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Snowden May Testify in German NSA Inquiry
A Green Party politician from Berlin traveled to Moscow to meet with the former NSA contractor
Russian Region Wages War on Halloween
It’s getting to be a Halloween tradition in Russia for local governments to ban the holiday. Last year, schools in the city of Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympic Games next year, were forbidden from celebrating Halloween …
Putin: Gay People Welcome at Sochi Winter Olympics
The Russian President wants guests to ‘feel comfortable’ regardless of sexual orientation
Russian Suicide Bus Bombing Sparks Terrorism Fears for Sochi Olympics
Naida Asiyalova, the suicide bomber who blew herself up on Monday on a crowded bus in the Russian city of Volgograd, killing six people and wounding dozens more, was born in the town of Buynaksk, a huddle of mosques and squat …
Russia’s Top Breast-Feeding Expert Arrested for Running a ‘Cult’
Russia has had its share of problems with religious cults. From faith-healers and doomsayers to messiahs of every description, there are roughly 4,000 of them across the country with some 800,000 followers, according to the …
At Least 10 Dead In Russia Bus Bomb
27 hospitalized in what authorities say was a terrorist suicide bombing
Russian Sets Himself on Fire in Arab Spring-Style Protest
Desperate act follows two other self-immolation threats in echoes of Arab Spring
Meteorite Pulled From Russian Lake Is One of World’s Biggest
Largest-known chunk of a meteor that injured 1,500 is hauled from a lake in central Russia
Russian Men Assault Dutch Diplomat, Write ‘LGBT’ in Lipstick
Attack follows the arrest of a Russian official in The Hague, amid rising tension between the countries
Russia Responds to Anti-Migrant Riots by Arresting Migrants
There was no easy way for the mayor of Moscow to respond to this weekend’s race riots. On Sunday night, a violent mob clashed with police in the south of the city, hurling bottles, destroying property and screaming for a purge of …
Moscow Rioters Lash Out Against a “Migrant” Murderer
Police detain more than 400 anti-migrant protesters in a working-class district of southern Moscow
Snowden Father Arrives in Moscow
Hopes to meet fugitive son, thanks Russia for protecting his freedom