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Russia · RussiaStory by Aliide Naylor for The Beet. Edited by Eilish Hart. This story first appeared in The Beet, a weekly email dispatch from Meduza covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Sign up here to get the next issue delivered directly to your inbox. Estonian artist Dolores Hoffmann nurses a hot cup of tea in front of a crackling log fire. The walls of her studio, in a low-ceilinged medieval building in central Tallinn, are…See the Story
The woman behind the windows The life and art of Estonian stained glass master Dolores Hoffmann
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Russia · RussiaA school in the village of Isakovo in Russia’s Chuvash Republic Schools and colleges throughout Russia joined in an initiative this week called “Through The Ages,” which entailed groups of students standing or kneeling in the shape of a five-pointed star. The purpose of the campaign was to mark the country’s “Day of Unified Action in Memory of the Genocide of the Soviet People by the Nazis and their Accomplices during the Great Patriotic War,” w…See the Story
Students throughout Russia pose in star shape to commemorate the ‘genocide of the Soviet people’
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Donald Tusk · RussiaTwo Polish men have been arrested in Poland on suspicion of carrying out a "brutal" attack on exiled Russian political dissident Leonid Volkov, former chief of staff of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.See the Story
Two Polish men arrested over attack on Navalny aide Leonid Volkov
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Russia · RussiaRussia is currently facing a historic labor shortage that could tip the balance on its precarious wartime economy. Nevertheless, authorities in many regions have been imposing more and more restrictions on the types of jobs migrant workers can pursue. While some areas already had prohibitions in place, others began introducing bans following the arrest of four Tajikistani citizens in connection with the deadly March 22 terrorist attack in Moscow…See the Story
Despite a nationwide labor shortage, Russian regions are further restricting the types of jobs migrants can hold
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Russia · RussiaThe first-ever Congress of Foreign Agents, a meeting of people who have been added to the Russian Justice Ministry’s “foreign agents” registry. Berlin, February 3, 2024. On April 13, the Russian state TV network Rossiya-24 aired an “investigative film” about Russians who have been declared “foreign agents” by the Justice Ministry and are now living in exile. Using footage obtained by reporters posing as “independent journalists,” the film highli…See the Story
Foreign agents: the movie Russian state TV airs fear-stoking ‘investigative film’ about exiled opposition figures and journalists
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Vladimir Putin · RussiaPutin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that the Kremlin wants to stay out of the debate over a new Russian research center named after Ivan Ilyin, a 20-century tsarist philosopher who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. “We’d prefer not to be involved in this discussion. The president has indeed quoted Ilyin on multiple occasions,” Peskov told journalists. The Ivan Ilyin Higher Political School at the Russian State U…See the Story
Kremlin refuses to join debate over research center named for Hitler-sympathizing philosopher whom Putin has called one of his favorites
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Kyiv · KyivUkrainian soldiers perform live-fire training exercises at a Kyiv firing range. January 27, 2024. On April 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law tightening the country’s mobilization procedures. The reform comes as the situation at the front has been worsening for Ukraine: Russia’s offensive has picked up steam and there are fears that Ukraine’s entire defense could collapse. Despite the urgent need for reinforcements, the bill…See the Story
‘Much more unpopular than anyone anticipated’ After months of deliberation and thousands of amendments, Ukraine’s new mobilization law frustrates politicians and soldiers alike
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Sanctions · RussiaThe Russian frigate Admiral Golovko at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg Several E.U. companies have been finding ways to bypass sanctions and supply parts to Russian military shipyards, a new report from BBC Russian finds. Using subsidiaries and intermediaries in third countries, the companies have been putting their business ties above international bans. Some companies say they don’t know where the parts end up, while others claim…See the Story
‘Business as usual’ How some E.U. companies are sending Russia parts for warships, sanctions be damned
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