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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2025 Was Russia’s Second-Warmest Year on Record
Last year was the second-warmest year on record in Russia, the state weather agency Rosgidromet said in a climate report. “The
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Russia’s Lavrov Urges De-Escalation in Call With Iranian FM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged de-escalation in the Middle East war in a call with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi
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Russia’s Embassy in Dubai Calls Stranded Travelers ‘Orphans’ and ‘Anti-Social’
Russia’s Consulate General in Dubai published what appeared to be an AI-generated infographic on Monday that refers to Russian tourists
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Inside the Dark Humor of Russia’s Wartime Memes
In Russia, where open criticism of the war in Ukraine is effectively outlawed, memes have become a coded way to
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