Tag: Russia
Mary Wong noodle bar / Fork studio
The Mary Wong noodle bar in the center of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Concept, pendant light fixtures, graphics and construction control by Moscow based Fork studio aka designers Ivan Maximov, Kirill Ermoshin, Platonov Pavel and Alex Nekrasov
via thefoxisblack
Soviet-era erotic alphabet / Sergey Merkurov
NSFW alphabet book inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art, illustrated by sculptor Sergey Merkurov.. Printed in the Soviet Union circa 1931.
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My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love
eat me
This is a Russian tampon commercial that goes straight to the point, without using “those difficult days of the month”, “sensitive area” and women being skeptical about going to their office with their beige tight skirts. Perfect for this time of the year!
meanwhile in Russia..
Tilda Swinton with a rainbow flag, in front of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square Moscow, July 2013. Tilda’s photo was released along with a statement that read: In solidarity. From Russia with love.
An unknown anti-gay activist hits in a very manly way the already arrested Russian gay and LGBT rights activist, Nikolai Alexeyev, during an unauthorized gay rights activists rally in central Moscow. Image by Andrey Svitailo / Getty Images
check the: 36 Photos From Russia That Everyone Needs To See @ Buzzfeed
Belarusian beauty Maryna Linchuk, for April’s Russian Vogue editorial: How I Met Your Mother.. According to Vogue Maryna -not a mother in real life- is the perfect modern ..mama, all she needs is her sky-high Christian Loubouti stilletos and an always flying ponytail. Baby is optional but NEVER gay. Check the series here
The 60-year-old president Vladimir Putin posing shirtless and shaved in Siberia, July 2013. Video footage and images was released by the Kremlin, showing a macho Putin fishing, driving a motorboat and petting reindeer with his prime minister and defense minister. (read more here)
previously: From Russia with love #1 + #2 and the Portrait of a Russian Oligarch
Portrait of a Russian Oligarch
Another surreal tale from the land of the tsars: Vice‘s Ryan Duffy spends a day with Sergey Veremeenko, the guy who “owns pretty much the entire North of Russia.”
Via Blame It On The Voices. Link to video.
from Russia with love #2
“Welcome To Sochi 2014” poster series by artist Vasily Slonov (visit full collection here), is cencored in Russia for ridiculing the 2014 Olympic games in Sochi and exposing Vladimir Putin’s continuous violations of human rights.
Putin’s most recent laws include the criminalization of the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” as well as the “provision permitting the government to arrest and detain gay or pro-gay tourists for up to 14 days, before deportation“.
Russian LGBT community calls for Boycott of 2014 Olympics .
Previous greetings from Russia, here.