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How Swan Lake became a cultural phenomenon: When Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877, it was considered a failure ...
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How Swan Lake became a cultural phenomenon
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The Week In Russia: 'Sinking Into Darkness': As Aleksei Navalny’s family prepared to bury him, Russians remembered Boris Nemtsov, assassinated near the Kremlin ...
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The Week In Russia: 'Sinking Into Darkness'
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Veteran Russian rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for ‘discrediting the armed forces’ by protesting against the war in ... Show more
Quick Glance: Ukraine War: Oleg Orlov Sentenced to Jail
  • Oleg Orlov was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

  • The verdict was due to 'repeatedly discrediting' the Russian armed forces.

  • Russian authorities are growing intolerant of public criticism.

  • The sentencing of government critics in Russia is escalating.
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Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity: On February 16th Russian authorities announced the death of the opposition leader
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Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity
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Russia Imprisons Co-Chair of Nobel Prize-Winning Rights Group: The co-chairman of Memorial, a Russian human rights group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and banned ...
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Russia Imprisons Co-Chair of Nobel Prize-Winning Rights Group
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Putin’s nemesis Bill Browder calls on South Africans to push for a Magnitsky Act in the lead-up to 2024 elections
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Putin’s nemesis Bill Browder calls on South Africans to push for a ...
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For those opposed to Russia’s regime, Alexei Navalny represented hope. His death will make him a martyr, but his personal charm and authority will be hard to ... Show more
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The List Is Long: Russians Who Have Died After Running Afoul Of The Kremlin: The list of influential Russians who have been killed or died under murky ...
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The List Is Long: Russians Who Have Died After Running Afoul Of The ...
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In Russia’s Far-Flung Cities, Navalny Inspired Average People to Challenge Putin: Alexei Navalny taught a generation of young activists to push for change ...
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In Russia’s Far-Flung Cities, Navalny Inspired Average People to Challenge ...
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EU human rights sanctions regime to be renamed after Navalny: "We will send a political message supporting political opposition in Russia against Putin’s ...
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EU human rights sanctions regime to be renamed after Navalny
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Putin says European greens capitalising on climate fears: Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the green movement in Europe for capitalising on peoples' ...
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Putin says European greens capitalising on climate fears
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Trump Is Telling Us He’s an Enemy of the American People: The ex-president said he’d destroy our most important alliances and “encourage” attacks on our allies ...
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Trump Is Telling Us He’s an Enemy of the American People
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Full List of Putin Critics Who Have Died in Mysterious Circumstances: Numerous critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin have died in mysterious circumstances ...
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Full List of Putin Critics Who Have Died in Mysterious Circumstances
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Kadyrov's Gift To Putin: Inside The Unforgiving World Of Chechen Mobilization
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‘Putin to the gallows’: Russia couple held over anti-war napkins: Anti-war messages in Ukrainian were found at a supermarket in Russia’s Leningrad region.
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‘Putin to the gallows’: Russia couple held over anti-war napkins
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NEW: Humza Yousaf has become the 'first world leader' to back a campaign highlighting human rights abuses in Belarus. The First Minister has backed a ... Show more
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Traffic accident in Moscow: Kremlin critic and poet Lev Rubinstein is dead: He was already considered a dissident during Soviet times and publicly took a ...
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Traffic accident in Moscow: Kremlin critic and poet Lev Rubinstein is dead
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#BangkokPost : E-cigarette use among schoolchildren has increased fivefold in seven years with most users beginning the habit while in primary school ... Show more
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Where is Alexei Navalny? Imprisoned Putin opponent disappeared for days | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
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Where is Alexei Navalny? Imprisoned Putin opponent disappeared for days | ...
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Repression in Russia: Putin's campaign against the enemy image: After the ban on a made-up LGBT "movement" in Russia, supporters of the scene are very worried ...
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Repression in Russia: Putin's campaign against the enemy image
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Russia's highest court has ruled on that LGBTQ activists should be designated as “extremists”. Read more: sc.mp/bqjy
Quick Glance: Russia Bans International LGBT Movement as 'Extremist'
  • Russia's Supreme Court bans the 'international LGBT public movement' as an extremist organization, despite its lack of organizational structure or leaders.

  • The ban could have sweeping implications for LGBT people in Russia, despite the movement's non-existence.

