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Articles by Oleg Smirnov

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Russian Propaganda Seizes on West's 'Double Standards' as Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza

By focusing on the brutality of Israel’s bombing in Gaza, pro-Kremlin propagandists have sought to justify the Russian army’s actions in Ukraine.
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Choices Narrow in Russian Bookstores Amid Anti-LGBT Law, Wartime Restrictions

Ordinary Russians are unable to access an increasingly broad range of literature as bookshops and libraries pull titles from their shelves amid a wartime...
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Banned from Qatar World Cup, Russian Football Suffers Isolation and Apathy

ST. PETERSBURG — Four years after achieving global football celebrity as host of the 2018 World Cup, Russia’s exclusion from international...
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Pop-Up Museum Marks ‘End of an Era’ As Anti-LGBT Law Awaits Putin’s Signature

ST. PETERSBURG — A museum about LGBT history opened to visitors in Russia’s second-largest city this week — but it looked set to be accessible...