Day: August 24, 2017
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Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Offers Advice to a New Generation of Activists
A new documentary charts the 87-year-old leader’s advocacy across the decades
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Moscow Weekend: Thai Festival at Sokolniki
This weekend in Sokolniki Park: a Thai Festival, retro car show, free dance classes and more. Enjoy your last summer weekend!
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North Korea’s First Tour Agency Turns Out to Be Russian
The organization’s status was confirmed by NKOREAN’s sales director Yulia Mukhtakhipova
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Moscow Weekend: Jazz and Science at Skolkovo
On Saturday Skolkovo Innovation Center welcomes jazz, food, science, markets and much more at the annual music fest.
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Communist Party Deputy Killed in Chechnya
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov described Askhabov as “a friend, a brother and a colleague.”
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Shawurma? Shawerma? What Do You Call the Scent of Russian Summer?
You suddenly have a craving for a gyro. What do you ask for in Russian? (This is a trick question.)
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Russian Teens Given Prison Sentences for Torturing Animals
Video footage of Savchenko bullying homeless people and offensive social media posts served as the evidence for the extended sentence
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The Show Trial of a Russian Theater Director (Op-ed)
If it is not clear by now, let me say it in no uncertain terms: The Serebrennikov case is a show trial.
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Death Toll Rises to 17 After Bus Plunges Into Kerch Strait
The bus was carrying workers from the Tamanneftegas oil terminal in southern Russia
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Volunteer Guard at Nemtsov Memorial Dies After Attack
“Tragedy at the memorial,’’ Andrei Margulyov, another volunteer guard, wrote on Twitter.