After a "special audit" of their editorial content, Mark Ames, editor of The Exile, has announced the paper is folding.
The bi-weekly free paper for English-speaking expats in Moscow has survived beatings, death threats, police intimidation, sexually transmitted diseases, censorship, and calls for...

Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace. Tonight, I finally saw it. The movie opened many moons ago, in 1999. People spent days camped outside the doors of theaters, basking in Star Wars mania. Some even wore costumes (you know who you are). Tonight, for my own premier, I decided not to wear braided buns over...

There are three things that all russian households have: 1. A set of cabinets that have two glass doors that enclose china and odd things shaped out of glass 2. a tapestry or rug hung on the wall 3. high quality vodka ready in the event that company stops by. This the story of my first encounter with...

Spent late spring early summer in Kamchatka. We spent most of our time in the backcountry touring and filming. It's wild and incredible country over there. check out telemarkzone.de for pics and our new...