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Amnesty International Says Russian Officials Have Sealed Off Its Moscow Office

4:42pm November 02, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

When staffers arrived for work, they found a seal over the door declaring that they were not allowed to enter without a city official. Amnesty calls it "an unwelcome surprise."

These ants are some of the stars of the award-winning film Ant by Rustam Orifi.

Health & Safety

'Ant' Is A Movie About Ants — Or Is It?

7:00am July 03, 2016

by Joe Schottenfeld

The director, a young man from Tajikistan, says he wanted to show a day in the life of an ant. But there may be more to it than that.

A fake anti-smoking ad in Moscow reads: "Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills a lot of people. Don't smoke! Don't be like Obama!"

Russian Pranksters Feature Obama In Fake Anti-Smoking Ad

3:28pm February 22, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

The poster at a Moscow bus stop read: "Smoking kills more people than Obama, although Obama kills a lot of people. Don't smoke! Don't be like Obama!" No one has claimed responsibility for it.

Marina Litvinenko, whose husband died in 2006 after being poisoned, spoke to the media after a British court issued a report saying Alexander Litvinenko had been murdered.

World News

Russia's Putin 'Probably' Approved Plan To Kill Spy, British Report Says

11:07am January 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Widow Marina Litvinenko says, "The words my husband spoke on his deathbed, when he accused Mr. Putin of his murder, have been proved true in an English court."

Yuri Baturin, a former aide to Boris Yeltsin, lays flowers at the Russian president's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

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'Die-Fi': Moscow Expanding Internet Access To Cemeteries

2:42pm December 10, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

City officials say Moscow's three main cemeteries will be wired up starting next year.

Written during the Soviet era, Mikhail Bulgakov's classic novel, The Master and Margarita, continues to resonate in today's Russia.

Bulgakov's 'Master' Still Strikes A Chord In Today's Russia

8:30pm February 19, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov's classic, The Master and Margarita, ridiculed Soviet leaders and bureaucracy. It wasn't published until 27 years after his death, but it still resonates with Russians.

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Books

When Big Brother Is An Evil, Jewelry-Obsessed Necromancer

7:02am December 12, 2014

Lord of the Rings fans wanted to build a giant Eye of Sauron atop a skyscraper in Moscow, a place that already can make you feel you're being watched. The Orthodox church had officials scrap the plan.

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Protesters In Moscow Demand Explanation For Health Care Cuts

10:13pm November 30, 2014

by Corey Flintoff

Several thousand demonstrators marched on Sunday to protest the government's plan to eliminate jobs for up to 10,000 doctors and close 28 of Moscow's hospitals due to budget cuts.

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