The Mysterious Murder Case That Inspired Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’
At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the crime?
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Russia Closes Crimean Border Checkpoint With Ukraine
Russia has temporarily shut its border checkpoints with Ukraine amid reports that acts of sabotage could have left southern Crimea without power and gas supplies.
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Russian Law Banning Anonymous Online Surfing Comes Into Effect
New regulations increasing Russian state control over the Internet by banning anonymous web surfing went into force on Wednesday.
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Top Officials Express Concern Over Foreign Collection of Russian DNA
Gennady Onishchenko claimed there was a “belt of biological warfare facilities surrounding” Russia
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Where Do New Ideas Come From?
With close study, the genealogies of even the most original ideas can be traced
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The Kremlin Doesn’t Feel Guilty About Manafort Indictment, Says Putin’s Spokesman
The Kremlin is following the Russia probe ‘with interest’
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Mr. Putin: Turning Neighbor into Adversary (Op-ed)
The Kremlin’s policies are locking in a generation of Ukrainians who will detest Russia
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Doing Business in Russia Is Easier Than in Brussels, World Bank Ranking Shows
Russia’s new ranking places it ahead of many Western countries such as Belgium and Italy, and just behind Japan.
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Severed Pig Head Greets Irkutsk Businessman Who Offered Alexei Navalny Meeting Space
The head was delivered to a businessman who offered his furniture store as a venue for Navalny’s meeting
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Russian World Cup Ball Designed After Famous U.S. Satellite
The Telstar 18 ball, designed by Adidas, is named after a line of U.S. communications satellites
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Russian Authorities Investigating Mass Seal Deaths in Lake Baikal
The cause of death is still a mystery
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Mikhail Shemyakin: Retrospective of an Unintentional Rebel
This major retrospective of Mikhail Shemyakin is a rare example of an artist who did not conform to the dictates of socialist realism, but continued to work, paint and even exhibit.
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One in Six Working Russians Can’t Provide for Their Family
More than 12 million working Russians earned less than they need to support their families in 2016
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Protests in Russia’s Far East Reveal the Dangers of Overcentralization (Op-ed)
Moscow’s vanity projects in the Far East could spark more and larger protests.
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Young Victims of the Soviet Regime Reimagined as Modern Hipsters
Photo project “Victims of Repression” tells the story of lost loved ones and uncovered truths
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Russia’s Political Prisoner Numbers on the Rise, Says Memorial Rights Group
The Russian government labeled the human rights group a “foreign agent” last October
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Russia Sees Near 100% Spike in Tesla Sales
Roman Abramovich is reportedly Russia’s biggest buyer
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These Breathtaking Images are the Cat’s Meow in Nature Photography
Sixty incredible outdoor scenes are now on view at the National Museum of Natural History
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Moscow Court Rejects Journalists’ Case Against FSB over Telegram Encryption
The court said that the FSB’s request “did not violate or concern the law, liberty or interests of the plaintiffs.”
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Moscow Court Rejects Journalists’ Case Against the FSB over Telegram Encryption
The court said that the FSB’s request “did not violate or concern the law, liberty or interests of the plaintiffs.”
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Former Foreign Policy Advisor to Trump Pleaded Guilty in Russian Probe
Papadopoulos admitted to lying in a January interview with the FBI about his contacts in London with a Russian professor
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‘Foreign Agent’ NGOs Are Turning Down Foreign Funding, Says Putin
Vladimir Putin said four times fewer non-profits were blacklisted in 2017 than the previous year
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Putin Calls Ekho Moskvy Journalist’s Attacker a ‘Sick Person’
Tatyana Felgenhauer’s colleagues have blamed state media for the attack
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Islamic State Releases Execution Poster Threatening World Cup in Russia
The threat comes days after IS published a poster of Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi behind bars crying bloody tears
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Turmoil on St. Petersburg Campus Strands Foreign Students
‘I also come from a harsh authoritarian regime’
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The Russia Probe: Manafort Faces Conspiracy Charges
A federal grand jury in Washington D.C. has approved the first charges in Robert Mueller’s investigation
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Russian Journalist Yekaterina Gordon Announces She’ll Run for President in March 2018
“I am not a representative of glamour, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”
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Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Little Tragedies”
Kirill Serebrennikov, artistic director, may be under house arrest, but his newest production has premiered at the Gogol Center with and without him.
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Irkutsk Memorial Dismantled Ahead of October Revolution Centennial
City officials said the memorial’s decrepit condition posed a safety hazard for local residents, Radio Svoboda reported
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Russian Lawmaker Says Syria Mission Is Almost Complete
Putin twice ordered withdrawals of Russian forces from Syria in 2016
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Kremlin Propagandist Kiselyov Slams Ekho Moskvy After Journalist Stabbed in Throat
The suspect reportedly “had no time for state channels”
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A ‘Typical Fan’ Knifed Ekho Radio Editor Felgenhauer, Says Kremlin TV Host
The suspect reportedly “had no time for state channels”
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Less Than Half of Russians Surveyed Back Kremlin Support for Ukraine Separatists
Forty-one percent of surveyed Russians believe Moscow should support separatists in Ukraine’s Donbass region, according to a new Levada Center poll
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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.
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The Moscow Times Launches 100 Years Since the Russian Revolution Project
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How Mobile Wine-Tasting Rooms Could Revolutionize Armenian Wine Country
“Wine Cubes” will be popping up on Armenian vineyards—and building up the country’s enotourism industry
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Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires
What people actually did to prevent the dead from rising again was very different than what Hollywood would have you think
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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”
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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”
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Former Russian Troll Describes Night Shift as ‘Bacchanalia’
“Like everyone, I needed the money”
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Moscow’s Culinary Renaissance
Moscow food scene has expanded dramatically over the past decade
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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
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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
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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
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Fats Domino’s Infectious Rhythms Set a Nation in Motion
This Rock ’n’ Roll maverick was a true New Orleans original
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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
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Who Really Wrote “Merry Christmas, Baby”
The co-author of a classic holiday song still can’t catch a break
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Twitter Drops Advertising From Kremlin-Funded Sites Sputnik and RT
“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Twitter said.
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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
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Hidden in a Basement for 70 Years, Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on Jewish Life and Culture Before WWII
The 170,000 pages found might be “the most important collection of Jewish archives since the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
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How Elysian Brewing Company Turns a 1,790-Pound Pumpkin Into a Keg
And is this insane thing really a pumpkin?
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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
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How Kara Walker Boldly Rewrote Civil War History
The artist gives 150-year-old illustrations a provocative update at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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How to Eat Like a Local in Vienna, Austria
Instagrammer Sothany Kim dishes on nicotine breakfasts, third-wave coffee houses and enemy bakers in Austria’s capital
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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.
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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.
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