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Meet the Artists Displaying at This Year’s Santa Fe Indian Market, the Largest Juried Native Art Show in the World

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 17, 2017
The annual show brings together some of the country’s best traditional and contemporary artists

Visit the Real-Life Winterfell Castle for a ‘Game of Thrones’ Festival

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 17, 2017

Much to the dismay of fans, season seven of “Game of Thrones” will end on August 27. However, winter doesn’t have to stop coming. Related Content Here’s What Actually Happens During an Execution by Molten Gold From Iceland to Croatia, Go On the Ultimate “Game of Thrones” Tour About one month after this season’s finale,…

Eclipse 2017: In Pursuit of Totality

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 17, 2017
You’ve made plans, packed bags, obtained glasses. Here’s what to read to fully appreciate this event in all its glory

Russian Emigres in New York Unfazed by Sanctions Fallout

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
U.S.-Russia relations are flourishing in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Odessa’

The Weekend in Moscow: From Cheese to Jazz

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
On Aug. 19 and 20, Moscow has something for every palate, from eats to music, and a great festival from South America.

Russia’s Strange and Whimsical Monuments

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
As some countries are pulling down their monuments, Russia is holding on to her famous statuary. No, we don’t mean Lenin.

Andrei Zvyagintsev’s ‘Loveless’ to Compete for Oscar Against ‘Mathilde’

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
The film is in the running to be Russia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards

Russian Fun Fact Friday

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
I’ve been so caught up in false friends and politics that I’d forgotten some of the finer pleasures of language acquisition: fun facts.

The Future of Russia’s Armed Forces, After Putin (Op-ed)

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
In today’s Russia, the Army is failing in its core functions

After Media Law, Foreign Ownership of Russian Internet Operators Could Be Next

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
Russia’s Communications Ministry has proposed limiting foreign ownership over internet exchange points to 20 percent

Seattle Mayor Wants Lenin Statue Removed After Charlottesville

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
The mayor of Seattle described several monuments there as symbols of “hate, racism and violence.”

Evaporating Lake in Siberia Stirs Outcry Over Border With Kazakhstan

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
It was reported earlier that Russia gifted the lake to Kazakhstan

Almost 50 Percent of Russians Consider Geopolitical Dominance Top Priority

NewsBy adminAugust 17, 2017
They said Russia is“one of the most influential countries in the world, without which not a single important question can be solved.”

How Artists and the LGBTQ Community Made Wearing Trash Cool

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 16, 2017
Before hipsters descended on your local thrift store, repurposing discarded goods was a subversive art form

Daily Stormer Still Active on Russia’s Largest Social Network VK

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
Russia’s most popular social network VK is still hosting the neo-Nazi group Daily Stormer

Navalny Outs Kremlin Spokesman’s Alleged Son

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
This was not the first time Navalny has taken a stab at Peskov

Daily Stormer Booted From Russia for ‘Propagandizing Neo-Nazi Ideology’

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
Russia’s media watchdog requested the Daily Stormer neo-Nazi website be blocked on Thursday

Jehovah’s Witnesses Added to Russia’s Extremism Registry

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
Any Jehovah’s Witnesses Administrative Center activities in Russia as well as 395 local branches are now banned

How Russian Media Skewed a Pew Center Poll on Putin

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
The Pew report found that just 26 percent of respondents worldwide trust Putin’s foreign policy.

Russian Activist Fined Over Gulag Memorial Plaque

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
It is reportedly the first time a “Last Address” activist has been prosecuted

The West Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syrian Rebels, Says Russian Foreign Ministry

NewsBy adminAugust 16, 2017
Maria Zakharova said it was “a proven fact” that the White Helmets falsified its humanitarian work

Putin-Watch Is Over Before It Takes Off

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
President Vladimir Putin made a timely public appearance on Wednesday

Russian Translator Censors Putin Questions at George Martin Q&A

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
The translator also avoided a question on U.S. Donald President Trump

Five Russian Athletes Suspended for Doping, RUSADA Says

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
The Russian Athletics Federation has disqualified five Russian athletes for doping

Former Minister Ulyukayev In Court Over Rosneft Bribe: Day One

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
Alexei Ulyukayev Faces 15 Years Behind Bars for Bribery

Russian Accused of Plotting Drone Attack on U.S. Planes Refuses Extradition

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
A Russian citizen accused of plotting attacks on American military planes has refused extradited from Turkey

Moscow Could Be 100 Years Older than Originally Thought

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
A spate of archeological findings in the capital is reportedly muddying Moscow’s history

U.S. Religious Freedom Report Names Russia ‘Country of Concern’

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
The annual report produced by the state United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said Russian authorities’ policy

Dalai Lama ‘Dreams’ of NATO Relocating to Moscow

NewsBy adminAugust 15, 2017
“I’m afraid now that after such a suggestion, I won’t be allowed to go to America!”

350 Russian Children in Middle East Conflict Zones, Says Russian Official

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Most are from Russia’s North Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Dagestan, Anna Kuznetsova said.

