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25 Years After the USSR

Television sets manufactured in the USSR would sometimes spontaneously explode. It’s hard to say exactly what the…

The First (And Only) Russian Ranch Video Awards

Now that all the hullabaloo of The Oscars has died down, I direct your attention to Russia’s movie industry where Westerns are all the rage.

Not Westerns of the Clint Eastwood variety, but promotional Western videos about…

(Part One) Inside a Russian Slaughterhouse, It’s a Far Cry From ‘The Jungle’

I didn’t know what to expect, walking into a Russian slaughterhouse. The fact that Miratorg, a large corporation, had agreed to give me access was surprising. “We have nothing to hide,” said…