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Wildberries: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:15:00 GMT

A mysterious fire erupted at one of Wildberries's largest warehouses, costing billions of rubles in damages.

Decoding Leviathan

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:00:00 GMT

Leviathan is not, as virtually every mainstream critic has presumed, “anti-Russian.” I watched the movie resolutely prepared to intensely dislike it. I fully believed it would shamelessly pander to an American public eager to see a film that demonized Putin and made the country seem like a hellish landscape of unsalvageable bleakness. But that was not at all the case.

Britney's Plight Takes Flight, And Putin's "Troops" Speak Out

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:50:00 GMT

News of Britney Spears’s recent appearance in court has crossed the globe, and a well-meaning group of supporters in Russia have taken offense at her plight.

Soviet Terror of the Skies: Marina Raskova and the Night Witches

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 05:00:00 GMT

The bravery with which the all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment defended the Soviet Union from Nazi invasion earned them a legendary nickname.

Boris Nemtsov

Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:00:00 GMT

On Friday night, just steps from St. Basil's Cathedral, one of the bravest and most vocal opponents of the Kremlin was gunned down by unknown assailants. How are Russians reacting?

Birchpunk, an Internet Gift

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 14:15:00 GMT

Despite how weird it looks, birchpunk is a fun and talented hip hop group asking important moral questions.