The United Russia party is not officially participating in the September 8 elections for the Moscow City Duma. However, its faux independent candidates are clearly reaping the benefits of all the "administrative resources" the ruling political juggernaut can muster.
Norwegian sensors registered what appeared to be a second explosion at a Russian naval test site earlier this month. Researchers can’t say what caused the second blast, but the data adds to further evidence of the seriousness of an earlier blast on August 8.
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The pact between Stalin and Hitler that paved the way to World War II is nearly taboo in Russia, where its 80th anniversary will likely go unnoticed.
The partner of Serbia's lesbian prime minister recently gave birth via artificial insemination. Now its Health Ministry won't let same-sex couples undergo medical procedures in Serbia that would allow them to have children.
A tanker like the one formerly known as Grace 1 could still have tricks up its sleeve as it steams eastward in the Mediterranean full of Iranian crude oil bound for...Greece?
For 20 years, the Russian NGO Memorial has organized expeditions aimed at researching and commemorating Eastern Europeans deported to the Perm region under Josef Stalin's rule. Now, two criminal cases against recent participants are prompting fears of a broader clampdown on Memorial's activities.
A mysterious phone call and a daring chance led a Latvian photojournalist to capture one of history’s most spectacular protests by helicopter.
Turkmenistan’s president resurfaced, but many of his political opponents have not been seen since they were locked up in a Turkmen jail.
Days after a mysterious explosion at a Russian naval test site caused radiation detectors to briefly spike, worried villagers confronted a military officer demanding answers. A new video of the confrontation offers fresh clues as to what may have happened on August 8.
Darya Ageny stabbed a man who attempted to rape her. Facing years in jail for inflicting grievous bodily harm, she has now launched a campaign to help women who act in self-defense and is seeking to change Russia's culture of victim-blaming.
The botched investigation of a teenage girl's kidnapping and killing exposed a tangled web of criminal world connections to police and politicians.
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