How Ramzan Kadyrov Tried—and Failed—to Save Chechnya with Soccer
The Chechen autocrat's short-lived dalliance with professional soccer went about as well as most things in the war-torn Russian province.
The Chechen autocrat's short-lived dalliance with professional soccer went about as well as most things in the war-torn Russian province.
She took a job as a fourth grade teacher in Carroll, Ohio where her class had 44 students. She then returned to Ohio University where she...
A Russian company called ZEFS put up a sculpture outside a St. Petersburg university devoted to the iPhone, the love of Russian hipsters everywhere.
NSA whistleblower lands in Russia after Hong Kong allows him to leave, with WikiLeaks saying it is providing assistance.
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Russian backer of Evening Standard and Independent reduced to begging judge for permission to leave Russia. Miriam Elder in Moscow.
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Vladimir Putin is in Sochi today, inspecting sites for the upcoming Winter Olympics, and getting in a bit of ski time.
A journalist known for her reporting on human rights issues in Eritrea, often focusing on the government's repression and the plight of refugees.