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The Man Putin Fears
By Simon Shuster
Эксклюзив: Интервью Алексея Навального о противостоянии России и США
By Simon Shuster
Russia Fines Google $98 Million in Crackdown
By Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg
U.S. Warns EU That Russia Could Be Planning to Invade Ukraine
By Alberto Nardelli, Jennifer Jacobs and Nick Wadhams/Bloomberg
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FBI Raids Russian Billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s Washington Mansion
The aluminum tycoon and his companies were targeted by U.S. Treasury Department sanctions in 2018 over ties to Vladimir Putin
By Jake Rudnitsky, Yuliya Fedorinova and Chris Strohm / Bloomberg
October 19, 2021
Why Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize Matters for Russia's Journalists
Muratov is founder and editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, which has reported extensively on government corruption in Russia
By Billy Perrigo
October 8, 2021
What to Expect from the Biden-Putin Summit
The Russian and American presidents will meet in Switzerland on June 16
By Madeline Roache
June 2, 2021
Alexei Navalny Is Moved To Hospital As Health Deteriorates
The Russian opposition figure was moved into a prison hospital on Monday after doctors warned he was in extremely poor health
By Madeline Roache
April 19, 2021
The Women Combatting Russia's Domestic Violence Epidemic
Russia’s women are doing what their government won’t to combat skyrocketing domestic violence
By Madeline Roache
March 3, 2021
Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Predicts He Will Be Released 'Sooner Than Many Are Expecting'
Leonid Volkov says he has a "gut feeling" that Putin's best known critic won't be behind bars for long
By Madeline Roache
February 12, 2021
The Russia Protests Are About More Than Just Alexei Navalny
Tens of thousands of people, young and old, marched in Russia during January. The opposition figure's arrest was not the only reason why
By Madeline Roache
February 5, 2021
How Alexey Navalny Uncovered Putin's Palace
Navalny claims an opulent property was constructed for Putin with illicit funds of $1.3 billion from members of his inner circle
By Madeline Roache
January 29, 2021
Putin Warns Big Tech Poses a Threat to 'Legitimate Democratic Institutions.'
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the growing influence of U.S. social media companies and said their impact on society now puts them in competition with elected governments on Wednesday, at the "Davos Agenda" summit organized...
By Madeline Roache
January 27, 2021
Russia Detains Thousands in Pro-Navalny Protests
Russian authorities have detained more than 3,000 people in a crackdown on protests in over 100 cities
By Madeline Roache
January 22, 2021
Why Alexei Navalny Returned to Russia
“The question ‘to return or not’ never stood before me"
By Madeline Roache
January 18, 2021
Russian Feminist Poets Are Changing What It Means to Protest
When Russian poet Galina Rymbu saw images from online flash mobs protesting the arrest of LGBT feminist activist Yulia Tsvetkova in June, she knew she had to add her voice in support. Tsvetkova is based...
By Suyin Haynes
December 21, 2020
U.S., Russia to Hold Arms Talks in Finland
The latest round of talks will follow up on nuclear negotiations made in Austria this summer
October 4, 2020
Alexei Navalny Has Been Confirmed Poisoned by the Russian Nerve Agent Novichok. What Happens Now?
Experts say the presence of the powerful nerve agent may point to the involvement of the Russian state
By Madeline Roache
September 4, 2020
Trump: I Never Raised Taliban Bounties With Putin
Donald Trump says he “never discussed” reports of Taliban bounties with Putin despite having numerous phone calls
By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg
July 29, 2020
Russian Elite Reportedly Given Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
The vaccine completed a phase 1 trial last week involving military personnel, but study's results hasn’t been published
By Stepan Kravchenko, Yuliya Fedorinova and Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg
July 20, 2020
Vladimir Putin Signals He May Seek to Extend His Rule in 2024
"I don’t rule out such a possibility," he said
By Olga Tanas and Henry Meyer / Bloomberg
June 22, 2020
Russia Declares Emergency After Oil Spill
Russian President Vladimir Putin was shocked to discover local authorities only learned about the incident two days after it happened—from social media.
By Sanya Mansoor
June 4, 2020
Russian Spacecraft Tailing U.S. Spy Satellite, General Says
"We view this behavior as unusual and disturbing"
By W.J. Hennigan
February 10, 2020
Why the Film Industry Is Thriving in the Russian Wilderness
Stepan Burnashev has loved cinema since he was a child. Growing up in Yakutia in eastern Siberia, then part of the Soviet Union, he would watch pirated Hollywood films on VHS tapes, from King Kong...
By Suyin Haynes
January 31, 2020
What Happens Next With Russia's Politics
Russia has a new government! Well, technically. Very technically. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a number of constitutional changes that will be put to the Russian people in a referendum, leading the government of Prime...
By Ian Bremmer
January 17, 2020
Inside Putin's Plan to Extend Power Beyond 2024
A "bloodless revolution" paves the way for another era of Putin's rule
By Simon Shuster
January 15, 2020
Russians on Edge After Record Wave of Bomb Hoaxes Sweeps Country
More than a million Russians have been caught up in the worst wave of bomb threats in years
By Ilya Arkhipov and Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg
December 31, 2019
Russia Stepping Up Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
The authorities say the group is a threat to public order
By Alec Luhn / Moscow
December 18, 2019
Russia Banned From Global Sports Competitions, Including Olympics, for 4 Years For State-Sponsored Doping
Russia was banned for four years on Monday from international sporting events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 soccer World Cup, by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). It’s the latest twist in...
