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School Shooting in Western Russia Leaves 2 Dead
bryansk region
Investigators said the 14-year-old student who brought a shotgun to school and killed her classmate was among the dead.
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Navalny Urges Supporters to Vote for ‘Anyone But Putin’ in 2024 Election
The jailed Kremlin critic called on his supporters to persuade at least 10 other voters to cast ballots for any candidate besides Putin.
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Russia Sets Presidential Election for March 17
Senators unanimously approved the date in a decision that "practically kicks off the presidential campaign," upper-house speaker Valentina Matviyenko said...
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banned think tank
Russia Outlaws U.S.-Based RAND Corporation as ‘Undesirable’
RAND Corporation has published extensive research into Russia’s military since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
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hackers & leakers
U.K. Accuses Moscow of Cyber Campaign Against Top Politicians
"Russia's attempts to interfere in U.K. politics are completely unacceptable and seek to threaten our democratic processes," said Foreign Minister David...
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'destroying infrastructure'
Russia Says Arrested Belarusian for Siberia Railway Sabotage
Ukrainian sources told AFP last week that Kyiv's SBU was behind the sabotage.
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growing calls
Families Ask Putin to Return Mobilized Troops From Ukraine
“We’re against legalized slavery,” said members of Put’ Domoi (“Way Home”), a group of soldiers' wives and mothers calling for an end to mobilization...
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'sober minds'
Kremlin Says Hopes U.S. Congress Will Block Future Ukraine Aid
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused the White House of trying to "scorch the money of American citizens in the furnace of the Ukrainian war."
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shadow fleet
Russia's Monthly Income From Oil Exports Surpasses Pre-War Levels – Bloomberg
Despite the G7 price cap, Moscow's net oil revenues almost doubled between April and October, totaling $11.3 billion for that month.
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Alexandra Boguslawskaja
A Free Belarus Is Possible. But We Can’t Do It Alone
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Dan Storyev
Defending Human Rights in Russia Feels Hopeless. But I Still Do It
5 Min read
Ben Dubow
Russia-China Alliance Would Build Artificial Intelligence For Dictators
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Ben Noble
Don’t Jump To Conclusions About Chechen Succession
4 Min read
Anna-Maria Tesfaye
The Kremlin Is Criminalizing LGBT Lives. The World Must Step Up
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Joshua Askew
Don’t Forget the People Russia Weaponizes in Finland Border Crisis
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Days since former MT reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia
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In depth
Amid Ukraine War, a Quiet Battle of Memorials Unfolds in Russia
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is being immortalized in stone, memorials dedicated to Soviet-era repressions are disappearing en masse.
4 Min read
Editor's Pick
outlawed advocacy
Russia Labels LGBT Community ‘Extremist’ in Prelude to Sweeping Crackdown
Activists warn the ban could effectively put all LGBT Russians at risk of criminal prosecution.
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Editor's Pick
tmt lecture series
Russian Independent Journalism and Society Amid the Backdrop of War
Sonya Groysman and Olga Churakova discuss how Russia's “foreign agent” status is used to marginalize people and makes it impossible for a full-time...
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Editor's Pick
Presidential candidate
Meet Putin’s Possible Election Opponent: A Single Mother of 3 Calling for Peace
Yekaterina Duntsova believes her age, gender and lack of experience in Kremlin politics could be assets. But she faces a long, challenging road ahead.
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exclusive
Hours Before Declaring Mutiny, Prigozhin Secretly Planned Duma Speech to Win Back Putin’s Favor
The speech, called off at the last minute, would have been the late mercenary leader's last-ditch attempt to garner the president's approval.
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Editor's Pick
letter from Luhansk
In Russia-Occupied Sievierodonetsk, War Still Scars Everyday Life
“It used to be a very beautiful city,” said one resident who stayed when Russian troops arrived. “Now, there's no more life.”
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Editor's Pick
In depth
The Soviets Conducted Dozens of 'Peaceful' Nuclear Explosions. Their Radioactive Contamination Lingers On.
Questions remain to this day over who should be responsible for monitoring these long-abandoned sites and how they impact human health.
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Russian Emigrés Amplify Pleas of 'I Want You to Live' Through Art
AUGUST 9, TBILISI, Georgia — This summer, four anti-war Russian emigrants came together through their involvement in the first-ever “Art of...
