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Sunday Reader No. 6: Hell Is Full
On Chaplygin Street in Moscow. Photo by anatrrra. Used with their permission EXTERIOR: A neo-classical building in Moscow’s old German quarter. A plaque on the wall reads, “Western District Military Court No 2”. A group of actors and journalists mill around on the lawn. INTERIOR: A large hall with a grand staircase. Through the frame of a metal detector stands a statue of Lady Justice in her…
Well-Being and the War
“We love and miss Berlin so much that we decided not to wait until we find ourselves there again . . .” Samotechnaya Square, Moscow, April 2025. Photo: anatrrra (used with their permission) Despite being hit with unprecedented Western sanctions, the war with Ukraine has been accompanied by a noticeable increase in the well-being of Russians. A new study has revealed the extent of the domestic…
Leavers vs. Remainers, Vol. 1
The Russian Reader kicks off a series on the "leavers vs. remainers" debate among wartime Russians with poet and musician Kirill Medvedev's account of why he came back to Moscow and why he wants to stay put.
anatrrra, On the Arbat, December 2024 Kirill Medvedev,* a poet, publisher, and member of the band Arkady Kots, left Russia in 2023 and returned in late 2024. At Republic Weekly’s request, he explains his winding road, what Moscow looks like when one hasn’t seen it from the inside for a long time, and what remainers have to say about leavers. After a year and a half of living in other countries…
Drones over Aprashka
As Ukrainian drones attacked the surrounding Leningrad Region this past weekend, life went on, seemingly unaltered, at downtown Petersburg’s notorious, glorious Apraksin Market aka Aprashka.
As Ukrainian drones attacked the surrounding Leningrad Region this past weekend, life went on, seemingly unaltered, at downtown Petersburg’s notorious, glorious Apraksin Market aka Aprashka. Thanks to anatrrra for kind permission to reprint their stunning photo reportage from the market. “Chinese bistro” “Islamic goods” Continue reading Drones over Aprashka
I Miss the World
anatrrra, from the series “Petersburg in April,” 2023You can see the entire series on their LiveJournal I just spent many hours roaming around Kolomna. I love the neighborhood: it soothes my soul, if only for a short time. I came upon two dudes approximately my age sitting on a bench and drinking beer. From what I heard them saying it was clear as a bell that they had listened to Kinchev,…
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Moscow, May 9
For the first time in my life (I swear!) I went to the Immortal Regiment march today. Let’s just say I was strongly encouraged to do it. I hesitated, I thought it over, but in the end my curiosity won out. I have been shooting almost nothing for more than two months, because I simply lost any sense of how to go on documenting urban life and civic activism in the new reality. What did I see and…
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“Expressive Eyebrows”: Azat Miftakhov Jailed After Secret Witness Testifies Anatrr Ra Facebook February 12, 2019 Azat Miftakhov, a mathematics and mechanics graduate student at Moscow State University, has been remanded in custody until March 7, 2019…
“Expressive Eyebrows”: Azat Miftakhov Jailed After Secret Witness Testifies Anatrr Ra Facebook February 12, 2019 Azat Miftakhov, a mathematics and mechanics graduate student at Moscow State University, has been remanded in custody until March 7, 2019…
