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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...

russia's response

LIVE | Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 22

Record-breaking new cases. Deaths surpass 35,000. Vaccine race.

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Combatting the contagion

Russia Fights Coronavirus

Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 22

Moscow Medics Battle Coronavirus On Converted Ice Rink

Coronavirus-Hit Region’s Governor Treated in Moscow Out of ‘Altruism’

Putin Urges BRICS to Mass Produce Russian Covid-19 Vaccines

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: Worldometer, Johns Hopkins

API: NovelCOVID

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.

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.

'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."

Russia's Climate Emergency

Arctic Archipelago Sees October Temps 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal

Scientists Fear Arctic Sea That Didn’t Freeze Heralds Trend

Russian Arctic Sea Fails to Freeze

New Methane Discharge Discovered in Russia's Arctic – Guardian

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

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

More meanwhile in russia

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.

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."

Royal Hatter Treacy Brings Glamour to Russia Despite Pandemic

"We all need entertainment" during a pandemic, the haute couture hatmaker said.

More Arts and Life

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...

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.