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That Was the Moscow That Was

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If you lived in Moscow in the 90s, you’ll remember this
October 19, 2017
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What’s Behind Ksenia Sobchak’s ‘Against All’ Bid for the Presidency?

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She is a socialite and former reality TV presenter, turned opposition activist, then opposition journalist and — now — presidential candidate
October 18, 2017
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These Collegiate Innovators Are at the Vanguard of Technology and Art

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A massive three-day festival spotlights the achievements of the Atlantic Coast Conference
October 18, 2017
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Who’s Paying for Sobchak’s $17M Presidential Campaign?

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Big business could fund the majority of Sobchak’s $17.4 million campaign, an asset that Kremlin-backed candidates enjoy.
October 18, 2017
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Why Ksenia Sobchak Is Running for President (Op-ed)

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Mark Galeotti explains how Sobchak’s campaign can reshape the Russian presidential election landscape.
October 18, 2017
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Sanders Campaign Aide to Work on Sobchak’s Presidential Bid

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The Belarusian-born consultant helped two opposition politicians gain an unprecedented number of seats in Moscow in September
October 18, 2017
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Protesters Beware, Russian Law Enforcement Could Soon Wield Stun Shields

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The manufacturing company Mart Group is developing a non-lethal stun shield for riot police to use in 2018
October 18, 2017
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How This Vienna Suburb Became the Center of the “Raw Art” Movement

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Once a psychiatric clinic, the Art Brut Center Gugging now serves as a museum exhibiting the works of some of the world’s best self-taught artists
October 17, 2017
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Socialite Ksenia Sobchak Announces Bid for Russian Presidency

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The former reality television host is the daughter of Anatoly Sobchak, the first democratically elected mayor of St. Petersburg and the former boss of President Vladimir Putin
October 17, 2017
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Every Modern Architecture Lover Should Take This Three-Day Road Trip

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In Connecticut, works by some of the most notable architects of the 20th century are hiding in plain sight. Take the wheel for this sightseeing tour
October 17, 2017
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The Central Bank of Russia Blacklists 120 Otkritie Bankers

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The collapse of Otkritie is third most expensive collapse of a Russian bank in modern history.
October 17, 2017
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He Who Shall Not Be Named — The Kremlin’s Last Words on Navalny’s Election Bid

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Say who?!
October 17, 2017
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Kaliningrad Mayor Says Residents Should Leave City During World Cup Matches

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Residents who remain are asked to help foreign visitors and avoid fights with the large groups of fans watching the games in bars
October 17, 2017
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Iggy Pop Takes Moscow

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The legendary punk musician Iggy Pop is performing in Moscow this week as part of the world tour for his Post Pop Depression album.
October 17, 2017
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How Korean Fried Chicken, AKA “Candy Chicken” Became a Transnational Comfort Food

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A new Smithsonian Folklife Project, Forklife, traces the journeys of immigrant food traditions taking root in the United States
October 17, 2017
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Pavlensky Transferred to Psychiatric Hospital After Setting Bank of France on Fire

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Pavlensky’s wife will meanwhile remain in custody.
October 17, 2017
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Russian Actress Faces Backlash for Harvey Weinstein Comments

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“Isn’t it beautiful when a man of such great power sexually harasses you?”
October 17, 2017
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Moscow’s Fall Restaurant Season: Let the Dining Begin!

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Autumn in Moscow is always a time of openings and premieres, on the dining scene as much as on stages and in museums. Here’s a variety of new places, from a spot to grab a cup of Joe to restaurants serving more elaborate cuisines.
October 17, 2017
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Human Rights Law Firm to Defend Telegram in Government Encryption Row

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Pavel Durov said he had received 200 offers, including from famous lawyers who were prepared to defend Telegram pro bono
October 17, 2017
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Russia Prepares to Blacklist Five ‘Undesirable’ U.S. Media Outlets

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CNN, Voices of America, and Radio Liberty are all included in the list. The names of the two other outlets have not been disclosed.
October 17, 2017
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Theater Director Serebrennikov’s House Arrest Extended in Fraud Hearing

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Serebrennikov alleged during the hearing that for several years, he had been tailed by intelligence agents
October 17, 2017
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Moscow Named World’s Fourth Safest Megacity for Women

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It ranked behind Paris, Tokyo and London in terms of overall safety.
October 16, 2017
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The Minister Who Invented Camping in America

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How William H.H. Murray accidental bestseller launched the country’s first outdoor craze
October 16, 2017
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Russia’s Trade With China Up 22%

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Russia is steadily making China into its most important trade partner
October 16, 2017
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Russian Police May Punish Parents and Teachers for Protesting Children

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Teenagers have played a leading role in a series of rallies organized by opposition leader Alexei Navalny and presidential hopeful this year
October 16, 2017
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This Ambitious Landmark Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology Was Successfully Funded

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Smithsonian’s nonprofit record label launched a Kickstarter for help and got it
October 16, 2017
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Funding This Landmark Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology Will Be a Community Effort

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Smithsonian’s nonprofit record label launches a Kickstarter for help with its most ambitious project yet
October 16, 2017
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Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change

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One team is working with Inuvialuit elders to come up with a renewable energy terminology—and maybe revive a dying language
October 16, 2017
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European Court Orders Russia to Compensate Navalny Over Yves Rocher Fraud Case

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The ECHR on Tuesday ruled that the Navalny brothers’ right to a fair trial was violated and that their convictions fell outside the definition of fraud
October 16, 2017
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These Never-Before-Seen Photos From “The New York Times” Offer a New Glimpse Into African-American History

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The editors of the new book, “Unseen” talk about recognizing the paper of record’s biases
October 16, 2017
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Worldwide Short Film Festival Opens in Moscow

