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In Photos: Murmansk Left in the Dark After Arctic Storm Batters Power Grid

Russia's northern Murmansk region is under a state of emergency after a strong winter storm damaged the aging power grid, leaving parts of the region without...

What Did Russia Look Like in 2016?

Following Instagram’s lead, here are some images of Russia as it was a decade ago.
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In Photos: Russians Celebrate Epiphany With Frozen Plunge

Russians marked Orthodox Epiphany overnight by dipping themselves into icy rivers, ponds and lakes across the country.
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In Photos: Moscow Braves Record Snowfall

The Jan. 9 snowfall ranked among the five heaviest in Moscow’s 146 years of weather records.
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In Photos: The New Year’s Traditions of Russia’s Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous and minority communities have made an effort to revive their ancestral traditions of greeting the new year since the Soviet collapse.
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In Photos: The Images That Defined Russia in 2025

Russia in 2025 was shaped by extremes of weather, war and political control and the moments of uneasy normality that persisted alongside them.
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In Photos: The Works of Conceptual Artist Erik Bulatov

Bulatov was a leading figure of the Soviet pop art scene, bending figurative imagery with slogans and text to challenge state propaganda.
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In Photos: Muscovites Celebrate Halloween in Defiance of Officials

Although officials and the Russian Orthodox Church discourage it, many Muscovites celebrated the holiday anyway.
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In Photos: North Korean War Paintings Take Center Stage in Moscow Exhibition

An exhibition of North Korean art opened Tuesday at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art in Moscow, marking the first time works from the isolated...
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In Photos: Thousands March in Moscow to Honor City’s Orthodox Saints

Tens of thousands of worshipers joined a citywide Russian Orthodox procession on Sunday, the largest of its kind since 2015.
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In Photos: Putin Attends SCO Summit, Military Parade in China This Week

Both Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping used the regional summit, held in the port city of Tianjin, to sharpen their criticism of the West.
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In Photos: Russian Students Begin New School Year Marked by Big Changes in Education Policy

Students across Russia mark Sept. 1, the traditional first day of the new school year, with flowers and festivities.
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In Photos: Vladimir Putin's Meetings With U.S. Presidents Over the Decades

While these meetings were generally warm during the Clinton and Bush years, they gradually grew more tense as relations spiraled downward.
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On This Day 25 Years Ago: Russia's Kursk Submarine Disaster

The tragedy would become one of the biggest stains on President Vladimir Putin’s early rule.
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In Photos: Deadly Russian Strikes on Kyiv Kill 31

Photos from the aftermath show destroyed residential buildings and rescuers working to find survivors amid the rubble.
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In Photos: The Aftermath of the Historic Earthquake in Russia's Far East

Russia's Far East regions have been rattled by the magnitude 8.8 earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded.
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In Photos: Promoting a ‘Multipolar’ World at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Once dubbed the “Russian Davos,” the forum now reflects Moscow’s post-2022 pivot towards Asia and Africa, amid its isolation from the West.
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In Photos: Russia's Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha

Millions of believers across the country joined in celebrations of one of the two main festivals in Islam.
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On This Day in 1995, a Devastating Earthquake Struck Sakhalin

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake wiped out the oil-producing town of Neftegorsk.
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In Photos: Wildfires Tear Across Russia's Far East

States of emergency have been declared in the republic of Buryatia and the Zabaikalsky region as wildfires blaze across the regions.
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