Being Finnish: A Guide For Soviet Spies – An archived booklet reveals how communist spooks were instructed to blend in with Finnish locals ~humanities.history Link 11 votes
Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas – critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia ~enviro Article 775 words 6 votes
Remembering Soviet pop: The USSR's vocal-instrumental ensembles ~music pop Article 711 words, published Mar 14 2017 6 votes
US Intelligence: China opposes Trump reelection; Russia works against Biden ~news china russia usa politics.usa Article 360 words 9 votes
Anti-Putin protest in Russia’s far east attracts thousands for a fourth weekend ~news russia.khabarovsk politics Article 321 words 9 votes
KFC will test lab-grown chicken nuggets made with a 3D bioprinter this fall in Russia ~food restaurants.chain Article 422 words 10 votes
The greatest Olympic cheat - The curious case of the electrified épée ~sports Article 4838 words 11 votes
UK, US, and Canada accuse Russia of trying to steal information from coronavirus vaccine researchers ~tech Link 15 votes
Classical pièce: Aleksandr Borodin — String Quartet No. 2 ~music classical Video published Jul 2 2019 7 votes
Siberian wildfires swell amid historic heatwave, as highs of 38°C reported north of the arctic circle ~enviro climate change Link 8 votes
Classical pièce: Nikolai Kapustin — Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 54 ~music classical jazz.fusion Video 22:23, published Apr 27 2013 5 votes
Classical entrée: Nikolai Kapustin ― Eight Concert Études, No. 6. "Pastorale" ~music classical jazz.fusion Video 22:25, published Jun 7 2019 6 votes
Hottest Arctic temperature record probably set with 100°F/37°C reading in Siberia ~enviro climate change Article 835 words 9 votes
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month, as bots have upended the game's economy ~games Article 678 words 9 votes
Exposing Secondary Infektion: Forgeries, interference, and attacks on Kremlin critics across six years and 300 sites and platforms ~tech security Link 6 votes
US reopens consulate in Greenland as part of a recent push from the White House to expand presence in the Arctic to curb Russian and Chinese influence ~news denmark.greenland usa russia china Article 654 words 7 votes
Elon Musk tweets IN RUSSIAN to accept co-operation offer from Russia’s space agency ~space spaceflight.crewed spaceflight.commercial Article 232 words 10 votes
As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear ~space rocketry Article 709 words 8 votes
The coronavirus in capitalist Russia: The Russian government has not only failed to effectively battle the emergency but has attempted to actively ignore it and the plight of its citizens ~health Article 1176 words 5 votes
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized the Financial Times and The New York Times after they reported that Russia’s coronavirus death toll could be much higher than government officials are saying ~health Article 649 words 9 votes
As coronavirus overruns Russia, doctors are dying on the front lines ~health healthcare Article 566 words 6 votes
Russia’s Covid death toll could be seventy per cent higher than official figure ~health Article 692 words 11 votes
Russia on Sunday reported a record daily rise in coronavirus infections, as the handling of the outbreak begins to weigh down President Vladimir Putin’s popularity ~health Article 674 words 8 votes
Russia's ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in the region ~news denmark russia usa Article 331 words 3 votes
Nurses have quit en masse from Russia’s top coronavirus hospital in Moscow over poor working conditions and low wages ~health healthcare Article 351 words 10 votes
How Vladimir Putin's Russia has become increasingly unstable ~humanities Video 15:44, published Aug 17 2016 8 votes
Playing on Kansas City radio: Russian propaganda ~life Article 1625 words, published Feb 13 2020 9 votes
In Russia, the week from March 28 to April 5 has been declared a nationwide paid holiday ~health Article 5862 words 13 votes
Sharp increase in Moscow pneumonia cases fuels fears over coronavirus statistics ~health Article 451 words 10 votes
Sweden's external military intelligence service said Friday the security policy situation in the Baltic Sea region 'has deteriorated over time' ~news sweden russia Article 226 words 4 votes
A one-take journey through the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia ~arts Video 5:19:47 5 votes
It took five hours for Russian lawmakers to propose, consider, and adopt legislation that could keep Putin in office for another 16 years ~news russia law politics Article 203 words 12 votes
Russia, Turkey may have carried out war crimes in Syria, UN says ~news russia syria crime.war turkey Article 396 words 7 votes
Putin introduces constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and mentioning God ~lgbt Link 18 votes
Thirty-three Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Idlib, mostly by the Russian Airforce ~news russia syria.idlib turkey Article 378 words 9 votes
Thousands march on the fifth anniversary of Boris Nemtsov's death, to protest Putin's "constitutional coup" ~news russia politics Article 877 words 9 votes
Russia alarmed by US Air Force visit to Norwegian island of Jan Mayen – squadron visited the island in November to test the airfield ~news norway.jan mayen usa russia Article 397 words 6 votes