Mikhail Loginov is a journalist and novelist based in St Petersburg. He is the author of the recently published bestselling political thriller "Battle for Kremlin".
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Published in: oDREat, drink and be merry – but at your own expense!
New Year is by far Russia’s most important and lavishly celebrated public holiday. But as Russians prepare to...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s intimate salons
It’s well known that in Soviet times prostitution, and any sex for that matter, didn’t exist – officially, at any...
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Published in: oDRA villa abroad is fine, but close your bank account
Well-off Russian bureaucrats have got used to having a second home abroad, whether it’s a cottage in Ukraine or a...
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Published in: oDRCanvassing for the vegetable vote
While Muscovites decide whether Aleksei Navalny or Sergei Sobyanin will be their next mayor, their compatriots will...
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Published in: oDRTaken from Chita, Made in China
Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake on the planet, is part of Russia’s DNA, and many romantic ballads sing of...
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Published in: oDRAleksei Navalny takes on ‘the fools and the roads’
As the saying goes: ‘Russia has two misfortunes: the fools and the roads.’ Aleksei Navalny is just about still...