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Ints Kalnins/Reuters How to Survive a Russian Invasion
Gunshots outside your window "are not the end of the world," and other tips from Lithuania's new manual for resisting foreign occupation.
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jernvotten/Flickr The Kremlin's Troll Army
Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?
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Wikimedia Commons 'Putin Khuilo!' Ukraine's Obscene, Patriotic Rallying Cry
How a dirty word for the male anatomy became a political slogan
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Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Ukraine's Crisis Comes to Eurovision
The proxy battle pits Russian twins against the daughter of a Ukrainian folk singer.
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Gleb Garanich/Reuters The View From Kiev: Coping With Ukraine's Unfinished Revolution
"There is no victory," a psychologist working with protesters says, "only a potential victory."
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Reuters/Dmitry Neymyrok Why Does Ukraine's Opposition Keep Getting Splashed With Green Liquid?
Assailants wielding Soviet-era topical antiseptic are targeting the government's opponents.
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Oleksandr Kom'yakhov/RFE The Hand-Drawn Faces of Ukraine's Uprising
An artist sketches the ordinary people behind the Euromaidan protests.
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Maks Levin/Reuters How an Armenian and a Belarusian Died for a Ukrainian Revolution
A closer look at Euromaidan's first victims
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Reuters/Sergei Karpov How One Historic Russian City Became a Target for Terrorists
Ahead of the Sochi Olympics, Volgograd has suffered three suicide bombings in as many months.
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Reuters Meet the Brains Behind Ukraine's Massive Protests
Organizers include an anarchist, an ex-TV host, and a former boxing champion.
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Male Holocaust Survivors Lived Longer Than Those Who Escaped Europe
A new study shows that what doesn't kill you sometimes literally makes you stronger.
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In a New Trade War, Chocolate is Russia's Weapon of Choice
Moscow is battling Ukraine's duty on imported cars with a new ban on sweets.
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Is Television a Human Right?
A jailed politician in Georgia recently went on a hunger strike for the right to watch the tube. And it's not the craziest thing prisoners have successfully lobbied for.
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The Daughter of Uzbekistan's President Personally Negotiates Bribes With Swedish Telecom Company
How singer, designer, and dictator-in-training 'Googoosha' has her hand in the bribery terms with TeliaSonera
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Eurovision's Shady Connections to Uzbekistan's Oppressive Regime
Amid all the kitsch, the singing contest's main sponsor's ties get scrutinized.
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Of All Places, Is Moldova Leading on Gay Rights?
In the past year, the country has shown slow but steady progress that may put it at the forefront of LGBT rights in the post-Soviet region.
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UN General Assembly President, a Serbian Nationalist, Acknowledges His Muslim Heritage
Vuk Jeremic has kept his link to prominent Bosnian Muslims under wraps. Now, he's coming forward -- for what some believe are political motivations.
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This Pain-Inducing Acoustic Device Used to Control Crowds in Azerbaijan Might Be U.S.-Made
The possible American origins of a brutal repression tool
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Working Moms from Tajikistan to the Czech Republic: 'I Took a Lot of Abuse'
What it's like to be a mother with a job in a difficult country like Azerbaijan -- or Pakistan.
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Why Russia Should Fear the Year of the Snake
Happy Chinese New Year, Russia. If history is any indication, you're in for an especially interesting one.
