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Oh, would that I could put you here, your head in the sweet, heady blossoms of the bird cherry tree (черёмуха) on this crisp spring morning. #morningcalm Riga
May 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Oh, would that I could put you here, your head in the sweet, heady blossoms of the bird cherry tree (черёмуха) on this crisp spring morning. #morningcalm Riga
Today in the #weekendkitchen our culinary historians write about the history of Lenten fasting in the Russian Empire - which was not always pious. Here's their recipe for sinful Sunday pancakes filled with candied nuts and served with jam and chocolate sauce. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/05/s...
Slightly Sinful Nut-Filled Pancakes - The Moscow Times
Our ideas about fasting during Lent in the past, like so many of our ideas about pre-revolutionary life in general, are often very far from reality.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today in the #weekendkitchen our culinary historians write about the history of Lenten fasting in the Russian Empire - which was not always pious. Here's their recipe for sinful Sunday pancakes filled with candied nuts and served with jam and chocolate sauce. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/05/s...
On Sunday we do #longreads. Here is an excerpt from artist-writer Victoria Lomasko’s new book, “The Last Soviet Artist,” introduced by Andrei Muchnik.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/v...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/v...
Victoria Lomasko’s 'The Last Soviet Artist' Chronicles Russia's Path to Dictatorship - The Moscow Times
Victoria Lomasko’s new book “The Last Soviet Artist” was presented last week in the New York office of her American publisher, n+1.Together with her two previous works, “Forbidden Art” and “Other Russ...
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March 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On Sunday we do #longreads. Here is an excerpt from artist-writer Victoria Lomasko’s new book, “The Last Soviet Artist,” introduced by Andrei Muchnik.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/v...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/v...
Every Saturday our culinary experts take us into the #weekendkitchen. This week it's a soup from Azerbaijan made with cilantro, mint and saffron along with tales of Russian tsars who gave with one hand and took back with the other. Recipe included.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/22/a...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/22/a...
Azerbaijani Soup and a Greedy Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - The Moscow Times
One of the eternal disputes among Russians is whether shashlyk (shish kabob) should be made with lamb or pork.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Every Saturday our culinary experts take us into the #weekendkitchen. This week it's a soup from Azerbaijan made with cilantro, mint and saffron along with tales of Russian tsars who gave with one hand and took back with the other. Recipe included.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/22/a...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/22/a...
If you're in Amsterdam March 16 or The Hague March 17 go see "Can You Hear Me?" with the filmmakers about medics in Russia's war against Ukraine. Or watch it online (link included). Powerful and moving film.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/13/c...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/13/c...
'Can You Hear Me?' Brings Life of War Medics to Audiences Around the World - The Moscow Times
The camera hovers over a wounded man, his face hidden by a ventilator.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If you're in Amsterdam March 16 or The Hague March 17 go see "Can You Hear Me?" with the filmmakers about medics in Russia's war against Ukraine. Or watch it online (link included). Powerful and moving film.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/13/c...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/13/c...
In Riga spring has been cancelled.
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In Riga spring has been cancelled.
Here is an excellent film about Russia’s trajectory over the last 40 years - directed by the brilliant Vera Krichevskaya. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/11/v...
Vera Krichevskaya's 'Connected' Premieres at Artdocfest in Riga - The Moscow Times
Since 2007 Artdocfest has been celebrating the art of documentary filmmaking, first in Moscow and then, when the Russian authorities began to disrupt the festivals, in Riga.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Here is an excellent film about Russia’s trajectory over the last 40 years - directed by the brilliant Vera Krichevskaya. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/11/v...
Cat on a cold tin roof in Riga.
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Cat on a cold tin roof in Riga.
Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov’s first novel “No Country For Love” hit US bookstores. Here’s an excerpt and review of this compelling and important book.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/n...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/n...
'No Country for Love': Yaroslav Trofimov’s Novel of Survival and Identity - The Moscow Times
“No Country for Love,” Yaroslav Trofimov’s new book and his first work of fiction, is a family saga like no other.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov’s first novel “No Country For Love” hit US bookstores. Here’s an excerpt and review of this compelling and important book.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/n...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/n...
