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Russia’s state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring on Monday added theater director Yevgenia (Zhenya) Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk to its list of "terrorists and extremists."

Berkovich and Petriychuk were arrested in May 2023 over their award-winning play "Finist the Brave Falcon," which tells the story of Russian women who

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 16 April 2024

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A song by the Russian pro-war pop star Shaman is being used in TikTok videos showing same-sex couples embracing, a trend that appears aimed at ironically juxtaposing “extremist” LGBTQ+ lifestyles with the song’s militaristic overtones.

“Moy Boy,” whose title translates into English as “My Fight,” features the lyrics “I’m Russian, I go to the end,” w

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 16 April 2024

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Russia’s Novosibirsk region has banned migrants from working as taxi drivers and selling beverages and tobacco, according to a decreesigned by Governor Andrei Travnikov on Monday.

The measure comes amid mounting pressure on foreign workers — mostly from Central Asian countries —across Russia in the aftermath of last month’s deadly concert hall atta

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 16 April 2024

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The swelling Tom River in southwestern Siberia has actually led to a partial dam collapse in the city of Tomsk, authoritiessaid Monday. The water has partially destroyed the protective dam, Tomsk Mayor Dmitry Makhinya said in a video posted on social media that reveals him surveying the damage.Spring flooding caused by melting ice is a routine event

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The Russian human rights group Memorialsaid Monday that its co-founder Oleg Orlov was moved to a detention center in southwestern Russia before his jail sentence was set to participate in force.A Moscow court in February discovered Orlov, 71, guilty of discrediting the Russian army after he openly criticized the intrusion of Ukraine, sentencing him

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Russian shelling eliminated 4 individuals in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, authorities stated Monday, as Moscow's forces aim to press deeper into the war-battered region.Donetsk region Governor Vadym Filashkin stated attacks late Sunday versus the mining town of Siversk, which is flanked by Russian forces, had resulted in the deaths. The city was shelled