In the Moscow Times’ obituary for Eduard Limonov, who died four years ago aged 77, writer Mark Galeotti summed up the poet-turned-politician in two simple sentences: “Was Limonov a visionary or a ...

If the sprawling contradictions of any single life will invariably exceed the narrow narrative constraints of a feature-length biopic, the particular mess and mania unique to Russian ...

Russian writer and opposition leader Eduard Limonov speaks during an opposition rally in central Moscow in 2014. (Dmitry Serebryakov / AFP/Getty Images) Eduard Limonov, a Russian author and political ...

NEW YORK — Eduard Limonov, a Russian writer and political activist whose chameleonlike career included living in exile in New York and leading Russia’s ultraright National Bolshevik Party, died on ...

The American critic and biographer Leon Edel once told an interviewer that writing a biography is “like falling in love.” Infatuation, explained Edel, is necessary, but so is the termination of the ...

That the name Limonov is pronounced “Lee-MWAH-nov” is one of two main things that Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov: The Ballad” teaches us about Eduard Limonov, the Russian radical, poet, dissident, ...

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov to Cannes this year with his fourth film in Competition and his first in English. Titled Limonov: The Ballad, it tells the incredible story of Eduard Limonov — ...

Versatile British actor Ben Whishaw, best known globally for playing Q in five James Bond films, has been cast in what’s bound to be the one of the most complex roles of his career. The film, which ...

After helping close the book on Daniel Craig's tenure as 007 in the blockbuster James Bond film No Time to Die, Ben Whishaw will be shedding the title of Q to adopt the multifaceted life of novelist, ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — Eduard Limonov, a Russian author and political activist known for his poignant and controversial writings, died on Tuesday. He was 77. Limonov’s death was announced by the Other Russia ...

MOSCOW — Eduard Limonov, a Russian author and political activist known for his poignant and controversial writings, died Tuesday in a Moscow hospital. He was 77. Limonov’s death was announced by the ...