The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier close to the Kremlin.
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May 9 this year is “no victory day” as Putin has little to show after 74 days of aggression against Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin watchers the launch of Russia’s latest ICBM via video link in his office in the Kremlin.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
International diplomacy: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the Swedish parliament on March 24.
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The best of the past week’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.
Game theory can tell us a lot about how this conflict might be resolved … or not.
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It’s hard to see how negotiations can succeed at this point.
This painting by Russian artist Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko depicts the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Ukrainian Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia in 1654.
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Throughout history, Russian rulers have seen it as their mission to ‘gather the lands of the Rus’.
Memorial tanks at the Ukrainian Motherland Monument in Kyiv.
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Who are the Ukrainians and when were they part of the same empire as Russia? A scholar answers basic questions on war in Ukraine.
Since 2020, Belarus and Russia have accelerated moves towards integration.
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By allowing Russian military presence in Belarus, president Aliaksandr Lukashenka has forfeited his country’s sovereignty.
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow.
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To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
An Orthodox priest takes part in a rally in protest against an official visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople to Kyiv in August 2021.
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The current split in Ukrainian Orthodoxy reflects a fundamental question: Are Ukrainians and Russians one people or two separate nations?
From Russia, with concerns.
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Like it or not, Russia is mired in Syria with no obvious exit strategy.
Armenian troops suffered a crushing defeat in the Second Karabakh War in 2020.
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Facing political turmoil, a weak and unpopular prime minister and indifferent allies in Moscow, Armenia faces an unpalatable choice.
A scientist holding a coronavirus vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia.
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If the vaccine does not protect individuals from infection, those who have been vaccinated could falsely believe they are protected.
Vladimir Putin opens the wall of sorrow in Moscow in 2018.
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Moscow has invested heavily in remembering the Soviet system of terror, while trying to crush those like historian Yuri Dmitriev who contradict the pro-Stalin narrative.
An opposition activist holds the Russian Constitution during a protest in Moscow, Aug. 17, 2019 against the exclusion of some candidates from Moscow’s upcoming election.
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The Moscow elections of September 2019 were a referendum on President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party. And the opposition’s success suggests a looming political crisis for Putin and his regime.
Many opposition candidates were banned from elections to Moscow’s Duma.
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United Russia lost a third of its seats in the Moscow Duma – what does this mean for Vladimir Putin?
Opposition protesters take to the streets in Moscow in August 2019.
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A new survey looked at who young Russians trust.
How much is your backpack and the laptop that it contains worth to you?
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More than 40 people died in the May 5, 2019 crash, and reports indicate that passengers taking luggage with them may have slowed the evacuation. So what do we need to do to stop such behaviour?
Balaclava ballast.
Perry Brandon
What 69-year-old philosopher Hugh MacLachlan made of Russia’s premier protest group.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev watch the action during the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia that opened the 2018 World Cup.
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The Russian leader seems to understand the ability of sport to foment feelings of national pride and enhance his popularity at home.
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard is removed from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans.
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A scholar of southern politics finds inspiration in an unexpected place.