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Russia A Tribute to Soviet Rock Legend Viktor Tsoi

World Lavrov: NATO Doesn't Want to Re-establish Relations with Russia

Opinion It's Security, Stupid: How Putin Manipulates National Emergencies

World Russia's Sole Track Athlete Cleared to Compete in Olympics

It's Security, Stupid: How Putin Manipulates National Emergencies

Opinion — 7 hours ago

The Kremlin has consistently used acts of terror and smaller incidents that threatened public security as pretexts for announcing and maintaining the de-facto state of emergency Russia has been living under throughout the Putin years

Business — 42 minutes ago

Russia's MICEX Index Hits Historic High

World — 2 hours ago

Lavrov: Moscow Has Proof That Kiev Behind 'Sabotage' in Crimea

Moscow — 2 hours ago

200 People Rescued From Moscow Flooding

Russia — 4 hours ago

Foreigners Banned From Working as Teachers in Russia's Novosibirsk

World — 6 hours ago

Lavrov: NATO Doesn't Want to Re-establish Relations with Russia

World — 8 hours ago

Russia's Sole Track Athlete Cleared to Compete in Olympics

Russia — 7 hours ago

Corps Couture: The Rise of Russia's Patriotic Fashion Industry

For T-shirt manufacturer Alexander Konasov, 2014 and 2015 were particularly good years. It all started in February 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, and set free ...

Russia — 7 hours ago

Corps Couture: The Rise of Russia's Patriotic Fashion Industry

For T-shirt manufacturer Alexander Konasov, 2014 and 2015 were particularly good years. It all started in February 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, and set free ...

Russia — 7 hours ago

Corps Couture: The Rise of Russia's Patriotic Fashion Industry

For T-shirt manufacturer Alexander Konasov, 2014 and 2015 were particularly good years. It all started in February 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, and set free ...

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Our picks for the best events, best places  to wine and dine, and best places to visit  in Moscow.

Business — 42 minutes ago

Russia's MICEX Index Hits Historic High

World — 2 hours ago

Lavrov: Moscow Has Proof That Kiev Behind 'Sabotage' in Crimea

Moscow — 2 hours ago

200 People Rescued From Moscow Flooding

Business — 42 minutes ago

Russia's MICEX Index Hits Historic High

World — 2 hours ago

Lavrov: Moscow Has Proof That Kiev Behind 'Sabotage' in Crimea

Moscow — 2 hours ago

200 People Rescued From Moscow Flooding

Moscow — 3 days ago

By Michele A. Berdy

Stocking Up on Character, or a Multi-Purpose Russian Word

By Michele A. Berdy

Moscow — 3 days ago

In my never-ending search for the most confusing aspects of the Russian language, I’ve stumbled across this: one word that means both a warehouse and a way of thinking, and has a verb that can mean adding, making up, putting together or storing.

Print edition — 4 days ago

August 11

Russia’s Military Fashion, War Returns to Ukraine, Armenia’s Rebel Sex Symbols

Moscow — 4 hours ago

Moscow Restaurants: A Match Made in Heaven at Wine & Crab

Moscow — 4 hours ago

How many varieties of crab do you know? We’ll wager two, maybe three if you’re a true foodie. Either way, you’re in for a culinary adventure at Wine & Crab, the latest buzz restaurant offering an ode to the regal crustacean.

Moscow — 4 hours ago

Moscow Restaurants: A Match Made in Heaven at Wine & Crab

Moscow — 4 hours ago

Moscow Restaurants: A Match Made in Heaven at Wine & Crab

Moscow — 4 hours ago

Moscow — 6 hours ago

Moscow TV and Film: Zero City, a Vysotsky Documentary and More

When you max out on Olympics-watching this week — again — on Channel 1, Rossiya 1 and Match!, Moscow television will be ready with some stellar programming to vary your visual diet. Tune in for a biographical drama on Russia’s most popular modern singer-actor-poet, an award-winning Russian documentary on life under authoritarian rule and a Stalinist musical that people love, loathe and still whistle the tunes from.

Moscow — 6 hours ago

Moscow TV and Film: Zero City, a Vysotsky Documentary and More

When you max out on Olympics-watching this week — again — on Channel 1, Rossiya 1 and Match!, Moscow television will be ready with some stellar programming to vary your ...

Russia — 2 days ago

Why Putin Fired His Chief of Staff and Longtime Ally

In an unexpected move, Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Friday the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov with Anton Vaino, a younger ...

Moscow — 6 hours ago

Moscow TV and Film: Zero City, a Vysotsky Documentary and More

New issue — 4 days ago

August 11

Russia’s Military Fashion, War Returns to Ukraine, Armenia’s Rebel Sex Symbols

A Tribute to Soviet Rock Legend Viktor Tsoi

Russia — 3 hours ago

Korean by blood, Tsoi was born to an engineer and a physical education teacher in the Russian city of Leningrad, Now St. Petersburg. He initially ...

Russia — 4 hours ago

Foreigners Banned From Working as Teachers in Russia's Novosibirsk

World — 6 hours ago

Lavrov: NATO Doesn't Want to Re-establish Relations with Russia

World — 8 hours ago

Russia's Sole Track Athlete Cleared to Compete in Olympics

Russia — 2 days ago

Why Putin Fired His Chief of Staff and Longtime Ally

In an unexpected move, Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Friday the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov with Anton Vaino, a younger and less known official.

Moscow — 3 days ago

An Encylopedic Exhibition Celebrates Moscow and Its Museum

The Museum of Moscow celebrates its 120th anniversary this year. In lieu of a party, Muscovites of all ages are invited to a jubilee exhibition which gathers together over 2,000 of the institution’s most significant objects, paintings and archaeological finds — many of which have never been exhibited to the public before. The sprawling project, entitled “The Alphabet of the Museum,” is as fitting a testament to the scale and diversity of the museum’s collection as it is to the city of Moscow itself.

Moscow — 3 days ago

An Encylopedic Exhibition Celebrates Moscow and Its Museum

World — 8 hours ago

Russia Accuses U.S. of Failing to Cooperate in Syria

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has accused the United States of failing to share information vital to the ...

World — 3 days ago

Russia Could Break Off Ties With Ukraine — Medvedev

Russia may sever diplomatic ties with Kiev after a number of alleged "Ukrainian incursions" on the disputed Crimean ...

World — 8 hours ago