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May 25, 2018
Siren Call: The 'Distinctly High Voice' That Led MH17 Sleuths To Russian Suspect

When the trail of documentation ended, the suspect's "high-pitched" voice led the way.

May 24, 2018
'Kremlin Doesn't Know We Exist': The Siberian Village That Still Backs Putin

The Siberian village of Loshchinka is plagued by alcoholism and unemployment, all-too-common symptoms of Russia’s crumbling countryside. So why did Russian President Vladimir Putin get every vote here during the recent presidential election?
May 24, 2018
U.S. Plays Cat, And Iran The Mouse In 'Tom And Jerry' Comparison

Iran's supreme leader has compared Tehran's relationship with the United States to the American cartoon Tom And Jerry.
May 24, 2018
Linking MH17 To Russia's 53rd Brigade

The Dutch-led international criminal investigation's conclusion that a missile from the Russian military downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 has brought fresh scrutiny to a Russian brigade identified as the source of the weapon.
May 23, 2018
Decades Of Torment: Serbian Parents Demand Answers On Missing Babies

Distraught parents fear that officials told them their newborns were dead so they could be trafficked in the 1970s.
May 23, 2018
Tempers Flare As Iranian Lawmakers Debate UN Effort Targeting Terrorism

The floor of parliament erupted as hard-liners warned that joining a treaty to combat the financing of terrorism could leave Iranian officials exposed to an extradition risk and undermine Tehran's support for so-called resistance groups.
May 23, 2018
Russian Lawmakers Bend On Sanctions Bill But Stand Firm On Punishing 'Abettors'

Lawmakers appear set to water down draft legislation that called for punishing Russian citizens who comply with Western sanctions, but they are backing proposed criminal prosecution of Russians deemed complicit in the imposition of foreign sanctions targeting Moscow.
May 22, 2018
'This Is Only The Beginning': What's Next For Russia's Brash (Former) Mayor Of Yekaterinburg?

One of the very few Russian regional or local officials openly critical of President Vladimir Putin has resigned as mayor of the country's fourth-largest city. Here's what you need to know about former Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman, and what might be next for him.
May 21, 2018
KGB General In Cossack's Clothing: Meet The Man Behind The Whips

Retired FSB General Ivan Mironov, a KGB veteran from the 1970s, commands the pseudo-Cossack unit whose members were filmed beating anti-Putin protesters in Moscow on May 5. Although Mironov has tried to remake himself as a guardian of Russian Orthodox tradition, he is an old-school product of the Soviet security agencies with a murky history in the emergence of Russia's post-Soviet kleptocracy.
May 21, 2018
Belarus Calls Same-Sex Relationships 'Fake' After U.K. Raises Rainbow Flag

Belarus calls same-sex relationships “fake” in response to Britain raising a rainbow flag outside its embassy in Minsk.
May 20, 2018
Life Is No Beach For Crimeans Seeking Surf And Sun

Crimea's Russian-installed leaders have failed to live up to promises to free up public access to beaches.
May 19, 2018
How Muslim Migrants Are Reshaping Russia's Dying Countryside

The arrival to urban centers and the countryside of millions of Muslim labor migrants from Central Asia is at the center of what could emerge as Russia's most radical ethnic makeover in centuries.

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Friday 25 May 2018

Siren Call: The 'Distinctly High Voice' That Led MH17 Sleuths To Russian Suspect

'Kremlin Doesn't Know We Exist': The Siberian Village That Still Backs Putin

U.S. Plays Cat, And Iran The Mouse In 'Tom And Jerry' Comparison

Linking MH17 To Russia's 53rd Brigade

Decades Of Torment: Serbian Parents Demand Answers On Missing Babies

Tempers Flare As Iranian Lawmakers Debate UN Effort Targeting Terrorism

Russian Lawmakers Bend On Sanctions Bill But Stand Firm On Punishing 'Abettors'

'This Is Only The Beginning': What's Next For Russia's Brash (Former) Mayor Of Yekaterinburg?

KGB General In Cossack's Clothing: Meet The Man Behind The Whips

Belarus Calls Same-Sex Relationships 'Fake' After U.K. Raises Rainbow Flag

Life Is No Beach For Crimeans Seeking Surf And Sun

How Muslim Migrants Are Reshaping Russia's Dying Countryside

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Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners

After Trump Ban, Serbian Politicians Migrate To Alternative Networks 'Until Something Better Happens'

In Living Color: Georgia Before The Soviets Arrived

The Week In Russia: Risks And Returns

Interview: Media Lawyer Says Russia's New Laws 'Are Burying Civil Society'

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