Pussy Riot Members Flee Russia

By Laura Flood at 4:00 PM on August 27, 2012

Two of the activists from Russian punk band Pussy Riot have fled the country to escape police The Associated Press reported....  read more

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Pussy Riot and Russia's Awkward Version of Democracy

By Josh Jackson at 10:35 AM on August 17, 2012

A punk band with the name Pussy Riot chose an Orthodox church as a venue for protest against the increasingly totalitarian attitude of a leader who's held power for more than a dozen years.  read more

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In Russia, There's a Literal "Band on the Run"

By John Barrett at 1:00 PM on October 3, 2011

People do some crazy things while they’re in traffic; shaving, putting on makeup, reading a book, curling their hair — you get the idea. But a couple of Russians have taken what’s possible to do on the highway to an unprecedented new level with their mobile rock band. Observe as the guy who took the video, driving down the Russian highway, comes up on a motorcycle with a rather large passenger pod attached to its side. As he moves to pass it, it turns out, lo and behold: There’s a guy playing a full drum set and a guy playing...  read more

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My Perestroika: The Soviet Generation

By Michael Dunaway at 12:25 PM on September 8, 2011

Robin Hessman doesn’t have a quick and easy answer to your questions about what it was like living through the fall of the Soviet Union. “Whenever a Russian expresses any kind of nostalgia,” she explains. “or longing for anything from the past, Westerners will gasp and get nervous, like this person is a Communist and wishes a return to the Soviet Union. And it’s much more complicated than that.  read more

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Andrei Rodionov: Russia's Slam King

By Rachel Dovey at 10:00 AM on July 16, 2009

Andrei Rodionov is missing part of his right ear. His Mr. Clean-like dome is barely covered by the shadow of a crew cut...  read more

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Mikhail Gorbachev's Album of Romantic Ballads Bought for $164,940

By Angela Pham at 9:40 AM on June 23, 2009

If Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, never struck you as the romantic type, maybe his recently released musical debut of love songs will change your mind. One caveat: There's only one copy available, and that copy was already sold for £100,000, or about $164,940....  read more

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