Thursday, 15 October 2026

Alexandr Radayev

Finnish customs detained more than 200 Russian museum exhibits at Vaalimaa in 2022

Art · Museums · Heritage · Society · Saint Petersburg

Finnish customs detained more than 200 Russian museum exhibits at Vaalimaa in 2022

Finnish customs conclude investigation into Russian cultural treasures detained in spring 2022. Finnish customs officers detained vehicles carrying works of art from Russian museums in April 2022. More than 200 exhibits were placed under arrest, among them items from the collections of the State Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the

By Alexandr Radayev
The rehabilitation of Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1893-1975), accused after the war of collaborating with the occupiers, has recently been revoked

Almaty · Faith · Society · People

The rehabilitation of Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1893-1975), accused after the war of collaborating with the occupiers, has recently been revoked

Metropolitan Joseph was a man whom many tipped for Patriarch of All Russia after the death of Alexy I. He is also the author of the legendary retort to the remark that Yury Gagarin had flown into space and had not seen God, which ran thus: “Yury Gagarin did not

By Alexandr Radayev
Princess Alexandra of Kent Turns 88: She Is Now the Third Most Senior Member of the British Royal Family, After Her Elder Brother, the 89-Year-Old Duke of Kent, and His 91-Year-Old Wife Katharine

Aristocracy · Monarchies · People

Princess Alexandra of Kent Turns 88: She Is Now the Third Most Senior Member of the British Royal Family, After Her Elder Brother, the 89-Year-Old Duke of Kent, and His 91-Year-Old Wife Katharine

Princess Alexandra of Kent, the most Russian member of the British royal family and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, is the granddaughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and the great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II. Princess Alexandra of Kent is the last member of the English royal

By Alexandr Radayev
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in the September issue of Vogue Spain, marking the release of Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, The Room Next Door, with the two of them as a duo

Cinema · Books · Pop Culture

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in the September issue of Vogue Spain, marking the release of Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, The Room Next Door, with the two of them as a duo

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in the September issue of Vogue Spain, marking the release of Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, The Room Next Door, with the two of them as a duo. It is not merely Almodóvar's first film in English, but also his

By Alexandr Radayev
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