Russian and Ukrainian people who have opted to withdraw from conventional society and live as hermits in isolated natural surrounds.
“Marusya” is a private joy house for wealthy women. It is located in the center of Moscow.
Photographer Varvara Lozenko questioned a number of Icelanders why they think their country is so different from any other places. The most common answer was ‘Because we are so few ” So she decided to photograph 320 Icelanders by the number of thousands of the country’s population. Every portrait stands for 1000 people.
For photographer Anastasia Tsayder, returning to a small village in rural Russia in 2013 brought a rush of childhood memories.
In 2009, Stephen Lennon A.K.A Tommy Robinson established the English Defense League (E.D.L). Its aim is to stop radical Islam’s influence in the UK.
Utrish is a small place near the Black sea,Russia. It is a national park. In the early 60s it became one of the favorite resorts for nudists in Soviet Union and has been worshiped ever since. Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians come to Utrish every year.
Up until very recently the word Olympics in Russia has mainly associated with the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The games had a largely symbolic meaning aimed to prove the superiority of Socialist regime. Most buildings were designed in 1975–1978, a period still marked with optimism and hopes for a bright future.
Situated on the Black Sea, the city of Sochi has long been one of the country’s most popular resorts, an elite vacation destination for Soviet and present-day Russian leaders. In February and March 2014, the city of Sochi will host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Backstage in Bolshoi Theatre. Bolshoi dancers are preparing for a regular performance of romantic Coppélia
Balaklava is a small town by the sea in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. During the Soviet era, it was a city that didn’t exist to the outside world. The town closed to the public for more than 30 years due to the submarine base that was situated there.
For the last few years I have been following the punk community in St.Petersburg. One would say that punks look the same everywhere, but in today’s Russia being different in any way takes a lot of courage. Unfortunately, recently St.Petersburg has become a center of this bigotry.
People protest against the court verdict sentencing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 5 years in jail.
The photographer Olga Kravets started working in Chechnya in 2009 with a collaborative project exploring the aftermath of war in its capital. In 2013 she decided to go beyond the city boundaries and show the whole republic under the ubiquitous power of its authoritarian leader