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New woman
Veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya, editor-in-chief of opposition news magazine The New Times since 2007, is a Russian dissident who has stayed in her country to speak out against Kremlin corruption.
Culture
A news kiosk on Pushkin Square in Moscow, and this month's new music, film, art and music.
Stock in trade
Finnish retailer Stockmann faces its biggest setback in Russia after its Moscow store was forced to close. Unfazed CEO Hannu Penttilä explains why he is sticking to his eastern expansion plans.
Defence
Defence special: tension hotspots; Russian submariners get rescue lessons with the Norwegians.
City editor
Soviet planning and modern speculators have left many Russian cities at crisis point. But property billionaire Sergey Gordeev plans to turn impoverished Perm into a beacon of urban innovation. Is this a new revolution?
Europe
Russians promise to stub out the smoking habit, getting high in Stockholm, and bridging a great divide in Germany.
Business
Japan's biggest used-car dealer conquers the US, self-help books on Indian mobile phones, plus growing profits in Russia.
Uphill struggle
Sochi, a Black Sea resort popular with Putin, was a surprise choice to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. To prepare for one million visitors, the region needs new roads, hotels and infrastructure.
Europe
The style of Russia's new first lady, and the not-so private lives of Finland's politicians.
Finnish line
The Russia-Finland border was once a Cold War flashpoint. Now, Finns and Russians work together to stop traffickers opening new smuggling routes. Monocle joins the Finnish border guards on patrol.
