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Russia casts itself as both the West’s victim and the world’s vanguard. Scholar Hanna Notte explains why that story sells.

Why does Moscow’s account of its war against Ukraine resonate with some audiences far from the fighting? For her new book, foreign policy scholar Hanna Notte spoke with people sympathetic to Russia’s ...
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Netflix показал тизер сериала «Иные миры» — предыстории «Очень странных дел»

Netflix официально анонсировал приквел «Очень странных дел». Сериал «Иные миры» выйдет в 2028 году. Его события развернутся в ...
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Mediazona names at least 350 Russian conscripts killed in Ukraine despite official Kremlin policy against sending them into combat

Mediazona has published a list naming 350 Russian conscripts killed in the war in Ukraine. The outlet, BBC News Russian, and ...
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Russia has declared hundreds of hotels in occupied Ukraine ‘ownerless.’ Dozens have been taken over — but one Ukrainian hotelier is fighting back.

Russian authorities have declared more than 7,000 private and commercial properties in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region ...
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Russia’s trainspotters have spent years documenting the country’s railways. Amid the war, their hobby has put them in the crosshairs of the security services.

On October 14, a Moscow court ordered the arrest of Denis Eskov, 35, and Anatoly Nagornov, 40, the administrators ...
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Почему фанаты железных дорог привлекли внимание властей в России?

Суд в Москве в октябре отправил в СИЗО администраторов сайта RailGallery, где публикуются фотографии поездов, — Дениса ...
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Russia’s economy is suffering under the weight of war and sanctions. So why is the ruble still one of the world’s strongest currencies?

The full-scale war remains a heavy burden on Russia’s economy. This year’s budget deficit will turn out to be roughly twice ...
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Melania Trump receives Ukraine’s Order of Princess Olha at White House meeting on Oleshky evacuation

U.S. first lady Melania Trump met with Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House following a humanitarian ...
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Трамп назначил главой аппарата Белого дома Стивена Миллера. Он один из самых радикальных ...

Президент США Дональд Трамп сообщил в соцсетях, что назначил новым главой аппарата Белого дома своего давнего советника ...
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Russia adds two unregistered antiwar opposition parties to its ‘foreign agents’ list

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added the unregistered opposition parties Mirnaya Rossiya and Rassvet to its register ...
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Alexander Mashrabov, co-founder of the US-based AI video startup Higgsfield, receives Kazakh citizenship and applies to renounce Russian citizenship

Alexander Mashrabov, co-founder of the U.S. AI startup Higgsfield, has been granted Kazakh citizenship,, Kazakhstan’s ...
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European TV networks receive bomb threat emails from ‘Mikhail Andropov,’ a name echoing the late Soviet leader

It is unclear who was behind the threats. RTE and Nova received emails signed by someone calling himself Mikhail Andropov ...