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tmt lecture series
Russian Independent Journalism and Society Amid the Backdrop of War
outlawed identity
Do Russians Support 'Extremist' Ban on LGBT Community?
odds and ends
Orthodox Icons and Soviet Nostalgia Go on Display at 49th Russian Antique Salon
turning point
In Photos: 10 Years Since Ukraine's Maidan Uprising
In depth
memory politics
Amid Ukraine War, a Quiet Battle of Memorials Unfolds in Russia
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is being immortalized in stone, memorials dedicated to Soviet-era repressions are disappearing en masse.
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nearing tipping point
As COP28 Kicks Off, Russia Seeks to Assert Its Role in Global Climate Fight
The UN's climate conference will test whether Russia's voice can still be heard in the global climate dialogue as it continues to be one of the world's...
6 Min read
in the crosshairs
As Russia Relations Sour, Armenians Prepare to Defend Themselves
In southern Armenia’s Syunik province, the prospect of war looms large.
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'premeditated effort'
Russian Theft of Ukrainian Grain Likely a War Crime, Legal Analysis Says
Russia’s billion-dollar operation could constitute the war crimes of starvation and pillage, The Hague-based Global Rights Compliance firm said.
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dead forests
The Soviets Conducted Dozens of 'Peaceful' Nuclear Explosions. Their Radioactive Contamination Lingers On.
Questions remain to this day over who should be responsible for monitoring these long-abandoned sites and how they impact human health.
6 Min read
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climate
scorched earth
The Environment: Another Victim of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The invasion accounts for around 150 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, Kyiv estimated this week, citing experts.
3 Min read
In depth
As COP28 Kicks Off, Russia Seeks to Assert Its Role in Global Climate Fight
The UN's climate conference will test whether Russia's voice can still be heard in the global climate dialogue as it continues to be one of the world's...
6 Min read
HURRICANE FORCE
Novokuznetsk Mayor Grapples with Record-Storm Aftermath Ahead of Moscow Official Visit
Addressing subordinate civil servants, Sergei Kuznetsov resorted to using profanity to drive his colleagues to act, describing events as a “state of...
1 Min read
disturbed sleep
Bears in Far East Russia Struggle to Hibernate Amid Abnormally High Temperatures
Some animals are wandering around their winter dens in a “half-asleep state,” the Amur region’s Wildlife Conservation Authority said.
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Business
shadow fleet
Russia's Monthly Income From Oil Exports Surpasses Pre-War Levels – Bloomberg
Despite the G7 price cap, Moscow's net oil revenues almost doubled between April and October, totaling $11.3 billion for that month.
2 Min read
strategy review
Lukoil Mulls Over Selling Bulgarian Oil Refinery
Lukoil slammed plans by the Bulgarian government to end imports of Russian crude oil, saying that it may sell its refinery in the Black Sea nation.
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stabilizing efforts
Russian Central Bank To Resume Currency Trades in 2024
The Bank had suspended those transactions in August as the ruble slid below 100 against the U.S. dollar.
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arts and life
interview
‘I Wanted to Be With Ukraine’: Prominent Russian Journalist, Photographer Speaks on Her Life in Kyiv
Victoria Ivleva has been documenting the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the country’s people since moving from Moscow to Kyiv.
4 Min read
weekend kitchen
The Strange Russian History of Beet Make-Up
When ancient Rus' "pivoted to the East" women painted their faces white and used beet juice as rouge.
5 Min read
the word's worth
The Myth of the Untranslatable
Nothing makes me crankier than those lists of so-called "untranslatable" words.
4 Min read
Big changes at Bolshoi
Valery Gergiev Replaces Vladimir Urin as Director of Bolshoi Theater
November 30 was Vladimir Urin's last day at the Bolshoi Theater.
2 Min read
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the new diaspora
homeward bound
2 in 5 Wartime Exiles Return to Russia – Izvestia
According to official statistics, 668,400 Russians left the country last year amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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'golden visas'
Russians’ Real Estate Deals in Spain Hit Post-Crimea High – RBC
The 2,137 transactions on the purchase and sale of housing made by Russian nationals in January-June 2023 mark a 50% increase from the same period last...
1 Min read
wartime exodus
In Search of Sanctuary: The Charities Helping Ukrainian and Russian Academics to Escape
Hundreds of academics and researchers in science and the arts have fled Ukraine, Russia and Belarus since the start of the war.
7 Min read
quality of life
15% of Russians Who Fled War, Mobilization Have Returned – Survey
“For many people, the quality of life is declining [abroad],” a researcher told the Financial Times.
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