Cracks in Russia’s Economy Shine Through at SPIEF
When black smoke hung in the sky above St. Petersburg as Russia’s flagship annual investment event opened this week, the
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Telegram Founder Durov Slams Russia’s Internet Censorship as a Boon for U.S. Spying
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram, on Friday criticized Russia’s internet censorship and domestic tech policies, arguing they unwittingly play
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Who Is Yana Lantratova, Russia’s New Human Rights Commissioner?
Russia has appointed State Duma lawmaker Yana Lantratova, an outspoken supporter of Russia’s conservative political turn, as its new human
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Governor Reshuffle in Border Regions Shows How Kremlin Is Militarizing Russia’s Elites, Experts Say
President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions on Wednesday, installing a military general and a
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A Quieter Victory Day in St. Petersburg Hints at the Strains of Russia’s Long War
St. Petersburg, RUSSIA — Eighty-five-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva survived the siege and famine that devastated St. Petersburg, then known as Leningrad,
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Putin Fires Head of Russia’s Cultural Diplomacy Agency
President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked Yevgeny Primakov as the head of the cultural diplomacy agency Rossotrudnichestvo and replaced him
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At 15, He Became One of Russia’s Youngest Political Prisoners. He Now Faces New Charges.
Arseny Turbin became one of the youngest political prisoners in Russia when he was arrested at age 15 in 2023.
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Russia’s Supreme Court Designates Nobel Prize-Winning Memorial as ‘Extremist’
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the Nobel Prize-winning human rights organization Memorial an “extremist” group, a designation that effectively
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Russia’s Voronchikhina Wins Second Gold Medal at Winter Paralympics
Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina secured her second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics on Saturday as she won the women’s
Read more‘Tomorrow They Might Come for Others’: In Russia’s Arctic, a Lone Deputy Defies the System
In late February, Russia’s Justice Ministry announced fresh additions to its extensive list of “foreign agents” — a label that
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