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Women’s Day Celebrations a Lightning Rod for a Divided Russia

March 8 As Russia marks a wartime International Women's Day, different groups are using the public holiday to draw attention to their causes.  
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Iran Delivered Ammunition to Russia on Caspian Sea Cargo Ships – Report

Russia likely received 100 million bullets and 300,000 shells for the war in Ukraine.
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Putin Celebrates Russian Women Who 'Fulfill Their Duty'

The Russian leaders words at a Kremlin reception contrasted with the congratulatory messages made by other European leaders.
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firm denial

Nord Stream Sabotage 'Not Our Activity': Ukraine Defense Minister

The comments were in response to a New York Times report alleging a "pro-Ukrainian group" was responsible.
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slow advance

Russia's Wagner Group Claims to Hold 'Eastern Part' of Bakhmut

Pressure has been mounting on Ukrainian troops trying to hold the city against Russian soldiers.
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opinion Roni Greenfield

Navalny's Policy Shift on Crimea May Be Too Little, Too Late

Alexei Navalny finally appears to have accepted the moral case for returning Crimea to Ukraine, but its future may no longer be Russia's to decide.
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terrorism charges

Russia Detains Activist for Railway ‘Sabotage’

Nikita Klunya, who is a member of Russian Citizen Alliance, was reportedly detained in the Russian town of Sortavala near the Finnish border. 
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In depth

A Beginner's Guide to Russia's Fragmented Opposition

The Moscow Times has compiled a list of the nine largest and most influential Russian opposition groups.
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Burying the dead

Hundreds Turn Out to Mourn Ukrainian Saboteurs Killed in Russia

Hundreds of mourners packed a Kyiv church on Tuesday for the funeral of Ukrainian saboteurs killed on a mission in Russia.

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Editor's Pick

In depth

To Reach Russian Audiences, Emigre Activists and Media Forced to Innovate

Exiled Russian activists are working hard to remain one step ahead of the Kremlin and relevant to their audiences.
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Editor's Pick

In depth

‘War Has a Cost’: The Journalists Tallying Russia’s Dead Soldiers

A group of volunteer journalists is painstakingly building a database of the Russian soldiers lost in Ukraine.
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Editor's Pick

In depth

On Russia’s Border with Ukraine, War Is Impossible to Ignore

The Belgorod region has suffered more death and destruction than any other Russian region with attacks on more than 50 towns and villages.
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Editor's Pick

opinion

Trapped in Putin's Embrace: Erdogan's Russian Dilemma

Turkey's catastrophic recent earthquake has put a spotlight on the country's close ties with Moscow.
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Editor's Pick

In depth

Muscovites Shrug as Russia Marks One Year of Ukraine War

Apart from scattered billboards and shuttered Western brand stores, the capital offers few obvious signs of the war raging just 500 kilometers away.
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Editor's Pick

In depth

To Stay or to Leave? How 9 Major Western Brands in Russia Responded to the Ukraine War

Over 1,000 international companies have voluntarily curtailed their operations in Russia since the invasion. Though many remain.
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opinion
Roni Greenfield

Navalny's Policy Shift on Crimea May Be Too Little, Too Late

4 Min read
Sofia Kosourova

How Late Soviet Satire Set the Tone for Russian State TV Today

5 Min read
Andrei Kolesnikov

Russia’s Second, Silent War Against its Human Capital

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William Courtney and Philip Wasielewski

Russia Must End State Terror Before it Can Hope to Gain Freedom

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Vlada Stanković

Trapped in Putin's Embrace: Erdogan's Russian Dilemma

5 Min read
Tatiana Stanovaya

A Fight for Survival: What Victory Looks Like to Putin

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more opinion

Photos and Videos

distorted legacy

Russian Communists Mark 70-Year Anniversary of Stalin's Death

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widening network

In Photos: Moscow Metro Inaugurates 'World's Longest' Circle Line

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ice and fire

In Photos: Russians Welcome Winter's End with Maslenitsa Festivities

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no escape

In Photos: How Putin's Address Really Was One to the Entire Nation

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In depth
regime change

A Beginner's Guide to Russia's Fragmented Opposition

The Moscow Times has compiled a list of the nine largest and most influential Russian opposition groups.
6 Min read
emigration challenges

To Reach Russian Audiences, Emigre Activists and Media Forced to Innovate

Exiled Russian activists are working hard to remain one step ahead of the Kremlin and relevant to their audiences.
4 Min read
counting losses

‘War Has a Cost’: The Journalists Tallying Russia’s Dead Soldiers

A group of volunteer journalists is painstakingly building a database of the Russian soldiers lost in Ukraine.
5 Min read
conflict spillover

On Russia’s Border with Ukraine, War Is Impossible to Ignore

The Belgorod region has suffered more death and destruction than any other Russian region with attacks on more than 50 towns and villages.
5 Min read
podcast

One Year of Full-Scale War in Ukraine

The war has been devastating for climate action and environmental movements — but there are some signs of hope.
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Business
‘too much state’

Russia Faces Looming Foreign Investment Crisis, Oligarch Warns

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska urged the Kremlin to ease its rules on foreign investment on Thursday.
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marking time

EU Imposes Fresh Sanctions on 121 Russian Businesses and Individuals

The EU finalized a new round of sanctions on Russia over its ongoing invasion of Ukraine on Saturday.
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'untrue and misleading'

Heineken Denies Claim it Broke Promise to Exit Russian Market

Dutch giant brewer Heineken said Wednesday that it still planned to exit Russia after a media report accusing it of "breaking a promise" to leave over...
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stabilized drop

Russian Economy Contracts by 2.1% In 2022 — Rosstat

The Russian economy contracted by 2.1% last year, the government's statistics agency Rosstat said Monday, absorbing Western sanctions over Moscow's military...
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More business

arts and life
weekend kitchen

Porridge Fit For a Tsar

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so try this dish fit for the royal family.
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The word's worth

A Pocketful of Somethings

How can I say something? Let me count the ways.
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widening network

In Photos: Moscow Metro Inaugurates 'World's Longest' Circle Line

Costing an estimated $6.6 billion to build, the line is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Russia in recent decades.
1 Min read
superpower

Sean Penn’s Zelensky Doc Substitutes Bromance for Storytelling

“Superpower” tells us far more about the strange world of celebrity activism than that of Ukrainian politics.
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the new diaspora
emigration challenges

To Reach Russian Audiences, Emigre Activists and Media Forced to Innovate

Exiled Russian activists are working hard to remain one step ahead of the Kremlin and relevant to their audiences.
4 Min read
lost luminaries

9 Russian Cultural and Sporting Figures Who Emigrated in a Year of War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an exodus of cultural and sporting stars, many of whom publicly condemned the war.
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against russian aggression

Thousands in Georgia Rally in Ukraine’s Support on Invasion Anniversary

Some 30,000 demonstrators gathered in Tbilisi, where thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have fled over the past year.
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‘Here to Help’

Russia's Grateful Diaspora Joins Earthquake Relief Efforts in Turkey

As Turkey struggled amid the worst disaster in its modern history, recent Russian arrivals in the country were determined to help.
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