Dreams in Illustrations

Listening to people talk about their dreams might be boring, but seeing them illustrated makes them suddenly fascinating. People say that even though it’s fun to retell your dreams to people, it’s usually not as interesting to listen — unless you were featured in the dream, that is. The Instagram account @nine.coma, founded by Yandex’s…

Heartwarming Illustrations from Ukraine

Is your Instagram feed overdue an injection of warmth? We might have the solution. Follow @vskafandre, a Ukrainian illustrator whose drawings went viral last year. The series of illustrations that first caught the attention of the public were about the tender relationship the artist, whose real name is Snezhana Soosh, wishes she had with her…

Concise Comic Strips from a Russian Illustrator

You might have seen this illustrator’s work before — now you can follow him for a daily dose of both funny and melancholic drawings. Anton Gudim is a Moscow-based illustrator who can boast nearly a 100,000 followers on his Instagram account alone (@gudim_public), and even more on VKontakte, Twitter, and Facebook. Most of his works…

Comic Recommendation

This Russian artists draws relatable comic strips about coffee, cats and manspreading. Anastasia Ivanova, or @comicada, is a Chelyabinsk-based illustrator and graphic designer who makes poignant comic strips commenting on pop culture phenomena: from the difficulty of online shopping, inexplicable fashion, bitcoin, cats and a possible global hairdresser conspiracy. Most of her comic strips are…

Moscow Improvisation Club Performance

Our new partner, the Moscow Improv Club, will be giving a special performances in English (and some Russian as well) exclusively for FR students. What’s the most important qualification for any job, the key ingredient of every strong team and the one skill that is indispensable? Communication skills, of course. Also known as, soft skills,…