Local elections were held across Russia on September 12 and 14. The campaign was particularly dull in Kostroma, a tourist town northeast of Moscow, revealing a society stifled by repression and overcome by apathy and weariness.

Local elections were held across Russia on September 12 and 14. The campaign was particularly dull in Kostroma, a tourist town northeast of Moscow, revealing a society stifled by…

In 50 years, the 8th arrondissement of the French capital, home to the Champs-Elysées and the 'Golden Triangle,' has lost nearly half its population. The mass acquisition of real…