Dine 21 Stories Underground in This 345-Million-Year-Old Cavern

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Cavern Grotto, a new restaurant in Arizona, opens inside the largest dry cavern system in the country

Moscow’s Taxis Among the World’s Cheapest

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Taxi prices in Moscow have plummeted since the arrival of app providers Yandex-Taxi, Gett and Uber.

Russian Police Investigating Nationalist Attacks at LGBT Rally

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Several activists and journalists were pepper sprayed by a group of nationalists on Saturday

Putin Says Military Overhaul to Go Ahead Despite Budget Cuts

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Cuts to defense spending next year will not affect plans to re-equip the Russian Armed Forces, Putin Says

Moscow’s Metro Is the Perfect Zombie Apocalypse Hideout

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Russian illustrator and designer Max Degtyarev images what would happen if the zombie apocalypse came to the Moscow metro

The Big Unsexy Problem With Tiger Selfies

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Why drugging and caging the cats for Tinder photos is even more messed up than it sounds

What Folklore Tells Us About Eclipses

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 14, 2017
Across multiple cultures, says a Smithsonian folklorist, a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evil

Russia’s FSB Says It Detained a Ukrainian Agent in Crimea

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
The agent was said to be attempting an attack on electricity infrastructure

Probe Into Russian Military Plane Crash Delayed

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
An investigation will not be completed until late this year

Russian Activist Charged Over Gulag Memorial Plaque

NewsBy adminAugust 14, 2017
An activist is being prosecuted for installing a memorial plaque on the home of a victim of Soviet repression

The Fuzzy History of the Georgia Peach

Arts & CultureBy adminAugust 13, 2017
Once a feral resource for planters, the stone fruit got a marketing makeover in the late 19th century—and a boost from the segregated labor market

U.S. Consulate Closures Are a ‘Bluff,’ Says Russian Foreign Ministry

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
Washington has no legal grounds to close Russian consulates in the United States, Maria Zakharova said on Sunday

Memorial Names Convicted March 26 Protesters Political Prisoners

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
Memorial said it considered the persecution of March 26 participants to be “politically motivated, targeted at intimidating critics of the authorities.”

Russia’s FSB Says It Foiled Moscow Terror Plot

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
Two potential suicide bombers, an explosives expert and an “emissary” of Islamic State have been detained.

Life Expectancy in Russia Reaches 72 Years for First Time

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
But Russia still lags behind many other countries

Russian Publisher Admits Removing LGBT Plot from Hit U.S. Fantasy Novel

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
The Russian publisher the “Shades of Magic” series says it did so to comply with anti-gay legislation.

Through Fire and Sand: Russia Takes Gold in the International Tank Biathlon

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
The 2017 International Army Games’ “Tank Biathlon” was held from July 29 to Aug. 12 in Moscow’s Alabino region.

Russian Politician Blames West For Starting World War II

NewsBy adminAugust 13, 2017
Alexei Pushkov said Western nations were to blame for appeasing Hitler at the Munich Conference in September 1938

Harassed LGBT Activists Rally in St. Petersburg

NewsBy adminAugust 12, 2017
LGBT activists faced off with police and far-right protesters in the city’s largest pride march in years

In Small-Town Russia, a Syrian Imam Battles Islamic Extremism

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
More than a decade ago, Kifakh Bata moved to Russia. Now he’s ‘saving souls’

Moscow Court Orders Navalny to Remove Usmanov Bribery Allegations

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
A Moscow court on Friday ordered Navalny to remove excerpts of YouTube video that accuse Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov of bribery

Russia’s Lavrov Calls on North Korea and U.S. to Let ‘Common Sense’ Prevail

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
Speaking Friday at the Klyazma forum for students, Lavrov described the rhetoric in Washington and Pyongang as “over the top.”

Russia Names New Fifth Generation Fighter Jet Su-57

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
Russia’s first fifth-generation fighter jet will receive the designation Su-57

Gogol Theater’s Serebrennikov Deterred From Traveling Abroad by Russian Authorities

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
“I am stripped of my passport. I can’t leave anymore,” Serebrennikov told the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Stranded Whale Swims to Freedom in Russia’s Far East

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
The animal was able to swim to sea when the tide came in and rescuers were monitoring its progress.

Moscow Traffic Havoc

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
If you come to Moscow this summer, 15 minutes after you leave the customs area at the airport you will hear talk of моя улица (my street).

Whale Rescue in Real Time

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
A 13-meter-long whale was at risk of dying after being stranded on an island in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Aeroflot Hikes Fares to Russia’s World Cup Host Cities — Vedomosti

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
Aeroflot has sharply increased prices for flights to host cities during the 2018 World Cup in Russia

Washington May Force Russia to Close Consulate Amid Diplomatic Spat

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
Washington could force Russia to shutter one of four consulates in the United States

Trump ‘Thankful’ to Russia for Expelling U.S. Diplomats

NewsBy adminAugust 10, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “thankful” to President Vladimir Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats from Russia
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