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Steve RosenbergBBC |
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 not only sparked international outrage. It also triggered a wave of sanctions designed to...
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places. “Record harvest!” “More than 2000km of roads repaired in...
Blink, and you might have missed it. In its 45-minute Friday night news bulletin, Russian TV devoted 28 seconds to the news about Alexei Navalny. ...
In a function room on the edge of Moscow, something unusual is happening. A group of women are publicly criticising the Russian authorities. Their...
This is Partygate: Russia-style. What happened at a Moscow nightclub was bizarre. What happened next says so much about the current atmosphere in...
Down at my local Moscow supermarket, western Christmas carols and songs are playing on a loop. This year Ding Dong Merrily on High and All I Want for...
It's all rather surreal. I'm sitting in a 19th Century St Petersburg mansion. Lying on the floor by my chair is Winston Churchill. He is fast...