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threat to power

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says Ready for Russian Escalation, Claims Coup Plot Uncovered

The Ukrainian president also called on Putin to deny he was planning to invade Ukraine.

CALMING THE WATERS

Putin Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to Ease Tensions in Rare Meeting

Putin gathered the leaders for a face-to-face meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

underground tragedy

More Than 50 Dead in Siberia Coal Mine Accident

One survivor has been found after all inside the mine were presumed dead.

russia's response

LIVE | Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 28

Covid passes. Vaccination push.

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9,570,373 Total Confirmed Cases

1,029,507 Total Active Cases

0 Today's Cases

8,268,111 Total Recovered

2,300 Total Critical

0 Today's Deaths

272,755 Total Deaths

65,540 Cases per Million

1,868 Deaths per Million

API: Open Disease Data API

unpopular restriction

Russian Covid Pass Protesters Try to Storm Regional Legislature

Protesters tried to enter the Chelyabinsk regional legislature as lawmakers discussed a bill to require QR codes on planes and trains.

Timeline: Russia’s Worst Mining Disasters

Russia's vast mining industry has a record of deadly accidents stretching back decades.

Russians Dive Into the First Days of Winter

Russian scientists predict another winter filled with weather anomalies.

'you were invited to europe'

Belarus Leader Tells Migrants They Have 'Right' to Go to EU

Lukashenko visited a center near the Polish border hosting hundreds of migrants who came to Belarus in the hopes of reaching Europe.

Moscow's Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Plans Major Expansion in Gorky Park

The Hexagon would be the museum's first "purpose-built" space since its founding in 2008.

Combatting the contagion

Russia Fights Coronavirus

Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 28

Russia to Introduce Vaccine Passports Amid Record Virus Surge

Russia’s Excess Death Toll Passed 720K Before Brutal Fourth Wave

Russia Reports Another Day of Record Virus Deaths, Infections

opinion Michele A. Berdy

Let's Talk Turkey

opinion Fyodor Lukyanov

NATO Expansion Is a Bugbear for Both Russia and the West

opinion Nigel Gould-Davies

The Dangerous Instability of Europe’s Borderlands

opinion Mark Galeotti

Kremlin Unlikely to Know Any More Than Us if Invasion Is Coming to Ukraine

opinion Anna Arutunyan

Let’s Admit it: The Hybrid War Concept Is Useless

opinion Dmitry Trenin

Russian Foreign Policy: Shifting Gears

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special delivery

Moscow Zoo Welcomes Orphaned Manul Kittens

FIGHTING FRAGRANCE

Russia Unveils Exhaust Fume Perfume in Honor of ‘Checkmate’ Stealth Jet

fueling vaccinations

Russian Region Raffles Coal to Boost Covid Vaccinations

Russia to Probe Hermitage Visitor Who Hung Self-Portrait

More meanwhile in russia

‘Nu’ Problems

Russian Markets Tumble on Discovery of ‘Worst Ever’ Coronavirus Strain

Scientists have said the ‘Nu’ variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in South Africa, could be the most transmissible yet.

Not beyond sanctions

Beyond Meat Hit by Russian Counter-Sanctions

Supplies of the U.S. plant-based meat alternative have been disrupted for months.

'neither a traitor or spy'

Russian Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Detained for Treason Claims Innocence

“I am neither a traitor nor a spy, I am a Russian engineer," Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov wrote in a letter to President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Another Nord Stream 2 Firm

The U.S. is opposed to the gas pipeline, but has stopped short of sanctioning the main companies involved.

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'Stalinism At War' Recasts the Soviet Role in WWII

A new and compelling history of the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1949.

weekend kitchen

Spice Things Up With Adjika

This refrigerator staple is not hard to make and comes in a variety of flavors and glorious colors.

What's On in Moscow Nov. 26-28

Break out your skates, get out your handkerchief, and check your bank balance. The holidays are upon us.

Russians Dive Into the First Days of Winter

Russian scientists predict another winter filled with weather anomalies.

Moscow's Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Plans Major Expansion in Gorky Park

The Hexagon would be the museum's first "purpose-built" space since its founding in 2008.

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unstable terrain

Russia Losing 1-3 Meters of Arctic Shoreline to Climate Change Annually – Scientists

An amount of shoreline roughly the size of central Moscow now collapses into the sea every year.

St. Petersburg Winter Temps Could Rise 4 Degrees by 2050 – Scientist

Scientists also predict increasingly intense rain and snow that will strain the city's drainage and flood mitigation systems.

post-summit roundup

What Did Russia Achieve at COP26?

Activists have accused Russia of “masterfully creating an illusion of fighting the climate crisis.”

COST OF TRANSITION

Russia Faces $2T in Stranded Hydrocarbon Assets in Net Zero World

Researchers say more than half of Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure could be worthless within the next 15 years.

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opinion Katja Yafimava

Moldova’s Gas Crisis and Its Lessons for Europe

The ongoing European gas supply crunch this winter has demonstrated the limitations of EU diversification efforts.

opinion Dmitry Trenin

Merkel’s Legacy, as Seen From Russia

Angela Merkel’s long tenure was a period of relative, if not always palatable, predictability in German-Russian relations.

Deripaska-Linked Firms Sent Thousands to Moscow On Election Day. Some Said They Were On Standby for a Pro-Kremlin Rally.

Around 11,000 employees came to the capital for an online conference covering topics from family values to geopolitics.

WELL-CONNECTED MIDDLEMAN

A Royal Mark Up: How an Emirati Sheikh Resells Millions of Russian Vaccines to the Developing World

The Moscow Times investigated a deal between Russia and a minor Dubai royal to supply poor countries with Sputnik V — at high prices.