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Moscow Metro unveils recreated Stalin sculpture destroyed in the 1960s

May 19, 2025

The recently unveiled “restoration” of a sculptural relief depicting Joseph Stalin at Moscow’s Taganskaya metro…

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63-year-old Russian political prisoner Alexei Gorinov “may not survive” after being diagnosed...

May 18, 2025

In June 2022, jailed Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov held up a sign reading “Do…

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Arrests, blacklists, and a legal precedent: Key details of Russia’s first crackdown...

May 18, 2025

The criminal case launched against the Russian publishing houses Eksmo, Popcorn Books, and Individuum (the…

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Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russia’s “tactical breakthrough” east of Myrnohrad, third F-16...

May 17, 2025

In this week's summary: During the “ceasefire” from May 8 to May 11, Russia increased…

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Russia’s lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky misquotes made-up Bismarck line, invents new Napoleon...

May 17, 2025

Vladimir Medinsky during an interview with Russian state TV broadcaster VGTRK. The head of Russia’s…

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Opinion

Stage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for...

May 16, 2025

As should have been expected, Vladimir Putin did not show up for the peace talks…

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Threats from Moscow, “detached” demands, largest POW exchange to date: Key takeaways...

May 16, 2025

A meeting between delegations from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on May 16, 2025. Photo:…

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Russian botnet begins sending out fake European articles defending Putin’s decision not...

May 16, 2025

The Russian bot network Matryoshka has begun distributing fake articles presented as editorials by major…

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Opinion

An inconvenient laureate. How Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes nomination can help Russia’s anti-war...

May 15, 2025

Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s latest feature, Two Prosecutors, has been included in the competition of the…

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Economics

All work and low pay: Inside Russia's labor-starved military economy

May 15, 2025

Russia’s wartime labor market presents a paradox: despite record-low unemployment and a shortfall of nearly…

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Moscow Metro unveils recreated Stalin sculpture destroyed in the 1960s

May 19, 2025

The recently unveiled “restoration” of a sculptural relief depicting Joseph Stalin at Moscow’s Taganskaya metro …

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63-year-old Russian political prisoner Alexei Gorinov “may not survive” after being diagnosed with TB and held in cold cell, says lawyer

May 18, 2025
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Arrests, blacklists, and a legal precedent: Key details of Russia’s first crackdown against book publishers under the “LGBT extremism” law

May 18, 2025
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Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russia’s “tactical breakthrough” east of Myrnohrad, third F-16 lost, peace talks in Istanbul

May 17, 2025
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Russia’s lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky misquotes made-up Bismarck line, invents new Napoleon quote while commenting on Ukraine talks

May 17, 2025
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Society

The “whatever” warriors: 10 Trump nominees that stunned America — and the world

May 15, 2025

On May 1, the 101st day of his presidency, Donald Trump fired National Security Advisor …

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“The teacher said we invaded to cleanse them of Nazis”: Inside Russia’s classroom campaign against Ukraine

May 14, 2025
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Migrant Libel: Explaining and debunking the myth about immigration driving up crime rates

May 6, 2025
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Hunting guerillas: Russia’s law enforcement agencies caught an anti-war train bomber largely by chance

April 30, 2025
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Putin’s team player: Russian propaganda is capitalizing on new NHL all-time goals leader Alexander Ovechkin

April 24, 2025
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Politics

Martian in the White House: Elon Musk's first 100 days battling the U.S. government from within

May 12, 2025

It’s not just Donald Trump who’s hit the 100-day mark in power. Elon Musk has …

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A frightening “alternative”: Germany’s far-right AfD is leading national polls for the first time in the country’s postwar history

May 7, 2025
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Sex, drugs, and undocumented migrants: How the Ashram Shambala cult made all Russians in Argentina look suspicious

May 6, 2025
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Nukes of hazard: Weighing the risks of a military solution to Iran’s advancing WMD program

May 6, 2025
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Prison of the peoples: With Trump’s support, El Salvador is turning into an international incarceration hub

May 5, 2025
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Opinion

Stage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for Ukraine

May 16, 2025

As should have been expected, Vladimir Putin did not show up for the peace talks …

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An inconvenient laureate. How Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes nomination can help Russia’s anti-war resistance

May 15, 2025
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War of concessions: Why peace in Ukraine remains elusive

May 7, 2025
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100 days of shock therapy: What everyone should have learned from Trump’s first months back in office

May 2, 2025
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Crude reality: Predictions of cheap oil may spell doom for OPEC+ — and for the Russian budget

April 30, 2025
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Economics

All work and low pay: Inside Russia's labor-starved military economy

May 15, 2025

Russia’s wartime labor market presents a paradox: despite record-low unemployment and a shortfall of nearly …

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The golden billionaires: Inside Russia's fierce economic competition for limited wartime resources

May 2, 2025
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Mine over matter: Russia’s coal industry is collapsing — and no one is ready for it

May 1, 2025
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Inflation, devaluation, reduced incomes: Russia’s economy in an era of falling oil prices

April 19, 2025
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The Great Barrier Tariff: How Trump's tariffs hit the global economy — and the U.S. itself

April 11, 2025
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Corruption

Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

January 9, 2025

Russia is experiencing strong growth in the data processing and storage center market, thanks largely …

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The regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

December 22, 2024
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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

December 7, 2024
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Hawks on boats: Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev buys new UK-built yacht and profits from livestock and “patriotic” video games

November 29, 2024
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Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

November 25, 2024
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Confession

“Photos of Putin and Kadyrov were in the dean’s office, like icons”: Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories

March 5, 2025

Ever since Russia unleashed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, universities across the country have dramatically …

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“We ditched our uniforms and hid in a swamp”: Chechen POWs from “Akhmat” share their accounts from Kursk

February 27, 2025
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“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

December 31, 2024
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“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

December 7, 2024
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Confessions of an oil trader: What it's like to do business with Putin's friends

November 2, 2024
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Antifake

Kremlin spokesman claims the USSR could have defeated Hitler without allied help — but Zhukov, Khrushchev, and even Stalin disagreed

May 7, 2025

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, speaking at the so-called federal educational marathon “Knowledge. Firsts,” recently commented …

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Orbán aide falsely claims Ukraine’s EU entry will cost €2.5 trillion — 12 times the bloc’s annual budget

April 17, 2025
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Russia’s MoD falsely claims Palm Sunday strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian military command meeting

April 15, 2025
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Russia’s Channel One parrots false Daily Mail story of a UK city being “overrun with rats the size of cats” amid garbage collector strike

April 10, 2025
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“Why would they want to absorb Ukraine?”: Five examples of Kremlin disinformation spread by Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

March 27, 2025
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