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Russian Foreign Ministry Says it Suffered ‘Large-Scale’ Cyber Attack

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry experienced “large-scale” cyber-attacks originating in Iran and Hungary last month, its spokesperson said
July 13, 2017
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Lavrov, Donbass and the Duties of Translation

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A couple of weeks ago Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a statement about the war in Donbass. Did he admit Russia’s military involvement or not?
July 13, 2017
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FSB Questions Siemens’ Partner in Russia Amid Crimea Lawsuit

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The CEO of Russia’s leading power engineering company was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday over a case involving the alleged disclosure of state secrets.
July 13, 2017
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Nemtsov Trial Sentencing ‘Strange,’ Says Kadyrov

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The head of the Chechen republic Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday that prison sentences handed down to opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s killers were “strange” and based on unsubstantiated evidence
July 13, 2017
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Priest Discloses Mystery Over ‘Lady in Red’ in Putin’s Limousine

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It’s less exciting than you think.
July 13, 2017
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Guards at Volgograd War Memorial Complain Of Hazing and Abuse

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Soldiers in an elite military unit in Volgograd who guard а World War II memorial have complained of beatings, extortion and other forms of hazing.
July 13, 2017
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Moscow Police Closes Investigation Into Green Paint Attack on Navalny

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Navalny suffers a series of setbacks.
July 12, 2017
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Russia’s Ten Richest Women in Government Earned $3.6M Last Year

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The incomes of Russia’s 10 richest women add up to $3.6 million and range from 56.2 million rubles ($937,000) to 10.5 million rubles
July 12, 2017
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Russia’s 10 Richest Women in Government Earned $3.6M Last Year

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The incomes of Russia’s 10 richest women add up to $3.6 million and range from 56.2 million rubles ($937,000) to 10.5 million rubles
July 12, 2017
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Russian Tech Giant Yandex Merges Taxi Service With Uber

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Russian tech company Yandex announced on Thursday it is merging its taxi service Yandex Taxi with Uber
July 12, 2017
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Convicted Russian Real Estate Tycoon Polonsky Walks Free From Court

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Sergei Polonsky, the founder and former major shareholder in the once mighty property corporation Mirax Group, was found guilty of major fraud on Wednesday, but walked free from court
July 12, 2017
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Many Russians Don’t Know the Jehovah’s Witnesses, But They Still Want Them Banned

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Half of those polled don’t know the group, but they still want it banned.
July 12, 2017
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Saturday in Moscow: A Healthy Day in the Park

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Stop the presses! The sun will shine in Moscow on Saturday. And what better way to celebrate the sunshine than a day in the park — doing a triathlon.
July 12, 2017
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Russian Foreign Ministry Official Slams NATO Film on Baltic Resistance

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, has lashed out at a new film produced by NATO that documents anti-Soviet resistance in the Baltic States after World War II.
July 12, 2017
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Nemtsov Killers’ Sentencing Brings Little Closure

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The man who shot Boris Nemtsov in the back in 2015 has been given a 20-year sentence.
July 12, 2017
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Moscow Court Sentences Nemtsov’s Killer to 20 Years

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Five men found guilty of involvement in the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Thursday.
July 12, 2017
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United Russia Tries to Fight ‘Fake News’ (In Its Own Way)

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Two State Duma deputies have introduced a bill calling for multi-million ruble fines for publishing “false information” on social media.
July 12, 2017
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Before You Take Up Russian Citizenship, You Need to Take This Oath

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And may my hands and legs wither if I ever cross over to the enemy’s side.
July 12, 2017
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These Otherworldly “Earthships” Offer Visitors Unusual, Off-the-Grid Accommodations

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Spend the night in an art house built from garbage
July 11, 2017
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Ai Weiwei Depicts the Brutality of Authoritarianism in an Unusual Medium–Legos

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The renowned Chinese Artist finally gets to see his work about political prisoners at the Hirshhorn
July 11, 2017
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Take a Stroll Through Jane Austen’s England With This Interactive Map

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A look at the houses and towns that shaped the life and writing of the famed author on the 200th anniversary of her death
July 11, 2017
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The Bolshoi Ballet ‘Nureyev’ Just Wasn’t Ready, Really (Op-ed)

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Liberal journalists are prepared to believe anything but the truth.
July 11, 2017
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Nureyev’s Canceled Ballet Mirrors His Soviet-Era Persecution (Op-ed)

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Perhaps the biography of Rudolf Nureyev holds an answer to the question of what happened at the Bolshoi Theater just days before the premiere of a show chronicling his life was canceled.
July 11, 2017
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Why Russian Post’s Most Successful CEO Was Sidelined

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Dmitry Strashnov made Russian Post profitable. So why was he just shown the door?
July 11, 2017
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How Barack Obama Became the First President to Brew Beer at the White House

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The former president and his staff crafted ales featuring honey from the White House garden
July 11, 2017
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Moscow Exhibition Breaks Through Traditions

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This multimedia show of works by visual artist Dmitry Plavinsky and filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky takes you back 50 years to a time when these artists were going back 500 years to mine Russia’s ancient past for inspiration.
July 11, 2017
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Moscow Exhibition Takes You Back to When Icons Were Subversive

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This multimedia show of works by visual artist Dmitry Plavinsky and filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky takes you back 50 years to a time when these artists were going back 500 years to mine Russia’s ancient past for inspiration.
July 11, 2017
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Moscow Ranked Best City to Live in Russia

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Moscow is the best city in Russia to live, according to a new report published Wednesday by the state-run Mortgage agency and the Strelka research bureau
July 11, 2017
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Russian Lawyer Says Trump Jr. Only Asked About Democrats’ Financing

