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Femen, Ukraine's Topless Warriors
Why the group that inspired Pussy Riot's infamous "punk prayer" could be tough to stop.
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What Pussy Riot's 'Punk Prayer' Really Said
Here's the first literal English translation of the lyrics, with an explanation of what they mean.
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Beyond Pussy Riot: What's Next for Russia's Protest Movement?
As its conflict with the Kremlin escalates, the opposition is playing an uncertain game on a changing chess board.
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Russia's Protest Movement: Big, Angry, and Preparing for the Worst
Saturday's mass demonstration in Moscow had plenty of fiery rhetoric, but what happens next?
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Sergey Maximishin/Panos Pictures God’s Gulag
A remote archipelago is one of Russia’s holiest places—and its most haunted.
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A Russian Awakening?
Russia's once apolitical youth has taken to the streets of Moscow and launched the largest demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union
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Russian Hangover
A Moscow apartment block’s tenants turn over, one vodka binge at a time.
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A Spectacular Corporate New Year's Party and Russia's New Normal
More and more, shocking displays of economic inequality that might once have sparked revolution here are now just part of the fabric of everyday life
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Andrew Medichini / AP The Valiant Death of Mario Monicelli
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker threw himself out of his hospital window at age 95—which his fans see as an act of courage.
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In Moscow, Can It Get Any Worse?
Heat waves and even smoke from wildfires, have engulfed the city before, but never like this
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How Moldova Escaped the Crisis
Europe’s poorest country is a paragon of financial stability
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"Friending" Medvedev
Russia's president has launched a blog—comments included. Now citizens of this notoriously repressive country are offering him everything from policy advice to Alice Cooper concert tickets
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Russia and Ukraine: Cold Snap
Much more than just a disagreement over prices is pushing Moscow to take a hard line in its gas dispute with Kiev
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Utkin Igor/Itar-Tass Photo/Corbis Exile
After 17 years in the NHL, Czech hockey star Jaromir Jagr hits the ice—and the jackpot—in Siberia.
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Medvedev Spoils the Party
It will take more than Obama's electoral triumph to improve the United States' strained relations with Russia
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Sunstroked
Why France’s religious strife melts away in Marseille
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Russia: Back to the Future
Washington should establish a new framework, based partly on an old paradigm, for its relations with Moscow
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The Next Flashpoint: Ukraine
Facing a resurgent Moscow, Ukraine is clamoring for NATO membership. The alliance should say no
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At Putin's Mercy
"The pitiable David-and-Goliath asymmetry of Georgia's dustup with Russia has obscured both the United States' culpability in bringing about the conflict, and the nature of the separatism that caused it in the first place"
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The Master and Medvedev
Why Vladimir Putin’s successful effort to handpick his replacement may backfire
