VALERIYA SAFRONOVA

December 9, 2022

They Found Love in an Elevator

After dating for more than five years, Nicolas Platt’s proposal to Rachel Love, a social media influencer, ran an hour and a half late. During a […]
October 21, 2022

The Red Adidas Tracksuit Sealed the Deal

Katherine Bonneau was charmed by Mikhail Kosyan’s ability to be himself, along with his sense of humor and thoughtfulness. They were engaged after seven months. Katherine […]
August 30, 2022

Why Is Sanna Marin Dancing Up a Political Storm in Finland?

The prime minister of Finland was caught on the dance floor. This is a bad thing? After the release of videos this month showing Sanna Marin, […]
July 18, 2022

NGL Is the App That Will Tell You What You Don’t Want to Hear

NGL is only the latest anonymous-messaging platform to take off by making explicit the subtext of most social media: We’re all judging one another. Why is […]
June 17, 2022

Non-Monogamy Advocates Ask Facebook to Be More Open

A group supporting those who practice polyamory and other forms of “ethical non-monogamy” want more relationship-status options on Facebook. A group that supports ethical non-monogamy sent […]
April 29, 2022

In Echo of Soviet Era, Russia’s Movie Theaters Turn to Pirate Screenings

In a Cold War throwback, some venues are showing bootleg versions after Hollywood studios pulled films from the country. Still, viewer numbers have tanked. Since the […]
April 15, 2022

In a Week, Moving a Wedding from Ukraine to New York

In their last phone call before they married, Meny Stambler, who is Ukrainian, and Rikel Deutch, who is Russian, expected to wed in Ukraine. Hours after […]
March 15, 2022

Russian Artists Lose the Tools of Their Trades as Companies Pull Out

Creative professionals have been cut off from Western clients and from the products and services they use to make, market and get paid for their work. […]
February 4, 2022

Renate Reinsve on 'The Worst Person in the World' and New Fame

At a dinner during the Cannes Film Festival in July, Renate Reinsve found herself so nervous in the company of famous actors that she spent the […]
December 22, 2021

How the Sexy Grinch Spiced Up Christmas

A genre of content that recasts the holiday antihero as a sex symbol has grown from niche into a new kind of Christmastime ritual. Three years […]