Moscow Metro
I rarely use the Metro during the morning or evening rush hours, so I hardly ever see large crowds on the stations and in the trains.
Kleinhouse
Red hands in the yard of the Kleinhouse housing compound. Красные руки...
Shawl Vendor
The lady sells shawls near the Belorusskaya Railway Station.
Man Without Shadow
Marika Rökk, who was banned from acting for two years for her apparent closeness to the Nazi regime, had in fact been working from the 1940s onwards for a reconnaissance…
Organic Food Store with a Nasty Twist
German Sterligov’s organic food store: no gays allowed, the rest get a nice smile. Actually, the sign outside says “ENTRY BANNED TO FAGGOTS”. PS. The store has been shut down.
Kalashnikov Statue Causes Controversy in Moscow
There is undoubtedly nothing artistic about the statue to the father of the legendary AK-47: a man with a submachine-gun and the ubiquitous St. George piercing the dragon (or the…
About Squirrel Patrols in Moscow
Once upon a time, when things were quiet in Moscow, the then AP bureau chief Caro Kriel found a fascinating story in the word’s very wide web, claiming that city…