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New Putin-Led Movement Tool for Kremlin, Not Society – Experts
Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin took the helm of a movement officially meant to help ordinary people inform the Kremlin of problems. But analysts were skeptical, saying the new group would likely serve as a multipurpose political tool for the Kremlin, capable of creating a false impression of civic engagement or a springboard for candidates in upcoming elections.
Moscow ‘Riots’ Go to Court: 7 Arguments for the Jury
This month, 12 protesters are standing trial over clashes with police at a massive 2012 opposition rally in Moscow, with dozens more prosecutions expected. The clashes became a pivotal moment for Russia’s opposition movement, shattering illusions of an easy victory, and the case has grown increasingly convoluted.
Jim Patterson: Black Soviet Icon’s Lonely American Sojourn
For decades Jim Patterson was arguably the most famous black man in the Soviet Union, a debonair homegrown poet whose childhood role in an iconic film cemented his celebrity and who later roamed the vast country reading his work to adoring audiences.
For Russian Royal in US, Personal Struggle Unlocks Family History
The Cincinnati house where Michael Romanoff-Ilyinsky grew up in the 1960s and ’70s was nicknamed “the Kremlin” by his parents’ friends, but Ilyinsky didn’t know why, and didn’t care.






























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