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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya said on Tuesday that Donald Trump Jr. met her to obtain “inappropriate” information on sources of U.S. Democratic campaign financing
July 11, 2017
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Russia’s Forbidden Dancer Rudolf Nureyev

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The premiere of “Nureyev,” a ballet based on the life of gay Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev, was unexpectedly postponed at the last minute.
July 11, 2017
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Russian Prison Officials Deny Seeking Jail Term for Navalny

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The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) denied late on Tuesday that it requested a Moscow court to replace opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence with time in prison.
July 11, 2017
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Kaspersky Lab Denies Claims of Cooperation with Russian Spy Agency

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Russia’s most notorious cyber-security company wants to give Bloomberg a ‘PhD for ‘banya journalism.’
July 11, 2017
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The Timelessness of Millennial-Bashing

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Even in the 14th century, writers blamed younger generations for ruining everything
July 10, 2017
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Why Russian Officials Want to Control the Social Sciences (Op-ed)

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In authoritarian regimes, the social sciences are the most vulnerable to state interventions
July 10, 2017
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Game of Thrones’ Winter Is Coming, But Which Metro Stop Is It Getting Off At?

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No one needs to tell Muscovites “winter is coming.”
July 10, 2017
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Russia and Saudi Arabia Agree $3.5 Bln Arms Deal

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Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed an arms deal Monday valued at $3.5 billion, general director of Russian state-owned corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov said
July 10, 2017
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Russian Officials Request Jail Term for Navalny

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Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) has requested opposition leader Alexei Navalny be imprisoned, instead of serving out a suspended sentence
July 10, 2017
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Protesting Torture, Inmate Asks Putin to Revoke His Citizenship

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An inmate at a Russian prison has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to strip him of his citizenship in protest against torture allegedly carried out at the detention facility
July 10, 2017
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Fire in Moscow Shopping Mall Injures 18

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Eighteen people, including one child, have been injured.
July 10, 2017
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Man Who Reportedly Tried to Kill Putin Appeals for Pardon

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The 33-year-old says he regrets his “stupid and non-motivated crime”
July 10, 2017
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Head of Russian Orthodox Church Proposes Exorcism As Cure for Mental Illness

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Driving out demons might help in cases where professional psychological counselors fail.
July 10, 2017
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Russian State Media Ridicules U.S. Government for Mistaking ‘Russian Atlantis’ for Real City

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The U.S. State Department is once again the recipient of rotten tomatoes from state media after it criticized the Russian authorities’ actions in a non-existent city.
July 10, 2017
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Three Russian Children Injured After Playing With Hand Grenade

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Don’t play with grenades.
July 10, 2017
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Tributes to Anton Nossik, Pioneer of Russia’s Internet, Cut Across Divides

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The Internet’s ‘Pushkin’ died on July 9, just days after turning 51
July 9, 2017
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See Canada Through Fresh Eyes on a First Nations Tour

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The mountains, forests and waters of British Columbia are given new meaning on a journey led by members of its indigenous communities
July 9, 2017
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Bolshoi Theater Postpones Premiere of Anticipated Ballet on Gay Dancer

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“[The story of Nureyev] was the wrong topic, by the wrong guy at the wrong time.”
July 9, 2017
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Bolshoi Theater Postpones Premier of Anticipated Ballet on Gay Dancer

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Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater has unexpectedly postponed the premier of a highly anticipated ballet, just days before it was scheduled to open on July 11
July 9, 2017
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The Kremlin ‘Notes’ Fresh Allegations of Chechnya Killings

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The Kremlin has reacted to a report claiming 27 people were killed by security forces in January
July 9, 2017
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Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Musician, Grammy Award Winner and Now Museum Curator

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The title of her latest album “D + Evolution” is also the theme of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt
July 9, 2017
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Ilya Glazunov, Controversial Painter Favored by Kremlin, Dies Aged 87

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For the ideological crime of depicting Solzhenitsyn, the Central Committee of the Communist Party exiled Glazunov to Siberia to paint portraits of the workers of the Baikal-Amur Railway
July 9, 2017
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Opposition May Benefit From ‘Crisis’ Hitting Russian Political Parties

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Russian political parties have been in a state of deepening crisis since parliamentary elections in 2016
July 9, 2017
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Anonymous Website Outs Russian Anti-Corruption Demonstrators

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An anonymous Russian website is using controversial identification software to find the names and social media accounts of anti-corruption protesters
July 9, 2017
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Here’s How Russian State TV Spun Putin’s G20 Meeting With Trump

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Russian state TV was unimpressed with Donald Trump in its coverage of the G20 in Hamburg last week.
July 9, 2017
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News From Russia: What You Missed on the Weekend

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A round-up of this weekend’s news
July 9, 2017
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Putin and Trump Talked. But Don’t Bet on Real Change (Op-ed)

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Anything other than a presidential brawl would have passed as a diplomatic breakthrough.
July 8, 2017
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Anton Nossik: A Life in Pictures

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Nossik was reportedly with friends at a dacha when he suffered a sudden heart attack during the night.
July 8, 2017
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‘Godfather’ of Russian Internet Nossik Dies of Heart Attack

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Anton Nossik, a Russian Internet entrepreneur often referred to as the godfather of the Russian Internet, died on Saturday night.
July 8, 2017
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Moscow Upbeat About Putin-Trump Meeting at G20

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In stark contrast to the cool reaction from American media, most Russian politicians and experts gushed about the meeting between the two presidents.
July 7, 2017
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Russia’s Cold Summer Is Heartwarming News for Food Delivery Services

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Unusually cold and rainy weather this summer means some businesses are cashing in.
July 7, 2017
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Duma Chairman Volodin Launches Disciplinary Campaign Against Slackers

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From now on, the number of absent deputies will be announced at the beginning of each plenary session.
July 7, 2017
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