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Memory quiz getting tougher
By Anna Arutunyan
In some respects Memorial, the research and human rights society that tracks victims of Stalinist repression, is doing all right.
News
Sochi election a litmus test
By Andy Potts and Ayano Hodouchi
With one candidate facing an ammonia attack, Russia's most famous murder suspect flitting in and out of the race and the country's leading freemason joining a cast-list of 23 hopefuls at the latest count, it's no surprise that the Sochi mayoral election is seen by some as a farce.
Comment
Alms for an ex-oligarch
Tim Wall
If Sochi's mayoral election really is a "circus", who is the ringmaster?
Comment
Viewing Georgia from both sides
By Shaun Walker
Even though some eight months have passed since Russia's war with Georgia over the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, both parties are still feeling its consequences and remain very sensitive to interpretations of these events that appear in the media.
Comment
Putin’s report card
By Sergei Balashov
The State Duma may be “no place for discussions”, but the prime minister will use his annual report to parliament to dispel criticisms of his government’s handling of the economy
Business
Mystery over RusAl debt deal
By Ayano Hodouchi
In a move which seems to make no commercial sense, Mikhail Prokhorov has agreed to write off $2 billion of debt in exchange for an extra 4.5 per cent share in RusAl.
News
Vologda battles unemployment
By Maria Levina
As home to Severstal, one of the world's largest steel producers, the Vologda region has been particularly hard hit by skyrocketing unemployment.
Comment
Mikhalkov takes lead in film directors’ dispute
By Dmitry Babich
Nikita Mikhalkov, a charismatic film director and an outspoken Vladimir Putin loyalist, appears to be winning the fight for control over the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, one of the few remaining influential artistic guilds in the country.
Business
G-20 dominated by economic woe
By Anna Arutunyan
As presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama seek to renew security relations when they meet at the G-20 summit in London on April 1, cooperating on a roadmap to get through the global financial crisis will top the agenda.
Business
Managing a resurgent rouble
By Yaroslav Lissovolik
The main revelation in the Russian market this month has been the resurgence of the rouble after the Central Bank completed its step-by-step depreciations of the currency in February.
Local
Gogol galore
By Vladimir Kozlov
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the great writer’s birth
Local
Going for Gogol
By Phoebe Taplin
The great comic writer, Nikolai Gogol, was born 200 years ago this Wednesday, on April 1, 1809, in what is now Ukraine.
Local
Mending Gorky
By Nathan Toohey
Plans have been announced for the reconstruction of Gorky Park after the Public Chamber called for its upkeep to be prioritised.
Culture
Funny balls on a roll
By Vladimir Kozlov
Russian feature films' international successes are few and far between, with "Nochnoi Dozor" ("Night Watch") remaining the only recent Russian movie to be released in several major markets.
Restaurants & Bars
Anti-crisis cocktails
By Dominic Esler
International cocktail-making champion Dmitry Sokolov already runs four successful bars in Moscow - Tema, Help, Tiki Bar, and Booze Bub.
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