Max Sher
Food
Blessed are the cheesemakers, brewers, bakers and restaurateurs making our meals a pleasure. Here’s our pick of the vital victuallers making Monocle’s February menu.
New Broom: Interview with Mikheil Saakashvili
From president of Georgia to governor of Odessa, Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili has taken his core principles with him. Monocle finds out how he plans to use his experience to reform the region.
Reportage 1. A tale of two cities: Kazakhstan
Visits to Kazakhstan’s capital and its predecessor reveal a discrepancy in investment and shared conundrums: can the country survive with President Putin circling – and is it even a country?
News with views
State-funded news channel RT has faced accusations of partiality over its Crimea coverage. With international attention on its reporting, Monocle goes behind the scenes to investigate the controversial Russian broadcaster.
The Interview Series: Vitali Klitschko
From the boxing ring to parliament, Vitali Klitschko has not followed a conventional career path. Ukraine’s opposition politician tells us why he believes you must fight for a better future.
The interview series 2013/4
From Chile to the Philippines, Monocle meets five political heavyweights as they look back over 2013 and forwards to the various challenges of the year ahead.
Slowly does it
Buying property in the centre of this Russian city will require some patience – but it’s worth it in the end.
Diplomacy
Meet the decidedly unstuffy Panamanian ambassador in London and the US's man in Moscow.
Andrey Kurkov
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov is a master of dark comedies. For his last meal, he takes us to his local Kiev haunt, Jungle Cat, for some traditional Georgian cuisine.
Expo 49: On the brink
Two riverside towns, one frozen border: gleaming Heihe faces desolate Blagoveshchensk, as China and Russia forge an uneasy, resource-driven partnership decades after armed conflict.
