Boy Soldiers
Afghanistan’s adults unanimously say they are tired of fighting, but their children seem to enjoy the numerous paraphernalia…
Education in Afghanistan
During the Taliban rule, which came to an end in late 2001, Afghanistan had schools that taught mostly…
Afghan Kids’ Life
Afghan children have driven many cameramen and photographers mad: they always stare into the camera, very often making…
Stalin and Dow Jones
Once upon a time a TASS night-time editor picked up a ringing phone and – lo and behold…
The Cook that Killed ‘Em All
The little person standing on the porch of the prison cell of the Do-Ab detention center for Taliban…
The Battle for Tskhinval(i)
It was not easy to cover the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008, which involved Georgia, Russia and…
“Workers’ Demonstrations” in USSR
On the first of May, as well as on other Soviet holidays that required universal shows of loyalty,…
About Squirrel Patrols in Moscow
Once upon a time, when things were quiet in Moscow, the then AP bureau chief Caro Kriel found…
Man Without Shadow
Marika Rökk, who was banned from acting for two years for her apparent closeness to the Nazi regime,…
Kleinhouse
Red hands in the yard of the Kleinhouse housing compound.
¿Por qué los rusos no sonríen?
Uno de los estereotipos sobre los rusos es que ellos no sonríen tan a menudo como la gente…
What You Can Buy in Moscow
Like all great minds, I had a dream...