anxieties

TCA Raghavan

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

Doping Ban: Russian Sporting Prowess and Public Health

Ajay Kamalakaran

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

Behind the Upsurge in Stalin’s Popularity

Ajay Kamalakaran

Dispatch from St Petersburg

Since the Soviet Union collapsed, caviar has gone from being easily available to being less so; China has become its largest producer in the world; and luxury has gone from being all about global chic to local grunge