Vadim Tuneev, born in Tashkent in the pre-perestroika USSR, was a scientist seeking the meaning of life when he was handed a copy of the Bhagavad Gita.The book ...

Boris B. Nadezhdin, 63, appeared in a video standing in front of the Eiffel Tower. He said he was “alive and free, but, ...

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully ...

This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival is leading with an exhibition of the work of Gwen John (1876-1939). The show – at the ...

EU Commissioner proposes "Perestroika" for bureaucracy and protected debate space, per leak. Observers are alarmed.

Met officers issue a final appeal for information as they seek a breakthrough in hunt for missing London estate agent ...

Three decades after Communism’s collapse, the Soviet mindset still shapes Russia’s politics, identity and future ...

The August Coup is a masterly piece of scholarship, written like a political thriller (which the episode was), and the ...

A tribute to the life of UK expeditioner Geoff Somers and his extraordinary calm, courage and skill during his gruelling ...

After arriving in France in 2022, journalist Elizaveta Osetinskaya settled in Paris' 16th arrondissement. She especially praises the French school system, which her daughter Bella now benefits from.

Based in Miami, he is the author of an essay on the economic transformation the island experienced in the first six years of the Revolution ...

Cultural shifts don't announce themselves with a press release. They tend to arrive through friction, through a crowd that refuses to disperse, or a wall that finally gives way after decades of ...