The Dimensions of a Cave, by Greg Jackson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). This cerebral thriller follows an investigative journalist as he attempts to expose a secret government program developing a ...

Too many dams have made Russia's most important river dysfunctional. Here's how the mother river can be fixed. You can find Dubna, a small town three hours away from Moscow by train, both on a map and ...

In a timeless, abundant land of woods, plains and water, a gruff farmer summons a timid teacher to instruct his daughter. During their lessons, a shy friendship blossoms. When the farmer takes his ...

Volga-Dnepr has reportedly threatened legal action against the Canadian government over its seizure of one of its Antonov An-124 freighter aircraft. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, the ...

Russian authorities are keen to nationalize Volga-Dnepr Group—once the country’s once largest cargo carrier—its founder Alexey Isaikin said at a meeting with employees celebrating the airline’s 35th ...

As winter slowly approached in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, the trees along the River Volga began to change colour (at the time of my visit). Their leaves turned bright red, orange and yellow, ...

The tumults of the Russian Revolution are recounted in Yakhina’s laborious epic of a German-speaking Soviet republic (after Zuleikha). In the 1910s, schoolteacher Jakob Bach is a citizen of Gnadenthal ...