As the ice recedes and technology for recovering resources in extreme conditions improves, the Arctic could become the theatre for future global conflicts. Here’s the story so far.
Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, one of the suspects, is taken into custody.
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The remnants of the Cuba-Soviet relationship are still very much part of Cuban culture – a fact on display at this month’s Miami International Film Festival
Backstairs politics: Kevin Spacey and Lars Mikkelsen.
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Tolstoy’s celebrated novel War and Peace has recently been enjoying some fresh attention thanks to a number of adaptations. BBC Radio 4 broadcast a ten-part adaptation of the novel. Later this year, the…
A Russian school bus. Going in the right direction?
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Grigory Kliucharev, Russian Academy of Sciences and (William) John Morgan, University of Nottingham
A new survey has found many Russians want reforms to schools and better quality control of education.
A sign remembering murdered Russian democracy activist Boris Nemtsov sums up the mood: it reads “Boris”; but with the last letter added it means “fight”.
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As tensions run high over Russia’s gas supplies to the Ukraine, and by extension parts of Europe, the reality for the EU is less than perfect: it will need Russian gas for the foreseeable future.