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Moscow multimedia exhibition focuses on anti-Kremlin protest culture

Arts, Culture & Media

“Time Difference,” a new multimedia art exhibition by Katya Muromtseva, 31, urges viewers to listen to the voices of those who are critical of the Kremlin.

Close up of Alexei Navalny, a white man with short hair wearing a turtle neck and a few people standing behind him

Nalvany poisoning shows it’s ‘much riskier’ now to stand up to the Kremlin, says investigative reporter

Global Politics
Anti-government Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Decembe, 2011, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he sought a new term as Russian president. The placard reads "Get tired! Leave!"

Putin’s Cold War mentality explains a lot

Books
An employee works at the headquarters of Kaspersky Labs,

Russian hackers used Kaspersky software to steal NSA documents

Conflict
Alexey Petrov at the March protest in Irkutsk. The scene reminded him of his own generation 20 yrs ago — before Russians his age became jaded about politics.

Young Russia, adrift from the Kremlin, stands up to Putin

Global Politics
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Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum was the focus of a Russian smear campaign.

What it’s like to be the victim of a Russian online smear campaign

Global Politics

Russia drew on a long legacy of disinformation when it turned its sights on a Washington Post columnist.

The World

Russian-style anti-gay legislation has inspired homophobic attacks in Kyrgyzstan

Justice

Lesbian, gay and transgender people are feeling the impact of a proposed law that prevents discussion of LGBT issues. The place is Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic that is closely allied with Russia. Kyrgyz gays say the legislation coincides with a wave of homophobia and hate crimes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Today’s Kerry-Putin photo op doesn’t mean Moscow is coming in from the cold

Global Politics

The top US diplomat John Kerry sat down today in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about Syria and Ukraine.

Allegedly secret plans for a 'devastating' nuclear torpedo system were shown on television Channel One Russia.

Did Russian television accidently leak secret plans for a nuclear torpedo or is it just propaganda?

Global Politics

The Kremlin says that Russian television accidentally showed secret plans for a devastating nuclear torpedo system. Others aren’t so sure.

A group of Russian servicemen detained by Ukrainian authorities attend a news conference in Kiev on August 27, 2014. Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a "special mis

Evidence mounts, some in secret, of Russian soldiers invading Ukraine

Conflict

Ukraine has displayed Russian soldiers it says were part of an unannounced Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine. But Russian journalists have also also sniffed out possible hidden evidence of that invasion by tracking down the graves of dead Russian soldiers on social media.

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