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Published on: 5 July 2013

Written by: Colin Amery All articles by Colin Amery

Mariinsky-2, the new theatre in St Petersburg’s renowned artistic complex, opened to fanfares of national pride and...

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Published on: 22 August 2012

Written by: Igor Kochetkov All articles by Igor Kochetkov

LGBT issues have taken a battering in Russia over the last year, with a number of regions introducing repressive...

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Published on: 12 December 2011

Written by: Alexandra Krylenkova All articles by Alexandra Krylenkova

Apparent fraud in Russia’s parliamentary elections has unleashed an unprecedented display of anger against Vladimir...

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Published on: 5 December 2011

Written by: Catriona Bass All articles by Catriona Bass

The trial of Mikhail Suprun has become the latest cause célèbre in Russia’s continuing history wars. A trumped up...

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Published on: 25 November 2011

Written by: Anna Reid All articles by Anna Reid

This year marked the seventy year anniversary of the Siege of Leningrad, which saw three quarters of a million of...

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Published on: 26 September 2011

Written by: Dmitri Travin All articles by Dmitri Travin

Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin has decided that the time has come for him to return to Kremlin. oD Russia author...

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Published on: 15 September 2010

Written by: Mary Dejevsky All articles by Mary Dejevsky

Mary Dejevsky was surprised when her enthusiastic profile of St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko in...

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Published on: 9 September 2010

Written by: Dmitri Travin All articles by Dmitri Travin

To the amusement of the Russian media, an article appeared in Britain’s The Independent on 6 September suggesting...

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