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Covid vs. New Year's

St. Petersburg to Tighten Coronavirus Restrictions Over New Year Holiday

Russia's cultural capital to shut down many of its attractions amid Covid restrictions.
DIGGING UP THE PAST

Russia Summons Veterans to Help Drive Its New Nazi War Crime Investigations

Research is extending beyond the archives in probes observers say reflect a newfound interest in World War II and how the world remembers it.
duplicitous dumplings

Siberian Ex-Police Chief Convicted for Khinkali Bribes

Corruption comes in many flavors.
rapid roll-out

Putin Orders Mass Coronavirus Vaccination in Russia ‘Next Week’

Doctors and teachers will be first in line to receive the country's Sputnik V jab.
Struggle For Peace

Putin Urges Post-Soviet Allies to Support Embattled Armenian PM

Putin defended Pashinyan's agreement to a Moscow-brokered peace deal as the Armenian prime minister faces outrage at home.
heightened scrutiny

Russia Eyes Expansion to ‘Foreign Agent’ Law

Anyone who collects information on Russia’s military activities while receiving foreign funding could be labeled a “foreign agent.”
russia's response

LIVE | Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Dec. 2

Record-breaking new cases. Deaths surpass 41,000. Vaccine race.
east vs west

Russia Will Remain 'Chief Threat' to NATO Through 2030, Report Says

The high-level report urges NATO to continue pursuing “the dual-track approach of deterrence and dialogue” with Moscow.
THE SBER ECONOMY

Sberbank’s Big Plan to Become Russia’s Consumer Goliath Takes Shape

The state-owned lender will launch an online retail giant in 2021, as it aims to be the main player in almost every sphere of Russian life.
men's perspective

Moscow Inaugurates Male Version of Feminist Festival

The Moscow MaleFest will field discussions on modern-day masculinity, reverse sexism and other issues men face today.
kurils dispute

Japan Protests Russia’s Missile System Deployment on Disputed Islands

The dispute over the islands has kept Russia and Japan from signing a formal peace treaty to end the war.
A New Normal

Blame Climate Change for Historically Warm Fall in Russia’s Biggest Cities, Experts Say

Russia's two biggest cities will see warmer seasons over the next 10 years compared with the prior decade.
wealth watch

Russian Billionaires See $500Mln Windfall in 2020

Russia’s wealthiest billionaires had a November stock market rally to thank for their gains.
'volga maniac'

Russia Detains Suspect in Killings of 26 Elderly Women

The serial killer's victims were women between 75 and 90 years old who lived alone.
obituary

Irina Antonova, Head of Pushkin Museum for 52 Years, Dead at Age 98

Antonova's influence on museums, curation and the public's understanding of art is incalculable.
uneasy ground

What's Next for Nagorno-Karabakh?

Despite a Russian-brokered truce, the decades-old dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan is far from resolved.
Bias claims

Rights Court Faults Russia Over Physicist's Spying Conviction

Valentin Danilov's case has revived fears of the Soviet-era terror and the authorities' paranoid hunts for traitors among academics.
weighty words

Authorities Probe Navalny’s Coronavirus Interview for ‘Extremism’

“Putin, sitting in his bunker, wishes so desperately for me not to return to Russia,” Navalny said in response to the news.
ceasefire enforcement

Turkey, Russia Seal Deal for Karabakh 'Peacekeeping Center'

Russia has said repeatedly that Turkey will have no troops on the ground under the truce deal's terms.
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