The February issue of Esquire includes the rules of life according to Bob Dylan, Andrei Bitov, Hayao Miyazaki and the last 20 years of Russian history as told by economist Alexander Auzan.

In addition, the issue lets VTB bank managers know stealing is a sin, profiles slums that will save the world, features stories from Wells Tauer, gives us Vincent Cassel in the latest men’s suits, and continues the magazine’s popular calendar of police achievenments.