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'Between an Amusement Park and Something Horrible': Anna Narinskaya Brings LGBTQ+ Russians' Plight to Life
Narinskaya discusses the message behind the "Boxed" exhibition, what people in Europe and the West can take from it and her role in emigration.
From Rakhimov to Khabirov: How Bashkortostan Became the Seedbed of Russia’s Indigenous-Led Protests
Five years after the Kushtau protests, The Moscow Times explores the political context that set the stage for the protests and how they unfolded.
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In Ukraine’s Donbas, a Vital Highway Under Siege — And the Soldiers Trying to Shield It
As Putin and Trump prepare to meet and Russia presses forward in Donetsk, a team of Ukrainian soldiers works to keep a strategic artery open.
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‘I Always Find Myself Returning to Chernobyl’: Artist Serafima Bresler
Echoes of the nuclear disaster, a deeply personal topic for Bresler, will be found throughout her works chosen for the Artists Against the Kremlin exhibition...
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Babel Books: The Berlin Bookstore Building Community for Russian Speakers
Founder Natalia Smirnova discusses the impact of growing censorship in Russia on Babel's operations and what it means to curate a bookstore in exile.
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'He Played a Colossal Role': Moscow Times Alumni Share Memories of Derk Sauer
Dozens of journalists got their start under Sauer's leadership at MT. We asked some of them to reflect on their experiences working with him.
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Chuvash Artist Aysha Demina Weaves Away Cultural Taboos and Generational Trauma
Demina is one of a new generation of Indigenous artists from Russia who challenge the Moscow-imposed, “museumified” canons of Indigenous art.
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‘First of All, It’s Beautiful’: Marat Gelman Seeks to Disarm Putin’s Nuclear Threats in New Art Project
The art gallerist and former Kremlin adviser-turned-critic has, for the first time in his career, stepped into the role of an artist himself.
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In Russia, Soldiers’ Wives Are Urged to Give Birth to Children Who Might Never Meet Their Fathers
Initiatives across Russia are encouraging wives of soldiers to carry their pregnancies to term, even as the fathers might not return from the front.
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‘There’s No Life Without Water’: Occupied Donetsk Residents Plead for Water Amid Supply Collapse
Faced with severely limited and poor-quality water, residents are calling on Putin to investigate local authorities' action — and inaction.
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‘We Could Lose It in 60 Days’: Russia Closes In on Ukrainian Stronghold of Pokrovsk
Though losing Pokrovsk would significantly worsen the situation for Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, analysts doubt it will dramatically impact the war.
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Billions Spent, Nothing Built: The Deepwater Port in Sakhalin With Links to Russia's Elite
Four years after the government and Gazprombank pledged billions to build a strategic deepwater port on Sakhalin Island, there is not even a construction...
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Sun, Sea and the Russian Flag: Inside Vacation Season on the Beaches of Occupied Ukraine
Russia is promoting summer getaways to occupied seaside towns as part of a broader push to normalize control over territory it seized by force.
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Love Letters to the Justice Ministry: How Daria Apakhonchich Turned Her ‘Foreign Agent’ Reports Into Art
Apakhonchich chronicles both the absurdity and brutality of Russia’s “foreign agents” law with her works.
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'Harmful by Nature': Bashkortostan's Controversial New Mining Project Could Have Global Impacts
Activists warn the planned mine at Kyrktytau could harm ecosystems as far away as Kazakhstan — and its copper could be shipped as far as the EU.
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What Happens When Your University Is Banned in Russia?
Yale and Brigham Young Universities were recently blacklisted in Russia. The fate of another U.S. college could show what that means.
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‘A Revolution in Drone Warfare’: As Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Flood the Battlefield, Ukraine Scrambles to Catch Up
The race for fiber-optic drones is one example of how the war in Ukraine has become one of adaptation and innovation.
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Russian POWs’ Families Accuse Moscow of Redeploying Their Loved Ones After Prisoner Swaps
As Moscow and Kyiv have held several rounds of prisoner swaps, reports have surfaced of exchanged Russian soldiers being redeployed to the front.
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‘My Homeland Is a Country Within a Country’: Avar Activist Zarema Gasanova
The nurse-turned-Indigenous-activist discusses activism in exile, xenophobia against people from the Caucasus in Russia and Dagestan’s future.
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