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Moscow Metro Installs Replica of Stalin Monument

The life-sized bas-relief, first unveiled in 1950 at Taganskaya Station, was dismantled in the 1960s during the Soviet Union’s de-Stalinization campaign...

Moscow Travel Chaos Drags Into Second Day After Unprecedented Ukrainian Drone Attack

More than 14,000 passengers remained stranded on nearly 100 inbound and outbound flights at Moscow airports on Thursday.
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Elderly Activist Stages Rare Anti-Putin Protest Across From Kremlin Before Jumping Off Bridge

Videos show the man, known as “Uncle Grisha,” holding a poster that reads “Putin Hitler” on one side and displays a swastika on the other.
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Moscow Hit With Internet Disruptions Ahead of Victory Day Parade

Authorities warned residents of possible outages throughout the week due to heightened security ahead of Victory Day celebrations.
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Moscow Apartment Explosion Kills At Least 3

City authorities said the cause of the blast was still unknown, while police launched a criminal investigation into the incident.
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Late-Spring Snow Hits Moscow, Toppling Trees and Causing Power Outages

The snowfall marks the first time that Moscow's base weather station has recorded snow cover on May 2 in its 75 years of operations.
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Russian Army General Killed in Moscow Car Explosion, Investigators Say

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, was killed in the blast.
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Russian Police Search Homes of ‘Undesirable’ Opposition Politicians

The former municipal deputies were named “founders and co-chairs” of an exiled association of anti-war local politicians, state media reported.
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In Photos: The Works of Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli

Tsereteli, the former chief artist of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, who died on Monday night, left an indelible impression on the landscape of Moscow.
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Moscow Sees Wild Temperature Whiplash in April

“It’s an extremely unique April because the weather fluctuated from one extreme to the other,” chief meteorologist Roman Vilfand said.
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Kyrgyzstan Summons Russian Ambassador After Police Detain Kyrgyz Nationals at Moscow Bathhouse

Eyewitnesses said masked men beat some bathhouse patrons, tore up their documents and subjected them to degrading treatment during the raid.
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In Russia's Universities, Anti-War Voices Are Silenced. But Resistance Remains.

With public resistance to the war nearly impossible, some students still find ways to express their opposition and fight for their rights.
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Fire Engulfs Elite Penthouse in Central Moscow

The blaze broke out at the Roma Rossa residential complex, designed and furnished by award-winning Italian architect Piero Lissoni.
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Moscow Targeted by Second Ukrainian Drone Attack in a Week

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency crews were dispatched to areas where debris from several intercepted drones had fallen.
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At Least 3 Killed in ‘Largest Ever’ Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow

Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed more than 300 drones across the country overnight, including 126 over the Kursk border region.
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Pro-Kremlin Paramilitary Leader Killed in Suspected Suicide Bombing – Reports

Police sources told Russian media that early indications suggest the attacker detonated an explosive device he had brought with him.
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Moscow Bomb Attack Kills Pro-Kremlin Paramilitary Leader Wanted in Ukraine

Armen Sarkisyan, founder of the irregular Arbat Battalion, died after being hospitalized in critical condition, Russian state media reported.
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Russian Government Sues Domodedovo Airport Following Privatization Probe

Prosecutors reportedly reviewed Domodedovo’s privatization documents from the 1990s before filing the lawsuit.
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Moscow Activist Detained, Taken to Military Enlistment Office During Police Raid

Gleb Babich said the incident occurred while he was filming police raids against undocumented migrants outside the Teply Stan metro station.
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Museum of Moscow Removes Exhibit Section on Soviet Repression – Reports

Arts journalist Ksenia Basilashvili said the exhibit was first revised and then removed entirely following requests from “someone from outside.”
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