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The Worldwide Short Film Festival, or “shnit,” is an international festival of short films that opens in Moscow on Wednesday.
October 16, 2017
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Kremlin Troll Factory’s Methods and Figures Revealed

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Their orders were to “uncover and highlight existing problems and social issues in the United States”
October 16, 2017
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Statue Unveiled Commemorating Russian ‘Volunteer’ Fighters in Ukraine

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The unveiling was reportedly attended by DNR leader Alexander Zakharchenko and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov
October 16, 2017
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Moscow Then and Now

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Not since Josef Stalin’s first General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935 has the Russian capital changed so radically and so quickly.
October 16, 2017
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Russian Women Speak Out After Harvey Weinstein Scandal

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Former Bolshoi ballerina Anastasia Volochkova told The Daily Beast that she had attended “gala nights” for ballerinas and Russian oligarchs during her career
October 16, 2017
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The Fraud Scandal Engulfing Russia’s Media Watchdog, Explained

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The case has implicated Roskomnadzor’s spokesman, the head of its legal department among other top officials
October 15, 2017
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Telegram Founder Durov Puts Out Call for Lawyers to Fight Encryption Fine

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A Moscow court on Monday fined Telegram for failing to give security services decoding data targeting six phone numbers
October 15, 2017
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Designing The Moscow Times

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The designer of The Moscow Times shares his experience in creating the first newspaper layout
October 15, 2017
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France Arrests Radical Russian Artist Pavlensky for Bank Arson

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France granted Pavlensky and his partner asylum in May, months after Russia fined him for a 2015 arson attack of the Federal Security Service building.
October 15, 2017
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Home Is Where the Corpse Is—At Least In These Dollhouse Crime Scenes

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Frances Glessner Lee’s ‘Nutshell Studies’ exemplify the intersection of forensic science and craft
October 15, 2017
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Danske Bank Under Investigation for Russian Fraud

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A Danish bank is under investigation for helping launder a $230 million fraud committed by the Russian treasury and uncovered by the late Sergei Magnitsky
October 15, 2017
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Telegram Fined for Failing to Provide Encryption Keys to FSB

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The company has 10 days to appeal the verdict
October 15, 2017
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Kremlin Propagandist Kiselyov: U.S. Threats to End Iran Deal Is ‘Like a Madhouse’

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“Doesn’t this mean that for other countries, it is useless to agree on anything [with the U.S.], because they’ll change their minds?”
October 15, 2017
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Helicopter That Fired on Bystanders at Zapad Drills Was Involved in Second Incident

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A source close to the Defense Ministry and another in the aviation industry said a second misfiring occurred 25 minutes after the first
October 15, 2017
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Kremlin Troll Tells All About Influencing U.S. Elections

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The trolls were ordered to watch the hit series “House of Cards” in English and had English lessons to correct their grammar.
October 15, 2017
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MT Classic: Soviet Sturgeon Nikita Loses Life in Norway

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In another ominous sign of the souring relationship between Russia and NATO, a prized sturgeon given to Norway by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has died in a tragic accident.
October 13, 2017
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Inside Taiwan’s Craft Beer Renaissance

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Once a state-run industry, beer-making in Taiwan is blending globally-minded brewing with local flavors
October 12, 2017
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Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome Workers Hunger Strike for Third Year

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Construction workers at Russia’s Far East spaceport are staging a hunger strike for the third year in a row demanding salaries that they haven’t received in six months
October 12, 2017
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British Council Launches ‘Science Train’ on Moscow Metro

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A science and education-themed train will soon launch in the Moscow Metro
October 12, 2017
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Russia’s Biggest Cinema Chain Agrees to Screen Controversial Tsar Biopic ‘Mathilde’

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Despite arson threats from a vigilante group, a film about Tsar Nicholas II’s affair with a Polish ballerina will be screened by Russia’s biggest cinema chain
October 12, 2017
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Moscow Extends ‘My Street’ Urban Renewal Program to 2020

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Already over budget, Moscow’s infrastructure revamp will now last another three years
October 12, 2017
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Miss Russia Thanks Putin for Lack of Weinstein-Style Harassment in Russia

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Russian women have President Vladimir Putin to thank for the lack of sexual harassment incidents that are coming to light in the United States
October 12, 2017
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Russian Lawmaker Milonov Gets Slap on the Wrist for Anti-LGBT Rhetoric

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The State Duma ethics committee will reprimand ultra-conservative St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov for inciting hatred against the LGBT community
October 12, 2017
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25 Russian Words For 25 Years: Part Two

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This week I begin my trek through time stuck in a traffic jam. The place: Moscow. The year: 2005.
October 12, 2017
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The Evolution of Homo Sovieticus to Putin’s Man

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The tumultuous decades have left their mark on Russians’ inner life
October 12, 2017
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Russian Man Fined for Taking Car on a Hot Air Balloon Ride

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A Novosibirsk man has been fined for taking his automobile for a ride on a hot air balloon
October 11, 2017
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Russian MMA Union Fights to Ban Underage Bouts

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Russia’s mixed martial arts union wants to ban fights involving children under the age of 12 after a recent tournament south of Moscow featured 6-year-old fighters
October 11, 2017
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Russians’ Trust in Military Grows While Political Parties Falter – Poll

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Trust in Russia’s military and intelligence services has grown while trust in government agencies, banks, and big business has faltered over the past four years
October 11, 2017
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Moscow Approves Installation of Shakespeare Statue Near Kremlin

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A monument to the English playwright William Shakespeare will be installed in central Moscow by 2019
October 11, 2017
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Russia Unveils QR-Coded 200, 2,000 Ruble Bills

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Russia’s Central Bank and Goznak, the national mint, unveiled new 200- and 2,000-ruble bills on Thursday
October 11, 2017
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