‘Heated Rivalry’ Catches Fire in Russia Despite Kremlin’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Repressions
A Canadian television series about a romance between two rival professional hockey players has become a surprise hit with Russian
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2 Years On, a Journalist’s Imprisonment Offers a Grim Look Into the Kremlin’s Press Crackdown
When prison officials said that Nika Novak could not be seen, her friends and family assumed the worst. The journalist,
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Between Two Fires: Kremlin’s Loss of Leverage Exposed By Israel-Iran Conflict
The Kremlin is struggling to respond to the Israel-Iran conflict after it failed to anticipate the outbreak of hostilities, leaving
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Secretive Energy Supplies and Harboring Assad: Inside the Kremlin’s Balancing Act With Syria’s New Leaders
The Kremlin is capitalizing on Syria’s energy crisis in an effort to keep its military bases in the country, even
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