How Donald can solve the North Korea Crisis
Are you worried about North Korea nuking you in your sleep? Is Weird Al Yankovic’s “Christmas at Ground Zero” playing on a loop in your head these days? Never fear! The sentient...
Author: Natalia Antonova
Natalia Antonova is a DC-based writer and editor
#WednesdayWisdom: Apologies to everyone I’ve (accidentally) sent an inappropriate photo
To Vasily, prominent economist, I wanted to ask you about China’s investment strategies in various countries, because I had a theory that the same strategies will be applied to Russia now...
Quiz: Which Trump enabler should you date?
After the explosive Bachelorette finale, I know a possible nuclear apocalypse is easier if you've found love. This is why I made this quiz. It's either that or needing to distract myself from...
#WednesdayWisdom: How to Become a Russia Expert in 5 Easy Steps
The Russians are coming. While people in Ukraine have been literally screaming that for a while now (with good reason), Americans have recently begun to wake up to the possibility, now that the...
Dark Energy: Why HBO’s “The Leftovers” is the Best Show You’re Not Watching
Death is peculiar. It marks us all as guests and travelers on this planet, as guests of being – or what we know of being, anyway. Even if one believes in the permutation and transcendence of the...
The Walking Dead: In Praise of Stupidity
Many viewers of AMC’s The Walking Dead have complex feelings for the show. It’s kind of like a high school relationship that makes you listen to a lot of Cure and repeatedly doodle broken...
A New Cold War? The (Not) Surprising Crimea annexation
Wasting no time – and equally wasting no opportunity when it came to official spectacle – Russia has gone ahead and annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. The trumpets blared, a speech clearly meant to...
Dragons in their lairs: what Yanukovych’s golden paperweights say about Ukraine
Following recent bloodshed, the ouster of President Yanukovych, and new elections set for May, Ukraine is at a crossroads. It will probably remain there for some time, inspiring many overwrought...
A Country Divided: The EuroMaidan Protests in Ukraine
Well, the holidays are over, and sure enough, more clashes between protesters and riot police have erupted in Kiev. If you haven’t been paying much attention to what is happening in the Ukrainian...
The Past Lives On: Russian Homophobia and the Gulag
Russian actor Alexei Panin used to be mostly famous for overturning tables in restaurants when he’s in a bad mood. Or for the ugly custody battle he had with his ex-wife over their daughter. Or for...