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Articles by Kevin Rothrock
news
Say Hello to Russia's Hip, New Anti-Protest Anthem
Alisa Vox, formerly a singer in the Russian rock band Leningrad, released a new music video on Monday, mocking young men for participating in political...
Navalny
Alexei Navalny Is Now Russia's Outlaw Presidential Candidate
A felony conviction against Alexei Navalny is now in force, effectively banning him from running for president for 15 years, though he says he isn’t...
news
Following U.S. Airstrikes Against Syria, Trump's Russian Fans Run for the Door
They spent months hailing his presidency as a new opportunity for relations with Moscow, but now they're singing a different tune.
news
Russian Military Training. In Kindergarten.
The city Cherepovets has just opened “Reserve,” a “military-patriotic club” that caters to youngsters just out of daycare.
Tourism
Russia's Foreign Ministry Is Telling Citizens How to Behave Abroad, and It's Everything
The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a list of recommendations for citizens traveling the world. And it's amazing.
news
Suck It Up, Foreign Agent
When suing the Russian news media for defamation, it helps to be a billion-dollar state-owned oil company, instead of a blacklisted nonprofit group.
news
Opulence, Chechnya's Ruler Has It
Ramzan Kadyrov likes to maintain the appearance that he lives modestly, and he doesn’t like sharing photos that betray his apparently lavish wealth....
news
Russian TV's Favorite Chumps
A small group of token experts is playing the role of “whipping boy” on Russian television and fueling a renaissance for political talk shows.
news
Moscow Says the NYT Reported Fake News About Russia's War on Fake News
It was fake news about real news about fake news, if you believe the Russian government.
news
The Kremlin Reportedly Commissioned a Report on Russian State TV, and the Results Were Oof
The Putin administration reportedly commissioned an independent expert analysis of Russian network television, and the results are unflattering.
news
Christ Versus Satire
The “Russian Orthodox Rapid Response Center,” which is a real thing, has threatened “Lentach,” one of the most popular satirical communities on...
news
Ten Crazy Things Ramzan Kadyrov Has Said in His Decade Ruling Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov has ruled Chechnya for a decade. Remembering his most outlandish remarks, you get a quick sense of what the last ten years under his reign...
news
The Rapist and the Thief
Russia's presidential-campaigning anti-corruption crusader is a convicted criminal again, but he's not alone.
Internet
Facebook Temporarily Suspends ‘RT’ Ahead of Trump's Inauguration, and Moscow Is Pissed
Kremlin-funded news outlet RT was briefly blocked from posting photos or videos via its Facebook page as part of a reported copyright dispute.
news
From Russia With Octopussy
Moscow may have been serious when it revealed America's cross-dressing spies, but there has been plenty of laughter online, where Internet users are sharing...
news
You Thought This Was Rock Bottom, America, But the Russians Are Knocking From Below
Russian Twitter users who tuned in to watch Trump’s meeting with the press weren’t partying or seething — for the most part, they were laughing.
news
American Unintelligence on Russia (Op-ed)
America’s case against the Kremlin suffers from major flaws that should be acknowledged, even by those who argue that Russia hacked U.S. democratic institutions...
news
Bend Your Body, Break the Law
Yoga in Russia is back under fire, as an instructor in St. Petersburg heads to trial for delivering a lecture that police say amounts to “illegal missionary...
news
Russia's Graceless Goodbye to America's First Black President
Whatever you think of Putin’s apparent magnanimity on Friday, there’s no debate that prominent figures in Russian society have been far less restrained...
news
California's Separatist Movement Gets an ‘Embassy’ in Moscow
After a long courtship between the “Yes California Independence Campaign” and the Kremlin-funded “Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia,” the world...
Soviet Union
‘Historians couldn't believe such documents still exist’
A 34-year-old Tomsk resident says he’s tracked down the names of the men who helped kill his great-grandfather — a peasant who was executed in 1938...
United States
Russia's 7 Weirdest Congratulations for President-Elect Trump
The United States may find itself more bitterly divided today than at any point in modern history, but it is party time for many Russians — especially...
Contemporary art
New Pussy Riot Song Tops Spotify's Viral Charts
Something unprecedented happened on Spotify this week: a song by a Russian artist topped the music service’s “Viral 50” charts globally and in the...
news
Your Next Moscow Uber Ride Could Include Some Expensive Teleportation
Thanks to apparent efforts by the Kremlin to spoof geolocation signals in central Moscow, 21st-century taxi services have gained the impressive power of...
Syria
Russia's Flotilla Flop
Russia’s great flotilla of eight naval ships to the eastern Mediterranean hasn’t been the public diplomacy coup Moscow hoped for.
news
The Kremlin Eats GPS for Breakfast
Over the past several months, Muscovites have been busy complaining on social media that their GPS-powered mobile apps are malfunctioning. What's going...
Contemporary art
Social Conservatives Make American Photographer an Overnight Celebrity in Moscow
On Sept. 8, without much fanfare, his “No Embarrassment” exhibition went on display at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. For more than two...
Communist Party
The Lively Campaign Ads of Russia's ‘Dullest’ Elections in a Decade
Russian's 2016 Duma race may have been lackluster in many ways, but that doesn't mean there aren't several campaign ads worth remembering.
Police
Too Satirical to Release on Bail
A week ago, Ruslan Sokolovsky was a locally famous video blogger in Yekaterinburg, known for his self-titled atheist magazine modeled on Charlie Hebdo...
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
Russian Internet Faces Tighter Kremlin Control
Russian ISPs might be ordered to kill access to websites amid "serious domestic protests."
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
Putin Goes After Bloggers, Not Profits
At a highly anticipated meeting last week, President Vladimir Putin spoke to Yandex's Arkady Volozh and Mail.Ru's Dmitry Grishin, both Internet industry...
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
The Incredible Shrinking RuNet
Over the past two years, the Russian government has armed itself to the teeth with regulatory powers that enable nearly every conceivable form of Internet...
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
The Kremlin's Digital Gulag
A Moscow city lawmaker, Alexei Lisovenko, is trying to resuscitate a government push to expand Russia's "digital sovereignty."
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
Terrorism Bill Hits Netizens
The restrictions for accepting anonymous donations through online services such as Yandex.Dengi will hurt small civil society groups.
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
Montenegro Scandal Doesn't Stick to Teflon Navalny
When opposition leader Alexei Navalny decided to run for the Moscow mayor's office, he probably expected to learn a lot about his enemies, the various...
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
Navalny's Fundraising Tricks
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic party, said last week that Alexei Navalny should rot behind bars.
opinion
Kevin Rothrock
The Business Of Endorsing Alexei Navalny
One of the mainstays of Russian politics for the past 10 years has been that Russian business stays out of politics. Late last week, 37 Russian Internet...