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Police officers wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus guard an entrance to Correctional Colony No. 2 in Pokrov on April 6. Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has two…
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President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday in their first conversation since Biden took office.The phone call came amid what the White House has called escalations of Russian…
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Russian opposition leader losing feeling in hands as concerns for his medical care in prison grow Alexei Navalny has repeatedly complained that he has not been allowed to see a specialist of his choosing. Photograph: Shamil…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a joint press conference in Brussels on June 4, 2019John Thys / AFP / Scanpix / LETAFollowing Ukraine reiterating its desire to take the next step…
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Если… а… но… Three perhaps most commonly used сою́зов в ру́сском языке́ (conjunctions in Russian), aside from “и”, and exactly how much I got to say as a kid when trying to convince my parents to get me дома́шнего пито́мца (a pet). It…
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Probably, people in Russia do not await any other season as much as spring. Finally, the snow melted, the birds started singing, and nature began to acquire bright colors. For a long time in Russia, spring was treated with gratitude and…
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RFE/RL's bureau in Moscow (file photo) A court in Moscow has upheld fines imposed by Russia's media-monitoring agency against RFE/RL's Russian-language services for alleged violations of the…
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We’ve talked about Russian sentences without conjunctions before, but we’ve yet to discuss my favorite Russian punctuation sign “тире́” (dash) and its role in these бессою́зных предложе́ниях (sentences without conjunctions). There are…
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A Russian TV reporter found herself chasing a dog live on air last week after the audacious canine ripped her microphone out of her hands and scampered away while she was providing a weather update, according to reports. Mir TV anchor…
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President calls for his country to be put on pathway to membership of western military alliance Volodymyr Zelenskiy, president of Ukraine. Photograph: ReutersVolodymyr Zelenskiy, president of Ukraine. Photograph: Reuters Defence and…
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is "seriously ill" at the penal colony where he’s been locked up and was recently transferred to the prison’s sick ward to be treated for a respiratory illness, reports said…
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Vladimir Pesnya, Ekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik; Legion Media; Getty Images The romantic aura of a cozy countryside house is just the tip of the iceberg. Do you know what really awaits you there? 1.…
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The mounting fines could potentially force RFE/RL to shutter its presence within Russia. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed his support for U.S. international media amid…
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On Tuesday, April 6, the medical workers’ union “Doctors’ Alliance” led a rally outside Alexey Navalny’s prison, demanding that he receive adequate medical care. Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for seven days now, has complained…
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Moscow Kremlin Museums; Collection of M. Revyakin Russian nobles at the turn of the 20th century simply adored colored enamel art. Here are some of the finest examples from the collection of the Moscow…
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