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A villager, shod in felt boots, carries an oil portrait of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

We must grapple with some difficult contradictions.

A comedy competition on the most influential state propaganda channel aired sketches criticizing Russia.

Some books our reviewer liked, and their significance for lovers of all things Russian.

Some poignant and brave “last words” of dissenters, and some notes about the resurgence of denunciations.

One year on, the Russian language is changing, imbued with Newspeak and Aesopian diversions.

As Faulkner put it, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” A truth experienced in this remote village.

A new exhibit in New Jersey plumbs the ability of humor and art to fracture a totaliitarian society.

What does it take to rebuild a church and a community, in the back of nowhere?

In which our correspondent visits Irpin and Bucha, offering thoughts on publicity and redemption.

A courageous teacher, fired for anti-war views, shares the words that many are thinking but few dare say.

Russian journalists were barred from visiting the United Nations in New York.