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Georgia’s Stalin Museum reassesses its hometown hero
May 24, 2012
Joy Neumeyer
Plans to turn the shrine-like spot into a memorial to repression marks the end of an era in Gori, Stalin’s birthplace
Russia to fight smoking with price increase
May 18, 2012
Anastasia Dulenkova
Cigarette prices might increase fivefold by 2018
Opposition and Nashi unite over forest
May 14, 2012
Tatyana Kasimova
, Russky Reporter
The standoff over the Tsagovsky Forest brings together protestors from across the political spectrum
Russian and British veterans celebrate together on Victory Day
May 10, 2012
Eve Harris
Last week London’s Russian and British communities came together to salute the bravery of the sailors involved in the Arctic Convoys of World War II
Jet crash caused by human error?
May 10, 2012
Kommersant
Sukhoi SuperJet 100 crash in Indonesia has experts debating over the human factor in the accident
We were soldiers once, and young
May 10, 2012
Elena Klimova
, reporting from Novosibirsk
As Russia celebrated the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, RBTH spoke to veterans about their memories of that time
Russia celebrates Victory Day
May 9, 2012
RIA Novosti
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The Moscow Times
Russia held a parade in Red Square to mark the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 Great Patriotic War
The honor of wearing the crimson beret
May 9, 2012
Daria Gonzales
The Russian special forces must survive one of the world’s most difficult competitions to earn the right to wear the crimson beret, the symbol of their status
Russia’s innovative future becoming the present
May 8, 2012
Alexander Kilyakov
Innovative Russia Week 2012 displayed technological novelties that hope to change people’s everyday lives
Retired soldier builds life-size models of World War II tanks
May 7, 2012
Andrei Shapran
A retired military man in the Siberian village of Bolshoi Oyesh has set up a workshop that builds life-size moving models of World War II-era tanks and armored vehicles
Boris Drozdov: “There is no one to tell the young generation”
May 4, 2012
Vladimir Ruvinsky
Moscow resident Boris Drozdov, 78, whose father and grandfather were repressed under Stalin, talked to Russia Now about his family’s survival
What Russians think about Stalin
May 4, 2012
Vladimir Ruvinsky
In the West, Stalin is remembered for the terror he inflicted on his own people, while at home the collective memory is more complex
May Day celebrants take part in monstrations
May 2, 2012
Daria Gonzales
The satirical "Monstration" May Day rallies continues to attract more participants across the country
Russia celebrates Labor Day
May 1, 2012
RIA Novosti
Russia celebrates a national holiday, the Day of Spring and Labor, on May 1, with trade unions and political parties set to hold rallies across the country
Moscow changes plans for the metro
April 30, 2012
Irina Reznik
, Gazeta.ru
With the relocation of government offices to the southwest of Moscow, the plan to expand the metro system has been revised
Is Russia's Far East overcrowded by Chinese immigrants?
April 28, 2012
Artem Zagorodnov
One of the myths in Moscow is that Russia’s Far East is overrun with Chinese immigrants. Sergei Pushkarev, the former head of the Vladivostok regional branch of the Federal Migration Service talked to RBTH why this myth persists in the Far East
Russians around the world take dictation
April 27, 2012
Alexandra Guzeva
A program aimed at promoting literacy among Russian speakers, brought together 15,000 people in 85 cities across the world for a writing exercise
Television for the elite
April 26, 2012
Alexander Vostrov
Is there any hope for Medvedev’s plan to create public television?
Making Russians laugh
April 26, 2012
Konstantin Milchin
, Russky Reporter
In Russia, humor is a form of social therapy; it helps to expose social absurdity, unite people or reveal their identities
Mum’s the word for tip-top tuition
April 25, 2012
Maria Agranovich
, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
More and more parents are opting to educate their children at home believing it will be better for them than going to school
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