Yearly Archives: 2017

The unveiling was reportedly attended by DNR leader Alexander Zakharchenko and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov

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.

Former Bolshoi ballerina Anastasia Volochkova told The Daily Beast that she had attended “gala nights” for ballerinas and Russian oligarchs during her career

The case has implicated Roskomnadzor’s spokesman, the head of its legal department among other top officials

A Moscow court on Monday fined Telegram for failing to give security services decoding data targeting six phone numbers

The designer of The Moscow Times shares his experience in creating the first newspaper layout

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.

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

The company has 10 days to appeal the verdict

“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?”

A source close to the Defense Ministry and another in the aviation industry said a second misfiring occurred 25 minutes after the first

The trolls were ordered to watch the hit series “House of Cards” in English and had English lessons to correct their grammar.

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.

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

A science and education-themed train will soon launch in the Moscow Metro

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

Already over budget, Moscow’s infrastructure revamp will now last another three years

Russian women have President Vladimir Putin to thank for the lack of sexual harassment incidents that are coming to light in the United States

The State Duma ethics committee will reprimand ultra-conservative St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov for inciting hatred against the LGBT community

This week I begin my trek through time stuck in a traffic jam. The place: Moscow. The year: 2005.

The tumultuous decades have left their mark on Russians’ inner life

A Novosibirsk man has been fined for taking his automobile for a ride on a hot air balloon

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

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

A monument to the English playwright William Shakespeare will be installed in central Moscow by 2019

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

A U.S. citizen is on trial for offering a high-ranking post in Russia’s Far East to a Muscovite in exchange for $7 million

One of the men found guilty in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been accused of contempt of court

Officials from the Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor have been put under house arrest and are facing charges of fraud

The head of Roskomnadzor, the state agency that oversees media and functions as a censor, and two other officials have been charged with fraud

“We consider such a move as an extremely unfriendly step.”

Two servers have been fired from a New York City restaurant after they created and filmed a “Putin burger” in celebration of the Russian president’s birthday on Oct. 7

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev could be sidelined by at least one of his cabinet members after next year’s election

Russia’s Justice Ministry says it will target U.S.- registered media operating in the country, following reports that several Russian outlets could be labeled “foreign agents”

State Duma deputies have voted to increase fines for drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks

Moscow will spend 830 million rubles ($14.3 million) on free public Wi-Fi hotspots ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup next year

The Russian Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility of reducing U.S. diplomatic staff by another 150 or more personnel

Hyper-nationalist pro-Kremlin activists have once again removed a plaque installed in honor of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov

Football fans traveling to St. Petersburg for the 2020 European Championship will benefit from state regulated hotel prices

Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has complied with a court order and removed a video alleging a corruption scheme among high-ranking officials

Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has complied with a court order and removed a video alleging a corruption scheme among high-ranking officials

Rutracker.org, one of Russia’s most popular torrent websites, will cease to appear in the search results

Journalist and socialite Ksenia Sobchak does not deny a possible presidential campaign in the November issue of Glamour Russia

Just how much damage did last month’s bomb threats cause?

Business in Russia today may be more stable, but it is not as much fun for foreigners

The government plans to shape the regional agenda ahead of the presidential elections with 100 state-run anonymous channels on the messaging app Telegram

The TV series is based on real events and, according to some, real people too

Allan Chumak, the famous Russian television faith healer of the Perestroika era, died yesterday in Moscow at the age of 82

A Krasnodar-based blogger has been summoned for police questioning after sharing an excerpt from a Soviet children’s novel

A Krasnodar-based blogger has been summoned for questioning after sharing an excerpt from a Soviet children’s novel

Russia has cut foreign aid for the first time since 2012, according to a study by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

A Russian fighter-bomber skidded off the runway in Syria, killing its crew

Roman Rubanov, the director of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, was detained outside his home on Tuesday morning