Russia’s parliamentary elections next week are set to be some of the least competitive in years after a number of independent and opposition candidates were barred from running
New York, Ukraine, is a town of 10,000 people that was recently shelled by separatists backed by Russia. The meaning of its name is unknown. Some attribute it to 19th-century German settlers, while others cite evidence dating back to the 18th century. It was renamed Novgorodskoe by Soviet officials in 1951, but the Ukrainian parliament agreed last month to restore the town’s original name
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club in England, and Russia’s state-owned oil major Rosneft have both filed defamation lawsuits against the author of a book about President Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. Activists claim the lawsuit jeopardises press freedom
Restaurants, Cafes, And Bars In Moscow Have Been Instructed To Only Serve Guests Who Have Been Vaccinated, Have Had COVID-19 During The Last Six Months, Or Have Had A Negative PCR Test Within The Preceding Three Days As Of June 28. Customers Must Be Served Without QR Codes Certifying Their Status, According To The New Standards. The New Rule Caught Moscow Business Owners Off Guard, As It Comes Amid A Spike In Infections And Deaths In Russia
Kirill Zherebtsov, Four Years Old, Was Born Deaf And Deafened. His Mother Died Unexpectedly The Day Before His Travel, And He Was Scheduled For A Particular Surgery In California
(28 May), Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told journalists that “to say from the start” that the landing in Minsk of a Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday and the subsequent arrest of blogger Raman Pratasevich was a “forced landing, to condemn it and to impose sanctions without any investigation; this kind of behaviour is absolutely irresponsible”
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced quarantines and lockdowns, exposing the world’s homeless to a unique condition of threats. A harsh climate in Russia makes life on the streets more difficult than in most other countries, forcing the homeless — and the charity organisations that assist them
One of the few Russian media outlets to cover jailed opposition figure Aleksei Navalny is an independent Siberian television station. Navalny’s anti-corruption probes and protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin
In an ethnic Tatar village in Russia’s Omsk region, drinking water comes from the ice of a local lake, which is cut in winter, carried, and stored for year-round use. It’s a good business for those who do the hard work of collecting the ice, and locals claim the clean water contributes to their longevity
It’s a new era for Russian women, at least if they’re aspiring truckers, boat drivers, or pilots. Russia’s government has opened up several hundred professions that previously barred women under late-Soviet-era labor restrictions