Photos by Peter Hunt
Where is everybody? I’m in Moscow and I’m supposed to be witnessing women in jewels and Dolce & Gabbana fighting like cats over the latest diamond-studded Vertu phones, except there’s no one here.

The phones are here. (Good God! Am I converting right from roubles? Is the phone in my hand really £10,000? [...]

On June the 12th (having started in 2003), the Russian Federation celebrates its official declaration of sovereignty. Since 2002 this holiday has been named ‘Russia Day.’ Of all the official holidays to be in Russia for, this perhaps is the best.
The weather is fantastic (this year the temperature was pushing 30), there is little [...]

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Evgeni Kogan is a marketing manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, currently enjoying being a ‘re-patriot’ in Moscow, Russia. Born in St.Petersburg, Russia during the last days of disco, he lived most of his life in New Zealand and has recently made the journey back to Eastern Europe [...]

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The Moscow Metro is beyond beautiful. It’s a masterpiece and one of the most incredible things in the city

Story by Karen Walker
Photos by Mikhail Gherman
Arriving in Moscow at night, the most noticeable thing is that the streets are awash with billboards advertising every one of Russia’s newly embraced status symbols - Motorola, Bentley, Louis Vuitton and, opposite Red Square, a block long: the new Rolex Ice. I wonder aloud to Mikhail how strange [...]