Charles is a reporter and producer based in Moscow.
In the removal of a Soviet symbol of oppression, Russians see lessons for the US
As debates in the US rage over the removal of Confederate and other monuments that celebrate a racist past, some in Russia have been thinking hard about how people there confront their own history.
From the USSR with love: A sailor’s 50-year-old message in a bottle makes it to Alaska
Eco-protesters fight Moscow’s attempt to ‘trash’ Russia’s north
As landmark nuclear treaty fades, its Cold War authors ask ‘What next?’
Looking for stories of Russia beyond Putin? This artist has the answer.
If you’re among those who feel press coverage of Russia has an unhealthy fascination with all things Vladimir Putin, then enter artist Victoria Lomasko’s “Other Russias” to the rescue. Lomasko is out to capture Russian stories that most of us never see.
As Trump-Putin summit looms, Russia eyes its return to global power status
How is the Kremlin viewing the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin? It's Russia’s symbolic return from international isolation to a global powerbroker and America needs to negotiate once more.
Between Sochi and the World Cup, Putin built up a resistance to Western criticism over human rights
As Russia hosts the 2018 World Cup, it's being condemned for many of the same human rights abuses it was criticized for in the lead-up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Now, President Vladimir Putin seems much more resistant to Western criticism.
Putin's fourth inauguration was a Russia-first extravaganza
Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in to a fourth term in office on Monday, extending his 18-year rule amid promises of continuity in foreign policy and renewed efforts toward building prosperity at home.
Russian authorities want to ban Telegram in the country. But it's not going as well as they had hoped.
The Russian government is moving to block the messaging app after the company refused to comply with a court order demanding access to user data. But so far, the ban hasn’t gone as smoothly as Russian authorities had hoped.
Putin wins, surprising no one, but voter turnout rose
The election was never about whether Putin would win. But high voter turnout has been marred by reports of ballot stuffing and other unethical means of getting support for the incumbent president.
There are no surprises in Russia's upcoming elections. Putin will win.
Vladimir Putin will win his fourth term after 18 years in power. But behind the scenes of an election with a foregone conclusion — an event that should be drama-free — a more complicated picture emerges.
A mole among trolls: Inside Russia's online propaganda machine
Russian journalist Vitaly Bespalov worked in the now-infamous Internet Research Agency, which employed internet trolls to reinforce state-sanctioned messages.
Russia’s shadow armies: Soldiers, mercenaries or volunteers?
A close look at the conflicts in both Ukraine and Syria shows that the Russian definition of “soldier,” “mercenary” and “volunteer” seem to blur when convenient.
A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes
Long before Russia ever launched social media campaigns in the US, Kremlin-backed trolling was alive and well at home. In this online underworld of paid seeders, twitterati and trolls, “demotivators” — Russian internet picture memes — play a special bottom-feeder role.