By Billy Perrigo
December 9, 2019
Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. Trade Documents Posted on the Site Are Linked to a Russian Information Campaign
The site said it is banning one subreddit and 61 accounts for breaking Reddit's policies
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 7, 2019
Trump’s Actions in Ukraine Weren’t Just Wrong, They Were Dangerous
One of the problems with understanding the Ukraine impeachment proceedings is that while there is a one-sentence summary of what Trump did – he hijacked American foreign policy to attempt to extort an investigation of...
By David French
November 20, 2019
Putin's Space Project Plagued By Massive Theft
The project has lost at least $172 million and 58 people have been sentenced to jail
By Madeline Roache
November 19, 2019
Russia Was Linked to 14 Deaths in the U.K., but Britain Looked Away. A New Book Explores Why
It began with an anonymous phone call. A woman called the British investigative journalist Heidi Blake in March 2015, gave her an address, and told her she had a story. Blake turned up at an...
By Madeline Roache
November 12, 2019
Hillary Clinton Calls U.K. Decision Not to Publish Report on Alleged Russian Interference 'Shameful'
The U.K. government’s decision to delay the release of a report on alleged Russian interference in British politics has been criticized as “shameful” by Hillary Clinton. Speaking to the BBC on Monday November 11, while...
By Madeline Roache
November 12, 2019
30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia Is Only Pretending to Be a Major Power
Vladimir Yakunin, the former Russian Railways boss and KGB spy, leaned forward to describe the way the world is going. It was the middle of October, and he had just convened an annual gathering of...
By Madeline Roache
November 9, 2019
We Need to Stop Thinking of Conflict With Russia as an 'Information War'
On November 9th, 2019 we mark the thirty year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—a year synonymous with the end of the Cold War, the ideological defeat of the USSR, the victory of...
By Peter Pomerantsev
November 9, 2019
British Government Delays Report on Russian Interference in Brexit Vote Until After Election
The publication of a report into Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum is to be delayed until after the upcoming U.K. general election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said Monday. The 50-page report by...
By Billy Perrigo
November 4, 2019
Russia Sends 2 Tu-160 Nuclear Bombers to South Africa in a Display of Defense Cooperation
They will be escorted by fighter jets from the South African Air Force
By Antony Sguazzin / Bloomberg
October 23, 2019
The Real History Behind HBO's 'Catherine the Great'
Here's what's fact and fiction about Russia's longest-reigning female ruler
By Olivia B. Waxman
October 21, 2019
Gas Explosion at Russian Bioweapons Lab holding Deadly Viruses
A gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Russian bioweapons facility which stores viruses including Ebola, smallpox and Anthrax. The blast occurred on Monday after a gas cylinder exploded during scheduled repair work on...
By Rachael Bunyan
September 17, 2019
Moscow's Elections Show Putin Is Losing the War at Home
Russian liberals are celebrating the relative success of the Communist Party and other Kremlin-friendly quasi-opposition parties in the elections to the Moscow city council on Sunday as an almost revolutionary breakthrough — but it takes...
By Leonid Ragozin
September 10, 2019
This Lithuanian City Played Host to Filming For HBO's 'Chernobyl.' It's Now Preparing for Its Own Nuclear Radiation Leak
Vilnius is preparing for its own potential real-life atomic catastrophe
By Milda Seputyte / Bloomberg
September 4, 2019
Russia Is Trying to Sell Turkey Its Own Stealthy New Fighter After U.S. Revoked Access to F-35
Erdogan is barred from buying a new U.S. fighter jet in a dispute with Trump
By Stepan Kravchenko and Henry Meyer / Bloomberg
August 27, 2019
Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Reactors
On Friday, an unusual kind of vessel set sail from the Arctic city of Murmansk, Russia, for a destination in the country’s far east––a floating nuclear power plant equipped with two reactors. The vessel, dubbed...
By Tara Law
August 23, 2019
A Russian 'Spy Plane' Was Spotted Over the Midwest. But It's Totally Normal (Yes, Really)
It reads like something out of a conspiracy theory. On Tuesday, Russia sent a surveillance plane over the Midwest, and the U.S. military didn’t do anything to stop it. Keen observers spotted the plane, a...
By Tara Law
August 16, 2019
What a Deadly Nuclear Explosion In Russia Tells Us About the World's New Arms Race
"Accidents happen," said Vladimir Putin. But this wasn't simply a case of rotten luck
By Simon Shuster / Berlin
August 14, 2019
Why Did a Russian Firm Give Kentucky an Economic Lifeline?
A TIME investigation found that Rusal used every political and economic tool at its disposal to shed sanctions, prevent them from being re-imposed and establish a foothold in U.S. politics
By Simon Shuster/London
August 13, 2019
Russia: Small Reactor Blew Up in Deadly Accident
The blast occurred Aug. 8 during a test of a missile
By Jake Rudnitsky and Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg
August 12, 2019
What the Protests in Russia Mean for President Putin
Over last weekend, the decision by Russian electoral authorities to bar independent and opposition candidates from running in Moscow City Council elections prompted protests that turned violent as Moscow police cracked down hard on those...
By Ian Bremmer
July 31, 2019
My Son's Father Was Killed While Reporting on a Private Russian Militia. I'm Still Waiting for Justice
One year ago, on July 30, 2018, three Russian journalists were shot to death and their bodies left on the side of a road near a conflict zone in central Africa. Their names were Orkhan...
By Irina Gordienko
July 30, 2019
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