  • The ruling shocked liberal Russians, with independent media organizations showing solidarity with LGBT people by displaying the LGBT flag.

  • The ban could force LGBT groups to operate in secret and be used against LGBT people, with unclear legal implications.
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Putin casts shadow over Russian participation at 2024 Olympics: MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he supported Russians competing at ...
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Putin casts shadow over Russian participation at 2024 Olympics
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Russia bans LGBTQI+ movement as "extremist": Homosexuals and other queer people have long been subject to severe discrimination in Russia - especially since the ...
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Russia bans LGBTQI+ movement as
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A Supreme Court Case Strikes Fear In Russia's LGBT Community: Russia's Justice Ministry asked the Supreme Court to designate the "international LGBT ...
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A Supreme Court Case Strikes Fear In Russia's LGBT Community
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No, ‘Russia’s Resistance Leader’ Won’t Bring Down Putin: Opinion | Ilya Ponomaryov is a self-styled leader of the new Russia.
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No, ‘Russia’s Resistance Leader’ Won’t Bring Down Putin
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Ukraine says ICC arrest warrant for Putin helped return deported kids: Ukraine’s human rights commissioner said 387 children have been returned from Russia
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Ukraine says ICC arrest warrant for Putin helped return deported kids
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Russian Soldiers' Wives: The Weapons of the Weak: Revolt of the betrayed: A movement of soldiers' wives is forming in Russia to demand their husbands back ...
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Russian Soldiers' Wives: The Weapons of the Weak
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Ostracized From Kremlin-Aligned Church, Russia's Anti-War Priests Offer 'Alternative Orthodoxy'
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Ostracized From Kremlin-Aligned Church, Russia's Anti-War Priests Offer ...
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Ostracized From Kremlin-Aligned Church, Russia's Anti-War Priests Offer 'Alternative Orthodoxy'
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Ostracized From Kremlin-Aligned Church, Russia's Anti-War Priests Offer ...
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Elena Kostyuchenko: The ‘poisoned’ Russian journalist facing lifelong cancer tests after challenging Putin
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Elena Kostyuchenko: The ‘poisoned’ Russian journalist facing lifelong ...
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Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate expresses concern about Kim-Putin summit | Yonhap News Agency
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Joe Humphreys: Sinéad O’Connor's warning about pile-ons was prophetic in more ways than one
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Joe Humphreys: Sinéad O’Connor's warning about pile-ons was prophetic in ...
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British PM Rishi Sunak unveils global efforts to counter Putin’s impact on Ukrainian grain
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British PM Rishi Sunak unveils global efforts to counter Putin’s impact on ...
Quick Glance: G20 Summit in India: Key Information
  • For the first time, the G20 Summit is being held in India and South Asia.

  • The G20 New Delhi Summit will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by leaders from the most powerful nations in the world.

  • Its main goals include coordinating policies among member nations for global economic stability and sustainable growth, advocating for financial regulations to mitigate risks and prevent potential financial crises, and establishing a new international financial framework.

