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The Buranovo Grannies: life after 70

May 2, 2012 Svetlana Smetanina, RIR
Why is Russia’s Eurovision group so popular? Could it be because they show an aging world that all is not lost with time?

‘The second sex’ in Russian and Marathi literature

April 19, 2012 Priyanka Gera, RIR
Women’s issues, especially perspectives on “the Body” portrayed by Russian and Marathi women writers are the subject of recent study by Dr. Megha Pansare, Associate Professor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

A Russian who discovered the Titanic

April 11, 2012 Diana Laarz
April 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. Today the wreckage is being explored by Russian deep-sea researchers

100-year-old swimmer sets record

March 28, 2012 Mikhail Mordasov, RIR
Vasili Krapivin has become the first athlete in his age category to swim the distance of 25 meters

Russia ranks 2nd for billionaires

March 15, 2012 Irina Filatova, The Moscow Times
Russia ranked second by the number of the world’s wealthiest people this year — leaving China just a notch behind — with tycoon Alisher Usmanov becoming the country’s richest businessman for the first time

Davlat Khudonazarov meets Satyajit Ray, the ‘Ustad’

March 14, 2012 Priyanka Gera, RIR
Filmmaker and human rights activist, Davlat Khudonazarov speaks about the cinema of the legendary Indian director Satyajit Ray and its universality

First woman in space

March 12, 2012 Daria Gonzales
This week Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, celebrated her 75th birthday

A Russian rhapsody

January 27, 2012 Achala Moulik, specially for RIR
Writer, playwright and Russophile Achala Moulik, awarded in Russia the Pushkin Medal, recalls falling in love with the country of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

Chekhov’s tryst with the ‘paradise’ island in the Indian Ocean

January 10, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR from Colombo, Sri Lanka
The great Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov never visited India but he managed to spend 3 days on an island often described as “the teardrop of India,” that is Sri Lanka.

Butterfly wings for politicians’ faces

January 8, 2012 Valentin Bayukansky, specially for RIR
Artist Vadim Zaritsky uses a very unusual material for his paintings – butterfly wings. His works include portraits of renowned political figures and fellow artists as well as landscapes and still lifes

Indians bring Medvedev closer to his dream

December 21, 2011 Combined reports
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been awarded an honorary PhD by India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University

Indians abroad: Feeling at home in Moscow

December 19, 2011 Daniil Turovsky, afisha.ru
Aram Devi, a resident of New Delhi, came to Moscow a year ago. Here is the story of enterprise, cross-cultural encounter and finding a home in another country while being true to one’s roots, in Aram Devi’s own words….

Dev Anand: A Wayfarer in Russia

December 16, 2011 Dadan Upadhyay, RIR
Not many know about the Russia connection of iconic Indian actor Dev Anand. He visited Russia in 1954, he married in Russia and his film “Rahi” was very popular in Soviet Union.

Russian space designer Boris Chertok dies

December 14, 2011 Combined reports
Boris Chertok, who had played a key role in engineering Soviet-era space victories, died at the age of 99.

Congratulations Sonia Gandhi

December 12, 2011 Combined reports
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday congratulated Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 66th birthday.

Svetlana Alliluyeva: The Indian episode that nearly triggered a major diplomatic crisis

December 6, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin’s child, was responsible for a set of events in India that looked like they were right out of a James Bond film.

Prisoner of the name: Joseph Stalin’s daughter dies

November 29, 2011 Russia Today
Svetlana Alliluyeva, also known as Lana Peters, the only surviving child of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, has died at the age of 85.

A mix of Russian Orthodoxy and modern photography

November 29, 2011 Anisia Boroznova, RIR
Meet Ivan Zhuk, a unique Russian photographer, whose works encompass religion and art

The most important job in society

November 23, 2011 Diana Krovvidi, Deborah William
How different are teachers in India and in Russia? We are continuing our series of “Double Portraits” to investigate...

Alena Adamkova gets “Devbhumi” award

November 16, 2011 RIR
Alena Adamkova, the executive director and curator of the International Roerich Memorial Trust (IRMT), has been granted the prestigious Indian award
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