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October 02, 2023
Who Was Who? The Key Players In Russia's Dramatic October 1993 Showdown

A look back at the key players in the violent constitutional crisis that helped set Russia's course for decades to come.

April 03, 2018
The Color Of Russian History: Olga Shirnina Breathes New Life Into Old Photos

With an artist's eye and a surgeon's precision, Olga Shirnina -- who works under the name Color By Klimbim -- uses Photoshop to breathe new life into black-and-white photos from Russian history.
$Denis Kirillov in particular complains that patients are frequently stripped naked, tied to their beds, and beaten -- often for minor infractions such as rudeness or refusing to eat. And he believes some patients have died from such treatment (file photo).$

October 17, 2016
Russian Psychiatric Hospital Whistle-Blower Faces Blowback

A former orderly at a Russian psychiatric hospital is facing threats and intimidation after he complained to the authorities about rampant abuse, even torture, at the facility.
October 10, 2016
Russian Whistle-Blower Pulls Back Cover On Railways Corruption

Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin was considered to be one of President Vladimir Putin's closest associates when he was abruptly dismissed. But some observers suspected his departure was linked to massive corruption and mismanagement.
September 25, 2016
Relics Of Russian Orthodox Saint Set To Spend Six Months In Space

When the next manned rocket blasts off for the International Space Station, a box containing relics of St. Serafim of Sarov will be strapped to the chest of the Russian cosmonaut commanding the mission. Serafim's adventure highlights the expanding influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.
August 09, 2016
Guns Of August: Fears Of Full-Scale War Return As Casualties Mount In Ukraine

Fighting is flaring this summer in eastern Ukraine, where government forces and Russia-backed separatists are locked in a deadly standoff that is escalating two years after it began. Amid mounting casualties, there are fears an unraveling cease-fire could give way again to full-scale war.
April 11, 2016
Russian Opposition Picks Holes In State TV 'Exposé' Of Navalny

Opposition activists say a state TV program claiming that Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny is an agent of the West is riddled with errors that strongly suggest the charges it levels are fabricated.
April 08, 2016
Meet Yosif Stalin, The Soviet-Born Black American From Kremlin, Virginia

The first child of African-American parents ever born in the Soviet Union, Yosif Stalin Kim Roane, is among the few living offspring of those who traveled to the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s to seek a better life in the nascent communist state.
April 03, 2016
Massive Investigative Report Documents Kremlin-Linked Shell Companies

An international consortium of investigative reporters has documented a vast network of shady money transfers used by close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin to funnel as much as $2 billion into offshore shell companies.
March 23, 2016
Hard-Line Militant Group Wants 'Power-Sharing' With Kabul In Exchange For Peace

The Afghan government is hoping a negotiated peace settlement with a hard-line militant group can convince other insurgents to join the peace process.
March 14, 2016
'They Took Everything Away': Russia's Disabled Hit Hard By New Rules

A new system governing disability benefits in Russia is being panned by patients, parents, and health advocates as unfair and "profoundly vicious." Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with severe illnesses or disabilities, have had their payments cut off under the new system.
March 11, 2016
Blunt Force: Key Facts About The Mysterious Death Of Ex-Putin Adviser Mikhail Lesin

What -- or who -- killed Mikhail Lesin, a former Russian press minister and Kremlin adviser? What he was doing in Washington? Here are some answers to these and other questions.

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