Featured
Russia Has Invaded Ukraine After President Vladimir Putin Declared A War To “Demilitarize” Ukraine
Russia has invaded Ukraine in what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “special military operation” to demilitarize its neighbor.
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Featured
This Russian Teen Figure Skater Who Failed A Drugs Test Will Be Allowed To Keep Competing At The Olympics
Russian teen figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to continue to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance weeks ago but will not receive any medals until her case is resolved.
Featured
Russia Has Been Ordered To Pay $416,000 To This Woman Whose Husband Chopped Her Hands Off
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay more than €370,000 ($416,000) to Margarita Gracheva, whose husband kidnapped her and cut off her hands with an axe in 2017.
Featured
A Descendant Of The Tsars Married An Italian Woman In Russia’s First Royal Wedding In Over A Century
Russia’s first royal wedding since the imperial monarchy took place in the St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg on Friday Oct. 1.
Activism
This Russian Women’s Rights Activist Is Running For Office To Push For A Law Against Domestic Violence
Alyona Popova, a lawyer and women’s rights activist in Russia, has been campaigning for years for members Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the Duma, to adopt a law to protect women against domestic violence.
Climate
11 Places Around The World That Are On Fire
Wildfires are raging around the world. Here are just a few of the countries that have been affected.
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A Gunman Opened Fire At A School In Russia, Killing Seven Children And Two Adults
A gunman opened fire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday May 11, killing seven children and two adults and injuring 21 other people, mostly children.
Activism
People In Russia Held Mass Protests To Free Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Who May Be Dying In Prison
Tens of thousands of people across Russia took to the streets in unsanctioned protests on Wednesday, demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose health is failing in prison.
Cute
This 79-Year-Old Russian Grandma Loves To Ice Skate Across A Frozen Lake Every Day
Meet Lyubov Morekhodova, the 79-year-old Russian ice-skating granny.
Cute
A Dog Stole This Russian Weather Reporter’s Microphone And Ran Away With It During Her Broadcast
A live weather report in Moscow, Russia, was interrupted as a golden retriever snatched the microphone from a reporter with broadcaster MIR TV.
Activism
The Russian Ballerina Performed “Swan Lake” On A Frozen Bay To Protest A Construction Project
Ilmira Bagautdinova, a ballerina from the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, danced on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in a graceful protest against the construction of a port.
Politics
Russia’s Main Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Says He Has Been Moved To A “Concentration Camp”
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been sent to a prison camp in the Vladimir region of Russia near Moscow, where he will be held for the next two and a half years.