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On May 11, Mikhail Shvydkoy, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for international cultural cooperation, took to the stage at...
Armenians go to the polls in a crucial election this Sunday, which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has positioned as a plebiscite on his agenda of...
In recent months, some leading figures in the Belarusian opposition in exile have suggested that the West re-engage with the dictatorial regime of...
Russia is waging a war against its neighbor. Its economy is overheated and dependent on the continuing conflict, while the country is rapidly growing...
On May 19, Russian law enforcement arrived at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and interrogated several...
A number of recent polls from Russia provided good headlines and academic discussion about public mood inside the country. Some show President...
At a meeting of the Kyrgyz-Russian Expert Council on History in Moscow, Russian scholars reviewing Kyrgyz secondary school textbooks reprimanded their...
Recent revelations surrounding political commentator Fyodor Krasheninnikov have sparked outrage across the Russian-speaking internet and reminded me...
From now on, no Russian businessman is safe from the beggar’s plate or prison. That is the conclusion one can draw from the news that came in last...
Years of slowly growing tensions between Yerevan and Moscow have crescendoed in recent weeks as Armenia prepares for national elections on June 7. The...
In December 2024, a Russian-flagged ship called the Ursa Major, whose itinerary claimed it would be sailing from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok,...
Repression in today’s Russia is not on par with the mass repression of the country’s past. Nevertheless, it fulfills the same function by...
Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times. This week, we invited Zarema...
The war against Ukraine initially came as a shock to Russia’s elites. No one anticipated the impact on their businesses and personal wealth, let...
The bankruptcy of Le Sallеy, a small school for fewer than 100 pupils based out of a French chateau but managed from Massachusetts, went viral on the...
Since the start of the war in Iran, conventional wisdom says that Russia has enjoyed a windfall from soaring oil prices so great that it has...
For over a century, the authorities in Russia have been trying to create a new faith, an “opium of the people” to keep the country in line. First,...
When Russians found themselves unable to use venting machines, book taxis or even withdraw cash from some ATMs on May 5, the Digital Development...
When Russians found themselves unable to use venting machines, book taxis or even withdraw cash from some ATMs on May 5, the Digital Development...
American soldiers march through Red Square. The U.S. never had much of a parade tradition, so it’s more of a stroll. British troops fare much...
The suspension of Ruslan Kutayev from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic...
The reported flight from Russia to the U.S. of Denis Butsayev, the recently dismissed deputy minister for natural resources and ecology, fits a...
The reported flight from Russia to the U.S. of Denis Butsayev, the recently dismissed deputy minister for natural resources and ecology, fits a...
Russia's quest for a post-American world is being stress-tested in the Western Hemisphere more than anywhere else. Here, far from Moscow's...
A new Russian law regulating public signage may appear to be a minor administrative change. But in practice, the move will further marginalize...
The pressure on Russia’s finances has grown so acute that even a sustained surge in oil prices driven by turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz will not be...
The war in Iran, and especially the quick decapitation of the country’s leadership structure, has been a swift, remarkable display of American power...
Let’s say you decided to become a writer or musician in Russia in 2026. If you hope that your book or album will be accepted by a publisher or label...
The second Trump administration’s surge of interventionism has sent shockwaves across the globe.To Moscow, watching from the sidelines, this is...
Leonid Brezhnev once said in 1981 that “the economy must be economical.” That sentiment is back in vogue — modesty is becoming fashionable...
American and Israeli strikes on Iran could not have come as a surprise to Russia. The Twelve-Day War and subsequent developments made it clear that a...