The evolution of the Moscow party scene either changes with age or with years. May be it changes with the trends or people? The range of bars in the capital of bears and balalaikas is tremendous. I have been to and lived in a lot of places and from what I have experienced I can tell you that no one loves to party likes the Russians do and they are good at it; they do it with a lot of thought and soul. Nothing is done halfway and never stops changing, evolving and blooming. This is something to experience from within and you will never be left indifferent. Come night, civilians go to sleep and the party monsters wake up. You don’t know what night life is if you have never been to Moscow. Run with me through a couple of places.

This June Russian Art Week in London returns for what looks set to be another record breaking week of sales. The event was launched in November 2012 by Russian Art and Culture alongside participating auction houses and galleries, and has now become a major bi-annual event in the art world calendar. Although the auction houses have traditionally held Russian sales in June and November each year, this project has brought together commercial and academic participants to form an exciting new platform for exchange and debate on Russian art.

When I first heard from Russian contacts that Boris Berezovsky had died on that cold fateful Saturday afternoon, I was sceptical.  There has been so much hostility in Russia to the Oligarch, most of it justified, that there has been as much misinformation as accurate reporting about his life.  But when his death was confirmed I was not that shocked.  I already knew that he was engulfed by a financial crisis and I had evidence that he was selling off assets.  I also knew that he had been spending a lot of time on his own at his country house near Ascot, Berkshire, depressed, alone and accompanied only by his bodyguard.

RussianMind Club is back with its first 2013 event. It’s time to shake you up after the long winter with a good party!

On 24 April 2013 RussianMind Club invites you to party in style and from dusk till dawn. In other words – TO PARTY LIKE RUSSIANS!

From the magnificent dancing balls of the Imperial Russia to Soviet-style “kitchen talks’ and home concerts to the glitzy nightclubs of the “Putin's Glamour” era – what makes Russian parties so exceptional?

Why are Russians such party animals?

John Mole’s book, ‘I was a Potato Oligarch’, is described in the blurb as ‘eye-wateringly funny and always entertaining’ and having read it from cover to cover, I can vouch for the fact that this summary is entirely accurate. It is categorised by genre as travel narrative and business, but I think it would be equally at home in the comedy section of any decent bookshop.