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The Internet Research Agency, or IRA, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A mole among trolls: Inside Russia’s online propaganda machine

Media

Russian journalist Vitaly Bespalov worked in the now-infamous Internet Research Agency, which employed internet trolls to reinforce state-sanctioned messages.

All but five of the victims in the crash were Russian citizens

Why the airplane crash in Egypt sent Russia into mourning

Conflict
According to a local newspaper in Pskov, Russia, this is the grave of a Russian soldier who died last week. The grave is close to the base of the 76th airborne division cited for heroism by President Putin last week.

Ukraine faces up to a Russian invasion, while Moscow keeps denying it

Conflict

VIDEO: Internet sensation ‘Mr. Trololo’ dies in Russia, age 77

Environment

Eduard Khil, ‘Mr. Trololo’, King of Soviet Pop, Is Dead

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‘The Russian Winter’: Rapping About Pushkin in Russia

Arts, Culture & Media

When he was 21, the musician John Forte earned a Grammy nomination for his work with hip hop group The Fugees. Now he’s the subject of a new documentary, called The Russian Winter. It chronicles a recent 9-week, 5-city tour his band took across Russia.

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