  • The lotus on the G20 logo represents hope in this time, even in the midst of a deep crisis.
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UN expert: Human rights in Russia have been curtailed since the beginning of the war
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UN expert: Human rights in Russia have been curtailed since the beginning ...
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We Were Russian: How Putin strips critics of citizenship: Arshak Makichyan was one of Russia's best-known climate activists. Now he is stateless ...
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We Were Russian: How Putin strips critics of citizenship
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For the eighth time, the "Train of Love" starts this Saturday. The participants gathered at the height of the Mauerpark on Bernauer Straße in the Prenzlauer ... Show more
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Human rights Russian judiciary orders dissolution of Sakharov Center in Moscow - Tageblatt.lu
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Human rights Russian judiciary orders dissolution of Sakharov Center in ...
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A representative from a major human rights group in Ukraine explains the dangers of Putin's propaganda, Philip Elliott reports for The D.C. Brief.
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Murder 'inefficiently' investigated: Russia fined in Nemtsov case: In February 2015, Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in the open street ...
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Murder 'inefficiently' investigated: Russia fined in Nemtsov case
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Munz: "Journalist had fingers broken and hair shorn": In Russia, the repressive apparatus is being further strengthened and additional resources are being put ...
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Munz:
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EDITORIAL | The main justification for the United States’ continuing financial and material support for Ukraine’s defense is a moral claim: that Vladimir ... Show more
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As Vladimir Putin’s bluster catches up with him, he now faces a movement that embodies the true values of modern Russia: cynicism, brutality, and self-interest ... Show more
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Friendly Fire: The governor’s sexist lawyer, the abortion rights vote, and turmoil in Russia
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Friendly Fire: The governor’s sexist lawyer, the abortion rights vote ...
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DOJ prosecutors reject Teves' motion to inhibit | The wRap: The wRap's highlights: DOJ and Arnie Teves, Vladimir Putin, Ricci and Andrea
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DOJ prosecutors reject Teves' motion to inhibit | The wRap
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EU court rules: Kremlin opponent Navalny must be compensated: Alexei Navalny was poisoned in 2020. Because this incident was not properly processed ...
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EU court rules: Kremlin opponent Navalny must be compensated
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Protest against Olaf Scholz: How ZDF destroyed my reputation with fake news.: He fled Syria and protested at the Kirchentag against the asylum policy of the ...
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Protest against Olaf Scholz: How ZDF destroyed my reputation with fake ...
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Whether Georgia will actually get the money soon is doubtful. Russian President Putin has announced that he will no longer recognize rulings by the Court of ... Show more

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Russian opposition leader sentenced to prison for denouncing Putin's war in Ukraine
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Russian opposition leader sentenced to prison for denouncing Putin's ...
Quick Glance: Russia: Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison for vengeance
  • On Monday, April 17, the trial of Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza concluded with a sentence of 25 years in prison.

  • As a result, Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three, was sentenced to 18 years in jail for "high treason," seven years for "disseminating false information about the work of the military" and three years for membership in a "undesirable organization."

  • Because the overall duration of cumulative punishments is limited by law, the final judgement was 25 years in a terrible prison camp.

  • Even though it was predicted, the extraordinarily harsh sentence sparked outrage among supporters of what was formerly Russia's opposition as well as in Western capitals.
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In Germany there are citizens with Russian roots who call Ukrainian President Selenskyj a Nazi and call Vladimir Putin a victim ... Show more

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"Threat" from West: Putin gives Russia new foreign policy strategy: Russia's President Putin defines the foreign policy of his country in sharp contrast to the ...
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Steven Seagal, De Gaulle grandson, Italian princess: Putin friends meet in Moscow for first "Russophile Congress"
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Steven Seagal, De Gaulle grandson, Italian princess: Putin friends meet in ...
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Biden Says Support for Ukraine ‘Will Not Waver' Hours After Putin's Speech: Live Updates
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Biden Says Support for Ukraine ‘Will Not Waver' Hours After Putin's ...
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Ukraine War: War and Manhood: In war men can prove their "manliness" - until the violence escalates. However, appeals for a ceasefire in Ukraine are not feminist ...
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Ukraine War: War and Manhood
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Letter: Peace and Putin's war: AS your recent correspondence has continued on the role of international armed force in the contemporary world (Invest in the ...
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Letter: Peace and Putin's war
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Video of Putin's Constant Leg Movements Sparks More Health Speculation: The Russian leader had restless feet during his meeting with his Belarusian counterpart ...
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Video of Putin's Constant Leg Movements Sparks More Health Speculation
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Hackers say they temporarily stopped broadcast of Putin annual speech: Russian state media websites broadcasting Vladimir Putin's address went offline for ...
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Hackers say they temporarily stopped broadcast of Putin annual speech
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Ukraine war: Will Ukraine conquer Crimea, Professor Masala?: The well-known military expert predicts: If the Ukrainians succeed in increasing the pressure on ...
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Ukraine war: Will Ukraine conquer Crimea, Professor Masala?
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First Rose Monday parades in three years - hundreds of thousands expected: For two years, the Rose Monday parades were paralyzed by Corona, but now they are ...
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First Rose Monday parades in three years - hundreds of thousands expected
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2021 and 2022 the Rosenmontagszüge were cancelled because of the Corona pandemic. On Monday, the floats roll again: https://kurz.zdf.de/qyhk/

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Putin spreads "Reichsbürger" myth at university appearance: The myth of Germany still being occupied persists in the so-called Reich Citizens Scene. In Russia ...
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Putin spreads