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Moscow's Plans to Build Atop Radioactive Waste Pipes Spark Alarm from Experts, Industry
Feature
Thirty-eight years after Chernobyl, careless urban development risks unleashing another radioactive hazard beneath Muscovites’ feet.
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Police Search Moscow’s Garage Museum – Reports
It was unclear why police may have been performing searches at Garage.
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How Delayed U.S. Aid Expanded the War in Ukraine’s Skies
News Analysis
As Congress held up vital aid for half a year, Russia exploited Ukraine’s dwindling supplies to bombard the country from the air to deadly effect.
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wobbling currency
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Speaking to business leaders on Thursday, Putin had stressed the need to be "careful" over when to start cutting rates.
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interview
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Armenia, unhappy with Russia's waning role as a security guarantor, is seeking to strengthen its partnerships with the EU and the U.S.
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speech crackdown
Russia Arrests Reporter Over Bucha Posts
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elista airport
Russia to Reopen First Airport Shuttered Since Ukraine Invasion
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Looming offensive
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"These are standard steps ahead of an offensive," a Ukrainian security source said.
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vaguely defined
Russia Seeks to Ban Nonexistent ‘Anti-Russian Separatist Movement’
Observers speculated that the designation could lead to wider targeting of indigenous rights and decolonial activists in Russia.
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EXTREME WEATHER
Russia Battles Historic Flooding
April 24, 2024
Russia's Epic Floods Expose Lack of Preparedness for Climate Crisis
April 22, 2024
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April 18, 2024
What's Causing Russia's Record Floods?
April 17, 2024
Putin Calls To Protect Flood-Hit Areas From Looting
opinion
Boris Bondarev
The West Is Stronger than Russia. It Must Prove that to Win Ukraine More Allies
4 Min read
Jeremy Morris
How Ukraine War Is Stretching Russian Workers to Their Limits
5 Min read
Zarina Akhmatova
How the Shocking Killing of an Ex-Minister’s Wife Is Forcing Change in Kazakhstan
6 Min read
Ada Wordsworth
Kharkiv’s Resilient But Exhausted Villagers Need Our Protection
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Valeria Bezrukova
My Hometown Belgorod Is Under Near-Daily Attack. But Russia Has Forgotten Us
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Leonid Gozman
The Self-Obsession at the Heart of Putin’s Wartime Psychology
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Evan Gershkovich's days in Russian prison
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competing powers
Defense Official’s Bribery Arrest Signals Shoigu’s Waning Influence in the Kremlin
The high-profile arrest reflects the struggle for resources and influence within Russia's elite as Putin’s new term begins.
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Editor's Pick
News Analysis
What Next for Chechnya After Kadyrov Reported Seriously Ill? Experts Weigh In
Analysts were divided on the reported succession plan for Kadyrov — and whether the region would be plunged into turmoil following his death.
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Editor's Pick
Feature
10 Years Later, Russian Volunteer Fighters Recall Fueling the War in Donbas
Thousands of Russian citizens joined the armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine that marked the initial phase of Russia's covert invasion.
8 Min read
Editor's Pick
Feature
'Devastating to See': Russia’s Orenburg Region Battles Historic Flood
Experts say the floods, which have caught the authorities off-guard and left many to fend for themselves, are just a preview of what is yet to come.
7 Min read
Editor's Pick
interview
‘There Will Be No Beautiful Russia of the Future Unless We Take Responsibility’: Activist Anastasia Shevchenko
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Features
controversial development
Moscow's Plans to Build Atop Radioactive Waste Pipes Spark Alarm from Experts, Industry
Thirty-eight years after Chernobyl, careless urban development risks unleashing another radioactive hazard beneath Muscovites’ feet.
5 Min read
challenging outlook
Russia's Epic Floods Expose Lack of Preparedness for Climate Crisis
Without the resources or political will to pursue a policy of climate adaptation, experts warn that this spring's disaster will become the new norm.
7 Min read
longread
10 Years Later, Russian Volunteer Fighters Recall Fueling the War in Donbas
Thousands of Russian citizens joined the armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine that marked the initial phase of Russia's covert invasion.
8 Min read
black lungs
'Dirty as Hell': Coal Dust Chokes Murmansk as Moscow Ramps Up Asia Exports
As the dust fuels public grievances and concerns for human health, the Murmansk Commercial Seaport is busy expanding its operations.
6 Min read
'irrepressible' journalist
She Photographed Russian Political Prisoners. Now She's Charged With 'Extremism.'
Antonina Favorskaya and her colleagues consider the charges against her to be revenge for her journalism and political views.
4 Min read
More features
climate
Feature
Russia's Epic Floods Expose Lack of Preparedness for Climate Crisis
Without the resources or political will to pursue a policy of climate adaptation, experts warn that this spring's disaster will become the new norm.
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perfect storm
What's Causing Russia's Record Floods?
Above-average snowfall followed by a rapid spring thaw, a warmer planet and human influences have all played a role in the current crisis.
3 Min read
melting ice
Kamchatka's Glaciers Have Shrunk by 36% Since 1950 – Russian Scientists
The rate of retreat of the ice caps in the northern Sredinny Range from 2002 to 2017 was 4.3 times higher than from 1950 to 2002.
1 Min read
Feature
'Dirty as Hell': Coal Dust Chokes Murmansk as Moscow Ramps Up Asia Exports
As the dust fuels public grievances and concerns for human health, the Murmansk Commercial Seaport is busy expanding its operations.
6 Min read
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Business
wobbling currency
Russia Holds Rates After Putin Urges Caution
Speaking to business leaders on Thursday, Putin had stressed the need to be "careful" over when to start cutting rates.
2 Min read
Feature
'Dirty as Hell': Coal Dust Chokes Murmansk as Moscow Ramps Up Asia Exports
As the dust fuels public grievances and concerns for human health, the Murmansk Commercial Seaport is busy expanding its operations.
6 Min read
improved outlook
IMF Raises Russia’s Growth Forecast for 2024
Russia’s economy is expected to grow 3.2% this year, up from the previous forecast of 2.6% issued in January.
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More business
arts and life
literary advisory
Russia Creates Book Censorship Body – Vedomosti
A major publisher has already stopped selling books by U.S. authors James Baldwin and Michael Cunningham, as well as Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin, for...
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weekend kitchen
Carpe Diem: A Spicy Carp for Fish Friday
Spices are a way of adding flavor and nutrients to Lenten dishes.
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Art Deco icon
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The painter known for her stylized portraits has a Broadway musical and a huge retrospective this year.
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artistic crackdown
Russian Theater Director, Playwright's ‘Terrorism’ Case Transferred to Military Court
Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk face up to seven years in prison over their award-winning play about Russian women who fall in love with Islamist...
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the new diaspora
'blatantly provocative'
Russia Denies Plans to Ban Passport Renewals Abroad
Novaya Gazeta said earlier Thursday that it had obtained a copy of a draft decree suspending passport renewals and other consular services for Russians...
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'hot pursuit'
Russia's Emigre Tech Workers Eye Jobs at Western Firms as Moscow Clamps Down on Working Abroad
Western companies are actively targeting the hundreds of thousands of Russian tech workers who moved abroad after the invasion of Ukraine.
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podcast
Russian Comedians Look for Laughter in Exile
Comedians Ilya Ovechkin and Denis Chuzhoy join us to discuss how they've adapted to life in exile, both personally and in their comedy.
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'parallel world'
Russian Entrepreneurship in Serbia Booms as Wartime Emigres Settle Down
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