Amos Chapple is a New Zealand-born writer and visual journalist with a particular interest in the former U.S.S.R.
Five of the weirdest creations that ever flew, skimmed, or twisted their way across the Soviet Union.
She lived in the shadow of the men in her life until, years after her death, these unseen photographs of Soviet life were discovered in an attic.
One hundred years after his murder, the spirit of Siberia's "mad monk" lives on in the village of Rasputin's birth.
In eastern Turkey, RFE/RL discovers the final resting place of a divisive piece of art that was cut down by politics but may rise again.
A well-known Belarusian photographer took on the authorities in an effort to fight back against the unauthorized use of his work for propagandistic purposes. But expert testimony questioning the uniqueness of his images doomed his case.
A controversy is escalating in Ukraine over a photo that seems to capture the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in a single frame. It could be one of the greatest war photographs ever taken – or a fake.
Thousands of kilometers from the Kremlin’s watchful eye, a plucky newspaper in Siberia is practicing its own brand of independent journalism and running a unique antipropaganda campaign after being tarred earlier this year by state-controlled Russian media.
