Day: September 5, 2017
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Russian Flight Attendants Win Aeroflot Discrimination Case
Aeroflot said it was happy with the court decision
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Russian ‘Humpty Dumpty’ Hackers Given Jail Time
Shaltai Boltai ringleader Vladimir Anikeyev was handed a two-year sentence in July after pleading guilty to hacking.
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Socialist Modernism: Buildings That Defy Tradition
Socialist modernism is architecture in the Soviet bloc from 1955 to 1991. It is quirky, sometimes ridiculous, but all the same a real attempt to create a new urban aesthetic.
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Protester at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Rally Handed Prison Sentence
Iskakov reportedly said he attended the anti-corruption protest “by accident, out of curiosity.”
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Freed Activist Udaltsov Summoned Over Bolotnaya Protests
Udaltsov was released in early August after serving his 4.5-year term for organizing protests on May 6, 2012.
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A Mysterious ‘Masquerade’ Comes to the Bolshoi
At the Bolshoi Theater Valery Fokin’s “Masquerade: Remembrance of the Future” channels the celebrated 1917 production by modern theater legend Vsevolod Meyerhold.
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Navalny Attacked With Sausages At Moscow Airport
Police were standing nearby and “smiling,” Navalny said.
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How We Can Support the World’s Rich Musical Diversity
Some music thrives, while other musical traditions are on the verge of disappearing
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North Korea Not a Nuclear Power, Says Putin
“We shouldn’t succumb to emotions and corner North Korea,” Putin said.
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Russian Foreign Ministry Preparing Lawsuit Against U.S. for ‘Violating Property Rights’
Putin said Russia would file the claim at “the most just court in the world.”
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Young Men Are Dying of Alcoholism in Russia’s Far East
Russia is the world’s fourth-largest alcohol consumer, according to the World Health Organization.
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U.S. State Dept. Denies Breaking Down Doors at Russian Properties
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned a U.S. Embassy official to protest the searches