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Murmansk: Arctic revival

Many Russian cities might seem like they are at the end of the world, but Murmansk really is. Our correspondent Shaun Walker reports. 26.10.07
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Moscow offers great business opportunities and thousands of ways to spend. 09.07.07
Latest Magazine Articles
2008Fullstopvolume 02
October2008
MY WORKING LIFE

Unlike many other Russian dissidents, veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya has never considered emigration and, as editor-in-chief since 2007 of opposition weekly news magazine The New Times, has dared to speak out against Kremlin corruption.

AFFAIRS REPORT

A war erupted in Europe and nobody was ready for it.

2008Fullstopvolume 02
September2008
WELL STACKED

Larisa Petrova sells newspapers and magazines from a kiosk on Pushkin Square in the heart of Moscow.

2008Fullstopvolume 02
July/August2008
EUROPE BRIEFING

During the Soviet era, only Russia's rural poor lived in houses; everyone else, from rank-and-file workers to top party functionaries, lived in apartment blocks.

Q&A

Soviet planning and modern speculators have left many Russian cities at crisis point.

2008Fullstopvolume 02
June2008
EUROPE BRIEFING

More than half of Russian men and over a third of women smoke, which contributes to the low life expectancy (under 59 for men) in the country.

 
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