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Nuclear Fallout

Arkhangelsk Doctors Weren’t Warned About Radiation, Surgeon Confirms in First Public Account

“My colleagues found themselves in front of the victims with jack s***, not even a respirator," the surgeon said.

Arctic buildup

Russia Test Fires Missiles From Submarines in the Barents Sea

The Defense Ministry said the ship missile systems' efficiency was confirmed during the tests.

FEDOR afloat

Russian Spacecraft Carrying Humanoid Robot Fails to Dock With Space Station

The FEDOR robot is on its way to the ISS for a planned two-week mission to support the crew and test its skills.

Arkhangelsk explosion

Russian Doctor Contaminated by Food, Not Nuclear Blast – Authorities

This is the first official confirmation that a doctor who treated patients after a nuclear blast was found with a radioactive isotope in his body.

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opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Putin Needs to Bury This Relic of Stalin

Russia can't let go of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, 80 years after it was signed. Until it does, eastern European leaders are right to be nervous.

radioactive anger

Exclusive: Russian Doctors Say They Weren’t Warned Patients Were Nuclear Accident Victims

One doctor was reportedly later found to have a radioactive isotope in their muscle tissue.

sisters support

Keeping the Khachaturyan Sisters’ Case Alive

Activists work to keep the case of the Khachaturyan sisters in the public eye amid a summer of political protests.

opinion

Vladimir Frolov

Russia Rejoices Over Trump’s G7 Readmission Offer

But Putin doesn’t actually want to be part of the group anymore.

Crude Price

Russian Budget Sees Lowest Break-Even Oil Price in Over a Decade

President Vladimir Putin is not taking any chances as he sticks to a tight fiscal policy.

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Putin Needs to Bury This Relic of Stalin

opinion

Vladimir Frolov

Russia Rejoices Over Trump’s G7 Readmission Offer

opinion

Russia and China's Cosplay Alliance

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Democrats Should Care More About Russia

opinion

Konstantin Gaaze

How the Kremlin Set Its Sights on Artificial Intelligence

opinion

Michele A. Berdy

Ranting the Russian Way

You're feeling sleepy

Dog Hypnotist’s Russian State TV Appearance Resurfaces in Viral Clip

freestyle ride

Russian BMX Daredevil Bombs Walls and Roofs of Ancient Kazan Kremlin

They'll be back

Russian Instagram Users Unleash 'Cyberattack' on Stallone, Schwarzenegger

not a typo

Russian Instagram Bot Imagines Elon Musk's Life as a Woman

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Wheat Industry

'Dear Vladimir': VTB Asks for Putin's Help to Create Russian Grain Champion

VTB has written a letter to Putin asking for greater state control over grain exports to curb the role of foreign traders.

Sanctions Relief

Rosneft Becomes Main Trader of Venezuelan Crude Oil, Helping to Offset Pressure From U.S. Sanctions

Rosneft is now taking care of shipping and marketing operations for the bulk of Venezuelan oil exports.

Spending Spree

Mail.ru Group Acquires Carsharing Firm YouDrive as Sberbank Mulls 2GIS Purchase

Mail.ru Group and Sberbank announced their intention to form a joint venture last month.

Crude Price

Russian Budget Sees Lowest Break-Even Oil Price in Over a Decade

President Vladimir Putin is not taking any chances as he sticks to a tight fiscal policy.

culture clips

On This Day Ivan the Terrible Was Born

Ivan IV was one of Russia's most powerful but erratic leaders.

long read

Olga Zilberbourg’s “Like Water and Other Stories”

Olga Zilberbourg reinvents emigre literature.

obituary

Art Patron Mikhail Abramov, Dead at 55

The founder of one of Moscow's few private museums died in Greece.

Gagarin graffiti

Russia's Street Art Festival Unveils Sky-High Spray-Painting

Meet Russia's newest open-air art museum — the largest of its kind in the world.

culture clips

On This Day: Leon Trotsky Was Assassinated With an Ice Pick

Leon Trotsky died on this day on in 1940.

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