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Проект 100 лет после революции

The Moscow Times отмечает 100 летия революции с запуском проекта о жизни в России сегодня. Мы приглашаем читателей по всей стране запечатлеть один день из жизни на фотографиях, в виде скетча или рассказа.

October 29, 2017

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The Moscow Times Launches 100 Years Since the Russian Revolution Project

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October 29, 2017

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How Mobile Wine-Tasting Rooms Could Revolutionize Armenian Wine Country

By admin Arts & Culture

“Wine Cubes” will be popping up on Armenian vineyards—and building up the country’s enotourism industry

October 26, 2017

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Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires

By admin Arts & Culture

What people actually did to prevent the dead from rising again was very different than what Hollywood would have you think

October 26, 2017

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Russian Death Certificate Reveals Real Syrian Casualty Count

The cause of Sergei Poddubny’s death at age 36 is named as “incineration of the body”

October 26, 2017

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Russian Death Cert Reveals Real Syrian Casualty Count

The cause of Sergei Poddubny’s death at age 36 is named as “incineration of the body”

October 26, 2017

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Former Russian Troll Describes Night Shift as ‘Bacchanalia’

“Like everyone, I needed the money”

October 26, 2017

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With IKEA, ‘Later’ Finally Arrived

I’m convinced that there isn’t a family in Moscow who doesn’t have IKEA frozen meatballs in the freezer

October 26, 2017

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Kalashnikov Among Russian Firms Under Threat of U.S. Sanctions

A list of possible targets includes 33 Russian defense and six intelligence sector organizations

October 26, 2017

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Love as a Russian Chemistry Experiment

You know that chemistry between Marshall and Lily? In Russian it’s not химия. Really.

October 26, 2017

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Majority of Russians Ready to Hand Putin Fourth Term

One in five couldn’t name who they’d vote for, while one in 10 said they wouldn’t cast ballots

October 26, 2017

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Moscow’s Culinary Renaissance

Moscow food scene has expanded dramatically over the past decade

October 26, 2017

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The Oligarchs Are Next: Russian Businessmen Prepare for U.S. Sanctions

Fearing new sanctions, Russia’s wealthiest individuals are busy hiring lawyers and searching for lobbyists

October 26, 2017

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Navalny Won’t Hand the Kremlin Freebies by Criticizing Sobchak

In his weekly YouTube show on Thursday, Navalny addressed concerns that Sobchak could split the liberal opposition ticket

October 26, 2017

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30 Foreign Spies Foiled This Year, Says Putin

Putin made the comments at an award ceremony for Russia’s highest-ranking officers

October 26, 2017

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Fats Domino’s Infectious Rhythms Set a Nation in Motion

By admin Arts & Culture

This Rock ’n’ Roll maverick was a true New Orleans original

October 25, 2017

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Russia Named Top Source of Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov cast doubt on the report’s findings

October 25, 2017

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Who Really Wrote “Merry Christmas, Baby”

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The co-author of a classic holiday song still can’t catch a break

October 25, 2017

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Twitter Drops Advertising From Kremlin-Funded Sites Sputnik and RT

“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Twitter said.

October 25, 2017

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Lost Time: Wild Photos of Russia’s Punks

Igor Mukhin’s photos capture the colorful personalities that made up Russia’s underground music scene in the 1980s

October 25, 2017

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Hidden in a Basement for 70 Years, Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on Jewish Life and Culture Before WWII

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The 170,000 pages found might be “the most important collection of Jewish archives since the Dead Sea Scrolls.”

October 25, 2017

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How Elysian Brewing Company Turns a 1,790-Pound Pumpkin Into a Keg

By admin Arts & Culture

And is this insane thing really a pumpkin?

October 25, 2017

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Ksenia Sobchak, Russia’s Star Presidential Candidate, Will Be Heard

Whatever pundits believe about Sobchak, she is among the most recognizable personas in Russia — one that can put on a show

October 25, 2017

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How Kara Walker Boldly Rewrote Civil War History

By admin Arts & Culture

The artist gives 150-year-old illustrations a provocative update at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

October 25, 2017

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How to Eat Like a Local in Vienna, Austria

By admin Arts & Culture

Instagrammer Sothany Kim dishes on nicotine breakfasts, third-wave coffee houses and enemy bakers in Austria’s capital

October 25, 2017

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Russia Submits Bid to Host UEFA Euro 2020 Opening Match

Russia has placed a bid to host the opening match of the 2020 European football championship, Deputy prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said Thursday.

October 25, 2017

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Russian Investigative Newspaper Says ‘No Choice’ But to Arm Staff After Radio Host Was Stabbed

The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta listed high-profile attacks on journalists working for his publication, including the murders of reporters Anna Politkovskaya and Igor Domnikov.

October 25, 2017

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Interfax News Back Online After Large-Scale Virus Attack

After suffering a virus attack which spread to other countries, Russia’s largest state news agency is back

October 25, 2017

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The Die Is Cast

Ksenia Sobchak’s statement of purpose for that new vacancy opening up in the Kremlin.

October 25, 2017

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Kremlin Blanks ‘Annexation’ From German President’s Speech on Crimea

A Kremlin transcript of a speech by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Crimea edited the text to replace the word “annexation,” in reference to the peninsula.

