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Flirting with Stalin
Arkady Ostrovsky
— 28th September 2008 — Issue 150 
While 1917 saw a cultural flowering in Russia, the post-Soviet intelligentsia has failed to articulate a liberal vision and produced only shallow art. Little wonder that Putin has been able to exploit nostalgia for Soviet “greatness”
Subject: Europe, History & heritage, International politics, People & populationsReturn flight
After a decade of asset stripping and capital flight the Russians are finally investing in their own economy
Subject: EuropeTwo Russian films
The battle of Russia’s past is played out in two films: one indescribably cynical, the other too painful to watch
Subject: EuropeArkady Ostrovsky
Arkady Ostrovsky is Moscow bureau chief of the Economist
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