Hello hello! I haven’t been around much - sorry - but will be stopping in more often. Working on a piece about a marvelous art show I saw in Berlin. Artists: Vitaly Komar; group Plus, Minus, Comma; and AI. Museum Ruins in the future. Mood.
February 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hello hello! I haven’t been around much - sorry - but will be stopping in more often. Working on a piece about a marvelous art show I saw in Berlin. Artists: Vitaly Komar; group Plus, Minus, Comma; and AI. Museum Ruins in the future. Mood.
Last week in Latvia was one of solemn remembrance. But this week the country is celebrating its independennce. Great light show and partying in the street!
November 19, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Last week in Latvia was one of solemn remembrance. But this week the country is celebrating its independennce. Great light show and partying in the street!
People walk along the river embankment. Somewhere musicians are playing.
November 12, 2024 at 8:18 AM
People walk along the river embankment. Somewhere musicians are playing.
On 11 November Latvians honor those who died for the country’s independence by lighting candles along the castle wall.
November 12, 2024 at 8:16 AM
On 11 November Latvians honor those who died for the country’s independence by lighting candles along the castle wall.
#StSaviours Anglican Church in Riga is having a section of its crumbling vaulted ceiling repaired. Look at the fretwork ready for plaster!
November 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM
#StSaviours Anglican Church in Riga is having a section of its crumbling vaulted ceiling repaired. Look at the fretwork ready for plaster!
First snow (the tree was right to dash away)
October 27, 2023 at 7:14 AM
First snow (the tree was right to dash away)
Big tree getting ready to run. Snow on its way here in Riga.
October 26, 2023 at 6:33 AM
Big tree getting ready to run. Snow on its way here in Riga.
Are French tacos - or rather “delicious French tacos” - a thing?
October 23, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Are French tacos - or rather “delicious French tacos” - a thing?
If anyone wants a preview, we were lucky enough to print an excerpt when it came out. www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/24/o...
I love this collection by @olgaz.bsky.social !
Woo hoo! I will continue to celebrate my book -- it reached 70 ratings on Goodreads! A nice number for an indie press book. Thanks @wtawpress.bsky.social for publishing. Friends, you can buy and see what you think here:
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October 19, 2023 at 9:44 AM
If anyone wants a preview, we were lucky enough to print an excerpt when it came out. www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/24/o...
Look what has infiltrated Riga.
October 9, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Look what has infiltrated Riga.
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com The playwright Yevgenia Berkovich in pretrial detention in Moscow on spurious terrorism charges asked for books by Vonnegut, Heinlein and Gaiman.
September 29, 2023 at 4:32 AM
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com The playwright Yevgenia Berkovich in pretrial detention in Moscow on spurious terrorism charges asked for books by Vonnegut, Heinlein and Gaiman.
Very interesting piece from Tbilisi, Georgia about Russian rock musicians accepting blame for their country’s brutal war and trying to do good. www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/28/a...
A Russian Band in Georgia Struggles to Do Good
Arseni Morozov’s band had just finished a set in a fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees in a Tbilisi, Georgia bar when the owner unexpectedly took the stage. “Please don’t speak Russian between son...
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September 29, 2023 at 4:16 AM
Very interesting piece from Tbilisi, Georgia about Russian rock musicians accepting blame for their country’s brutal war and trying to do good. www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/28/a...
-gas station attendant
-waitress
-housecleaner
-documentary film producer
-head of health communication NGO
-waitress
-housecleaner
-documentary film producer
-head of health communication NGO
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- professor
- FM radio program producer and anchor
- investigative researcher for lawyers/writers
- professor
- FM radio program producer and anchor
- investigative researcher for lawyers/writers
September 24, 2023 at 7:55 AM
-gas station attendant
-waitress
-housecleaner
-documentary film producer
-head of health communication NGO
-waitress
-housecleaner
-documentary film producer
-head of health communication NGO
Latvia has lots of magical folk tales - no wonder, with magical forests like this, even in the city.
September 20, 2023 at 6:24 AM
Latvia has lots of magical folk tales - no wonder, with magical forests like this, even in the city.
A tiny corner of #Riga
September 20, 2023 at 3:43 AM
A tiny corner of #Riga