This Week in Asia

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Since 2016, the US has designated India a "major defence partner", with the two going on to sign three wide-ranging agreements that allow for greater defence interoperability, as well as Delhi's procurement of high-end American weapons technology. Do

Farmer's Weekly

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The EU has overtaken Russia as the world’s top wheat exporter in the 2019/2020 season, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Reuters reported that some traders were discouraged from submitting offers for Russian wheat to big customers

The Christian Science Monitor

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An investment banker has restored the once ruined aristocratic Kurakin palace to glory – and opened it to the Russian public, a rarity in the country.

The Atlantic

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Election interference is one front in Moscow’s larger campaign to undermine the U.S. without prompting a military response.

The Atlantic

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With most European countries confident that they are past the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, their attention is turning to the chance of its resurgence once society returns to some semblance of normal. But beyond the epidemiological challenges li

Global Voices

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People across Russia are logging onto a popular satnav to launch virtual protests. Within hours, the Yandex.Navigator app was showing empty squares and streets of cities in lockdown as "congested"

Global Voices

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Every year, the Russian State Duma schedules laws to come into effect on January 1st. RuNet Echo marks the highlights and lowlights of the 2017 New Year's laws.

The Christian Science Monitor

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The best response to Russia’s many provocations, such as the attempted murder of an ex-spy, is to reach the Russian people with a message that their identity relies on universal values such as liberty, not fear of others or notions of civilizational

All About History

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Robert Henderson is honorary research fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of Vladimir Burtsev And The Struggle For A Free Russia, along with many journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of Russian history. The

The Atlantic

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“Try the deer heart,” Boris Akimov suggests from behind a bushy beard. My stomach sinks, but I cannot refuse: Akimov is a demigod in the Moscow food world, and we are sitting in LavkaLavka, the flagship restaurant of the LavkaLavka farmers’ cooperati

The Independent

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Demonstrators detained in pro-Navalny protests across Russia For those who believe in democracy, this hasn’t been a good week. Supporters of the brave Alexei Navalny are being beaten up and imprisoned in Russia, with little sign that Vladimir Putin w

Global Voices

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Police say Yelena Grigoryeva died in the course of a “domestic dispute” with her killer, but activists dispute that account; her name had recently appeared on a homophobic hit-list.

NPR

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Arkady Babchenko had been a prominent war correspondent in Russia, but had fled the country out of fear for his life. He was a vocal critic of the Russian government – which put him at great risk.

NPR

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The Russian Foreign Ministry says the U.S. must downsize its diplomatic staff in Russia; it's also blocking the U.S. Embassy from using two properties.

Newsweek

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For centuries, going back as far as the days of the czar Ivan the Terrible, vodka has been Russia’s drink of choice. Another czar, Peter the Great, always kept a goblet of vodka at his palace banquets—downing it was the penalty for arriving late. Dmi

Global Voices

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As coronavirus cases in Russia rise, a startup in St Petersburg has launched a "virtual bar" where self-isolating Russians can build new friendships and feel a little less alone.

The Christian Science Monitor

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Russia’s charity sector is new, but the shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic have given it a boost that could last beyond the crisis.

The Atlantic

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The step comes a day after the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping sanctions bill, which now awaits President Trump’s signature.

The Atlantic

2 min. di lettura

The president announced new sanctions against Russia in response to its alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election.

The Christian Science Monitor

5 min. di lettura

Russia is adopting Keynesian economics and stimulus spending in an attempt to give its long-austere economy a boost.

This Week in Asia

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India's approval of a 181.48 billion rupee (US$2.4 billion) defence deal with Russia last week has sparked discussion in policy circles over the wisdom of New Delhi's dependence on Moscow amid tensions with China in the wake of their Himalayan border

This Week in Asia

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Recent commentaries suggesting that Russia and China are teaming up for a power play in the Indian Ocean have drawn mixed reactions from regional analysts, with some suggesting that Moscow and Beijing are keen to flex their muscles beyond their own s

The Christian Science Monitor

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The Vostok 2018 war games in Siberia may look to some like an indicator of an impending Sino-Russian alliance. But experts say the exercises are not as grand as they appear and are less an omen than a word of warning to the West.

NPR

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Russian investigators say a device was set off by a man "whose remains were found in the third car of the train." The 22-year-old from Kyrgyzstan is said to have planted a second device elsewhere.

Post Magazine

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When Russian troops stage their biggest military exercise in decades in the country's far east later this month, Chinese counterparts will be there alongside them. Even though the countries' militaries routinely hold joint exercises, the decision to

The Christian Science Monitor

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Locals in Volokolamsk say the massive garbage dump outside of their town is poisoning their children. The dump is a byproduct of Russia's transformation from communist to capitalist society – but the locals' lawsuit to move it shows that civil societ

NPR

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When a Russian citizen handed him a memory stick, Paul Whelan thought it contained travel snapshots, his lawyer told reporters. Whelan was denied bail at his first court appearance.

Global Voices

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Golunov's arrest has galvanized a rare show of support from all sides of the Russian political spectrum.

The Atlantic

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When President Trump on Wednesday signed into law a bill that will impose new sanctions on Russia, he simultaneously expressed his opposition to the measure. The law aims to punish Moscow for its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election an

NPR

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At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders said "there is no plausible alternative explanation" for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this month in southern England.