Elvira

The US has imposed sanctions on Elvira Nabiullina, the governor of Russia’s central bank, as part of a new package of measures intended to stiffen its financial punishment of Moscow in the wake of its annexation of vast chunks of…

Despite that, Nabiullina reportedly failed to stress test the economic blow of war, having been blindsided by the decision to push ahead with the invasion.Some have little sympathy for the trapped governor, arguing Putin has long been…

As Elvira Nabiullina steered Russia through a series of economic shocks over the past few years, investors anxiously watched the central bank governor’s rotating collection of brooches for macroeconomic policy clues. A hawk signified…

ZHANGJIAKOU (China): Elvira Oeberg had big sister Hanna to thank for the expectations on the Swedish team coming into the Olympics, but she shrugged off the pressure and anchored the women's relay team to biathlon gold as if she had been…

When Hanna Oberg won a gold medal in the biathlon for Sweden in 2018, it was the first for the country’s women in 12 years. She seemed to establish herself as her nation’s best hope for more medals in the years to come.Then her younger…

Cassandra Peterson swears no one will recognize her. She’s out of drag on a recent week night, free of the towering black beehive wig, garish eye makeup and that snug dress with a slit up to here. She has the regal air of a celebrity, but…

Nothing says spooky season like a new memoir from Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, which contains a major revelation about her real-life identity.In “Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark,” Peterson details a 19-year…

Donning a bright blue button-up with piano keys stitched on the back, actor John Paragon dove right into his 1983 special, “The Paragon of Comedy,” with a song: a frenzied montage about sex and aerobics that darted from jazz and reggae to…