Russian Riviera

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Russian Riviera (La Riviera russe/ Русская Ривьера) is a Russian high-end lifestyle magazine launched in 2011 in France[http://www.russianriviera.net www.russianriviera.net] by Anton Koslov Mayr, Guela Patiachvili and Natalia Garilskaya. The publication enjoyed reputation as an intellectual magazine for the Russia’s rich.L'Express, 12 mai 2013. La revue des nantis It was praised for its quality by many media commentators,{{cite web|url=http://www.stratagem-events.com/blog/lazurnyj-bereg-francii-nakonec-chto-to-xoroshee/|title=Лазурный Берег Франции - наконец что то хорошее|work=Stratagem|date=23 November 2012|accessdate=18 October 2016}} including Russian social columnist and opposition figure Bozhena Rynska.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/lifestyle/bozhena/4732945.shtml|title=Узники Лазурного Берега|work=Gazeta.ru|accessdate=18 October 2016}} In 2015 the publication was acquired by a US-based media agency GPMM.{{cite web |url=https://www.russianriviera.net/about |title=Russian Riviera Magazine - About |website=www.russianriviera.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331012727/http://www.russianriviera.net/about |archive-date=2018-03-31}}

Russian Riviera was originally created as a tourist publication, providing practical information for Russian-speaking visitors in France and Monaco.

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"Russian Riviera" often featured interviews with high-profile political figures including anti-Putin activist and billionaire Bill Browder, Soviet defector and author Viktor Suvorov, Putin's spiritual mentor Bishop Tikhon Shevkunov, politician Irina Khakamada, dissident artists Eric Bulatov and Mikhail Roginsky. The magazine had a literary section and regularly published short stories by authors including Zakhar Prilepin, Lev Timofeev, George Kopelian, and Lera Tikhonova. The magazine was also reputed for its photography and illustrations: it featured the works of Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Stanley Green, Urs Bigler, Peter Lindbergh, Irina Polin, Stephen Shanabrook, Anton Koslov Mayr and others.