October 25, 2017

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Amnesty Says Russian Prison Convoy Conditions ‘Evoke Gulag Era’

Amnesty urged the Russian government not to send prisoners away from their home regions, so they could be closer to their families

October 25, 2017

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Moscow Authorities Allow Nationalist March

One of the march’s organizers told the independent television channel Dozhd TV on Wednesday that City Hall had approved a march in Moscow’s Lyublino district.

October 24, 2017

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Ksenia Sobchak, Who Wants to Be President, Reignites Crimea Controversy

“Crimea belongs to Ukraine. Period”

October 24, 2017

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The Healing Power of Greek Tragedy

By admin Arts & Culture

Do plays written centuries ago have the power to heal modern day traumas? A new project raises the curtain on a daring new experiment

October 24, 2017

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Stabbed Russian Radio Host Rapidly Recovering, Doctors Say

The deputy editor of the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy who was hospitalized earlier this week after being stabbed is making a speedy recovery

October 24, 2017

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U.S. Returns Flags From Seized San Francisco Consulate to Russia

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister repeated Moscow’s warnings that it reserves the right to take retaliatory steps against Washington

October 24, 2017

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At This Spectral Subway Platform, Trains Approach But Never Arrive

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An otherworldly art installation debuts at the Renwick just in time for Halloween

October 24, 2017

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Russian Wheat Exports Could Lead to Bread Shortages in St. Petersburg

A shortage of wagons for wheat transport is a cause of concern for the governor

October 24, 2017

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Top Russian Journalists Sue FSB Over Telegram Encryption Demands

“We believe that this affects our right to confidential communication with sources of information,” the journalists said

October 24, 2017

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Video Glorifying Russian Mercenaries in Syria Trends on Youtube

The Wagner private contractor group is believed to have played central roles in conflicts in Ukraine and Syria

October 24, 2017

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Russian Opposition Activist Dies After Being Attacked With Iron Rod

Alexei Stroganov fell into a coma after the assault and never regained consciousness

October 24, 2017

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Investigation Reveals Putin’s Inner Circle Has Amassed $24 Bln Fortune

Estimates of Putin’s private wealth vary, from the officially declared 8.9 million rubles ($133,000) to as high as $200 billion

October 24, 2017

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Navalny (Really) Can’t Run for President, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office Says

The head of Russia’s Central Elections Commission said in October Navanly could only run in 2028

October 24, 2017

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First Naturalized Russians Take New Oath of Allegiance

A new law requiring naturalized Russians to recite an oath of allegiance took effect in September

October 24, 2017

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Exploring Russia’s Rural Airports

Forget your preconceptions of how airports should look.

October 23, 2017

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Why Did So Few Novels Tackle the 1918 Pandemic?

By admin Arts & Culture

Surprisingly few U.S. writers touched by the 1918 pandemic wrote about it. But flu lit appears more popular today than ever

October 23, 2017

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Russia’s Interfax News Agency Site Down After Hack

The source of the attack has not yet been determined

October 23, 2017

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Russia’s 2018 World Cup Costs Soar Another $600 Million

A decree signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday did not state the reason for the latest increase

October 23, 2017

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Russian Police Threaten to Kill Navalny Supporters After They Compare Police Wages to Sweden

The video culminates with the officer calling the video’s author a ‘Swedish homosexual’

October 23, 2017

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Sobchak Campaign Teams Up With Igor Malashenko, Who Once Helped Yeltsin

“You can laugh at me, but I understand show business”

October 23, 2017

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A Fresh Look for Smithsonian’s Oldest Art Museum

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The Freer’s renovation comes with a new thematic presentation of Asian Art—and the Peacock Room is reopened, as well

October 23, 2017

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‘Madman’ Attacker Denies Trying to Kill Ekho Journalist Felgenhauer

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday that Felgenhauer was attacked by a “madman.”

October 23, 2017

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Pussy Riot ‘Slightly Occupies’ Trump Tower

“We came to occupy Trump Tower to call attention to political prisoners,” Pussy Riot wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.

October 23, 2017

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Moscow Mayor Sobyanin Seeks New Term to ‘Finish Reforms’

Sobyanin’s plans to relocate around 10 percent of Moscow’s population sparked mass demonstrations this summer

October 23, 2017

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Moscow Gang Accused of ‘Purging’ Homeless People Sentenced

Three of the defendants were found to have psychiatric illnesses

October 23, 2017

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Radio Station Publishes Security Footage of Man Who Stabbed Russian Radio Host

The man then pepper-sprays the guard and then ducks under a turnstile, running into the building

October 23, 2017

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Russia Accuses U.S. of Stealing Seized San Francisco Consulate Archives

Another episode in the San Francisco consulate saga

October 23, 2017

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Ekho Moskvy Editor Felgenhauer Expected to Survive Stabbing Attack

Venediktov told Radio Svoboda that doctors had said she was in a “medium serious” condition and had lost a lot of blood, but that her life was not in danger.

October 22, 2017

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Russia’s Journalism Union Blames State TV For Stabbing Attack on Editor

Russia’s Union of Journalists added the stabbing to a roster of recent attacks against journalists in Russia

October 22, 2017

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Ekho Moskvy Radio Station Editor Stabbed in Moscow

Felgenhauer has been hospitalized and her life is reportedly not under threat

October 22, 2017

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