You might have seen the discontinued Trump Tower Moscow project all over the news recently - again. Well, even though our capital won’t be getting its own golden highrise, we’re not going to just sit quietly and not Photoshop it into every imaginable Moscow skyline!

When you’re travelling, just a dozen words can be enough to communicate with locals (or to not get completely lost anyway). Here is a super minimalist Russian vocabulary list for you. We’ll assume you’re already familiar with “da” (yes) and “nyet” (no).

This year, a group of grannies sold their apartments to open a brothel, Donald Trump rode Russian public transport, and more.

December 11 is the 100th anniversary of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s birth. Why is it crucial to know his literary works and biography to understand Russia and its history?