Day: October 12, 2017
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Inside Taiwan’s Craft Beer Renaissance
Once a state-run industry, beer-making in Taiwan is blending globally-minded brewing with local flavors
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Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome Workers Hunger Strike for Third Year
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
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British Council Launches ‘Science Train’ on Moscow Metro
A science and education-themed train will soon launch in the Moscow Metro
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Russia’s Biggest Cinema Chain Agrees to Screen Controversial Tsar Biopic ‘Mathilde’
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
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Moscow Extends ‘My Street’ Urban Renewal Program to 2020
Already over budget, Moscow’s infrastructure revamp will now last another three years
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Miss Russia Thanks Putin for Lack of Weinstein-Style Harassment in Russia
Russian women have President Vladimir Putin to thank for the lack of sexual harassment incidents that are coming to light in the United States
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Russian Lawmaker Milonov Gets Slap on the Wrist for Anti-LGBT Rhetoric
The State Duma ethics committee will reprimand ultra-conservative St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov for inciting hatred against the LGBT community
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25 Russian Words For 25 Years: Part Two
This week I begin my trek through time stuck in a traffic jam. The place: Moscow. The year: 2005.
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The Evolution of Homo Sovieticus to Putin’s Man
The tumultuous decades have left their mark on Russians’ inner life