Have you heard of Very British Problems? It’s a humorous book about Britain and Brits. Russians, too, have their idiosyncrasies!

In pre-Communist Russia by tradition parents named their newborn baby after a saint whose feast day it was. And you could only christen your

Why translate Russian brands when you can make a clever use of Cyrillic and Latin alphabets? Some brands will use Russian characters to writ

It’s no secret that alcohol and crime can sometimes go together. During police interviews questions can come up about how much a suspect had

In Russian the direct calque of “nationality” is “национальность”, but it means something different. It denotes a person’s ethnic origin, fo

To most people nationality is equal to citizenship, but not for Russians. The fact that you are Russian can indicate that you a citizen of R

Public signs in countries around the world can tell a fascinating story of their own, and a lot of funny articles have been written to highl

Language is an evolving phenomenon and my recent trip to Moscow has proved just that. Over the past few years I have read a few articles on

Visitors to Russia who have happened to live there for a period of time longer than you would expect from a tourist, will have noticed the c

Russian speaking migrants living in the UK are beginning to confuse things too. Local councils are referred to by them as Consulates. So a c