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Russia Virus Toll, Deaths, Hit New Highs
The news comes as several regions experience medicine shortages and long waiting times for ambulances.
IVANOVO DISPATCH
In a Poor Russian City, Coronavirus Hits Hard
The pandemic has combined with poverty to push Ivanovo’s healthcare system to its breaking point.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia PM Urges Stronger Military Links With Russia
Nikol Pashinyan called Saturday for greater military cooperation with Russia, a day after Azerbaijani troops began moving into territory in Nagorno-Karabakh...
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 22
Record-breaking new cases. Deaths surpass 35,000. Vaccine race.
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A Tolstoy Descendant Returns to His Roots in Yasnaya Polyana
Ilya Tolstoy left a journalism career in the big city for his ancestor’s famous estate. Now his new apple business is bearing fruit.
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Nov. 6, 2020
Getting the Electoral College Right in Russian
You know how you sometimes wish your language had a foreign word in it? I want выборщик.
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CRY FOR HELP?
'Uighur Jail' Note Found in St. Petersburg Shoe Alarms Human Right Experts
In the wake of reports implicating the fashion industry in use of forced labor activists say “burden of proof” lies with The North Face brand.
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IVANOVO DISPATCH
In a Poor Russian City, Coronavirus Hits Hard
The pandemic has combined with poverty to push Ivanovo’s healthcare system to its breaking point.
Combatting the contagion
Russia Fights Coronavirus
Nov. 21, 2020
Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 22
Nov. 18, 2020
Moscow Medics Battle Coronavirus On Converted Ice Rink
Nov. 18, 2020
Coronavirus-Hit Region’s Governor Treated in Moscow Out of ‘Altruism’
Nov. 17, 2020
Putin Urges BRICS to Mass Produce Russian Covid-19 Vaccines
Coronavirus Cases in Russia
2,064,748
Total Confirmed Cases
451,535
Total Active Cases
0
Today's Cases
1,577,435
Total Recovered
2,300
Total Critical
0
Today's Deaths
35,778
Total Deaths
14,146
Cases per Million
245
Deaths per Million
Data Sources:
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Johns Hopkins
API:
NovelCOVID
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weekend profile
A Tolstoy Descendant Returns to His Roots in Yasnaya Polyana
Ilya Tolstoy left a journalism career in the big city for his ancestor’s famous estate. Now his new apple business is bearing fruit.
OPEN BORDERS
Russia Preparing Golden Visa Scheme – Reports
Foreigners could get permanent residency in Russia with a $130,000 investment.
opinion
Simon Saradzhyan
Putin’s Nagorno-Karabakh Calculus Can Undermine Russian Clout in FSU
Russia’s decision not to employ leverage to stop the conflict in its early stages made a lasting impression on its allies.
CRY FOR HELP?
'Uighur Jail' Note Found in St. Petersburg Shoe Alarms Human Right Experts
In the wake of reports implicating the fashion industry in use of forced labor activists say “burden of proof” lies with The North Face brand.
opinion
Ilya Klishin
Why Russians Dislike 'Good Russians' in American Films No Less than 'Bad Russians'
Russians were simply unprepared to see themselves portrayed as the “good guys” in the new Netflix series "The Queen’s Gambit."
Climate Crisis
Russia's Climate Emergency
Nov. 10, 2020
Arctic Archipelago Sees October Temps 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal
Nov. 6, 2020
Scientists Fear Arctic Sea That Didn’t Freeze Heralds Trend
Nov. 2, 2020
Russian Arctic Sea Fails to Freeze
Oct. 28, 2020
New Methane Discharge Discovered in Russia's Arctic – Guardian
opinion
opinion
Ilya Klishin
Why Russians Dislike 'Good Russians' in American Films No Less than 'Bad Russians'
opinion
Dmitry Trenin
Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy and Russia
opinion
Simon Saradzhyan
Putin’s Nagorno-Karabakh Calculus Can Undermine Russian Clout in FSU
opinion
Elena Agarkova Belov
Russia Should Get Behind Arctic Ban on Dirty Fuel
opinion
Carey Cavanaugh
Diplomacy, Not War, Should Have Fixed Nagorno-Karabakh
opinion
Vladimir Frolov
No Longer 'Ours': With a Biden White House, the Kremlin Is Facing a Tough New Reality
more opinion
Meanwhile in Russia
Budding 'Bromance'
Bolsonaro Beams as Putin Praises His 'Masculinity'
real heroes needed
Chechnya Should Replace Marvel Superhero Mural With ‘Real Heroes,’ Kadyrov Says
morbid motorway
Russian Town Dusts Highway With Sand, Human Bones
pup on a pedestal
Turkmenistan Leader Immortalizes His Favorite Dogs With Giant Gilded Statue
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OPEN BORDERS
Russia Preparing Golden Visa Scheme – Reports
Foreigners could get permanent residency in Russia with a $130,000 investment.
high-speed connection
Russia Starts Building $850M High-Speed Arctic Internet
The underwater fiber optic cable will stretch from Murmansk to Vladivostok.
CLEAR FOR LAUNCH
Ozon Sets Price for Blockbuster $5Bln Share Sale in Quest to Be Russia’s Amazon
Online retail giant gears up for most hotly anticipated Russian stock market launch in years.
opinion
Elena Agarkova Belov
Russia Should Get Behind Arctic Ban on Dirty Fuel
Russia is watering down a block on heavy fuel oil — a toxic pollutant — in the Arctic. That could be a dangerous mistake.
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arts and life
holiday abroad
Celebrate Thanksgiving with an Uzbek Chicken
Mix East and West for the kind of unconventional holiday this unconventional year needs.
all of the lights
Moscow Prepares for Pandemic New Year's
This year's festivities may be canceled, but that's not stopping the Russian capital from going all-out with the decorations.
weekend profile
A Tolstoy Descendant Returns to His Roots in Yasnaya Polyana
Ilya Tolstoy left a journalism career in the big city for his ancestor’s famous estate. Now his new apple business is bearing fruit.
opinion
Ilya Klishin
Why Russians Dislike 'Good Russians' in American Films No Less than 'Bad Russians'
Russians were simply unprepared to see themselves portrayed as the “good guys” in the new Netflix series "The Queen’s Gambit."
hats off
Royal Hatter Treacy Brings Glamour to Russia Despite Pandemic
"We all need entertainment" during a pandemic, the haute couture hatmaker said.
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opinion
Simon Saradzhyan
Putin’s Nagorno-Karabakh Calculus Can Undermine Russian Clout in FSU
Russia’s decision not to employ leverage to stop the conflict in its early stages made a lasting impression on its allies.
opinion
Vladimir Frolov
No Longer 'Ours': With a Biden White House, the Kremlin Is Facing a Tough New Reality
The problem for Moscow is not so much the deterioration of relations under Biden: it is the readiness of the White House to minimize these relations.
opinion
Nigel Gould-Davies
Russia Policy Priorities for a Biden Presidency
A Biden administration would see a major shift in presidential attitudes towards Russia and Putin personally, which is unlikely to be welcome in Moscow...
paranoia surge
Soviet Diehards and Covid-19 Conspiracies: Inside Russia’s Anti-5G Movement
In a country widely viewed as the home of global disinformation, a Western conspiracy theory is flourishing.
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