Day: August 14, 2017
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350 Russian Children in Middle East Conflict Zones, Says Russian Official
Most are from Russia’s North Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Dagestan, Anna Kuznetsova said.
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Dine 21 Stories Underground in This 345-Million-Year-Old Cavern
Cavern Grotto, a new restaurant in Arizona, opens inside the largest dry cavern system in the country
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Moscow’s Taxis Among the World’s Cheapest
Taxi prices in Moscow have plummeted since the arrival of app providers Yandex-Taxi, Gett and Uber.
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Russian Police Investigating Nationalist Attacks at LGBT Rally
Several activists and journalists were pepper sprayed by a group of nationalists on Saturday
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Putin Says Military Overhaul to Go Ahead Despite Budget Cuts
Cuts to defense spending next year will not affect plans to re-equip the Russian Armed Forces, Putin Says
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Moscow’s Metro Is the Perfect Zombie Apocalypse Hideout
Russian illustrator and designer Max Degtyarev images what would happen if the zombie apocalypse came to the Moscow metro
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The Big Unsexy Problem With Tiger Selfies
Why drugging and caging the cats for Tinder photos is even more messed up than it sounds
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What Folklore Tells Us About Eclipses
Across multiple cultures, says a Smithsonian folklorist, a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evil
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Russia’s FSB Says It Detained a Ukrainian Agent in Crimea
The agent was said to be attempting an attack on electricity infrastructure
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Probe Into Russian Military Plane Crash Delayed
An investigation will not be completed until late this year
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Russian Activist Charged Over Gulag Memorial Plaque
An activist is being prosecuted for installing a memorial plaque on the home of a victim of Soviet repression