What is art and what is its purpose? I see the purpose of art in promoting humanity and certain moral norms, while choosing to refrain from the moral concept of moralists and understanding moral as a positive and deeply human construct, in which many different people meet respectfully for each other's convictions, exchanging ideas through art.…
Luba Kemenova is the founder and owner of ostPost in Berlin-Mitte. ostPost is a café, bookstore, and event space with “an Eastern European touch,” as Luba calls it. The Russian-born entrepreneur followed her dream…
Vadim Kamkalov is the founder and owner of Protokoll Taproom, an international (and Russian) craft beer bar in Friedrichshain. We talked to the craft beer enthusiast about Russian craft beer, his journey to Berlin…
Russian-German Artem Hein is the founder and co-owner of Vater Bar in Berlin-Neukölln. Together with business partner Andreas Simon, he has recently taken over the Weserstraße bar Kuschlowski that they have transformed into a…
Berlinograd and Vater Bar in Berlin are joining forces once again and proudly present Berlinograd Shashlik II at Vater Bar Neukölln on Sunday, August 19th from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Delicious Russian Shashlik will be…
Tatyana Palyga lived in many places before finally moving to Berlin. She recently opened Zoopark Studio with her business partner Alexander Bondar in Berlin-Neukölln. Reason enough for us to sit down with her and…
Fête de la Musique is a much loved annual Berlin event that marks the beginning of summer on June 21st with free music performances of every style imaginable across the German capital. More than…
We loved every single second of Red Square Festival last weekend! T H A N K. Y O U to the amazing and ambitious team of Red Square Festival for a very magical…
Carina Spreitzer grew up in the Austrian alps and speaks Russian fluently. We talked to the passionate Slavophile about her work for a Russian-German NGO, why you should try Pelmeni cooking at Red Square Festival…
Sergey Medvedev is the managing director of Dekabristen e.V., a German-Russian NGO that aims to build exchange programs for young professionals and social innovators from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and regions in the South Caucasus. While interviewing Sergey we learned much about his journey from Russia…