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‘Putin Is Forever’

Vladimir Putin is celebrating his diplomatic triumph in New York. But not all Russians are thrilled.

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A Showdown in Moscow’s Power Elite

A political killing in the center of Moscow triggers an open feud between two of Russia's most powerful clans.

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Chechnya’s Lost Boys

Why young Muslims from Russia’s war-torn republic are succumbing to the lure of the Islamic State.

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A Blast from the Past in Grozny

The latest terrorist attack in Chechnya shows that the war goes on.

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VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images

The Costs of Exile

Leaders in countries of the former USSR are increasingly driving their best and brightest into emigration. No one wins.

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VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images
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OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images

The Ghosts of Beslan

Why the memory of a mass hostage-taking -- and the botched rescue attempt that followed -- continues to haunt Russia.

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Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images

Novorossiya Is Coming Apart at the Seams

Moscow dreamed of transforming southeastern Ukraine into a client state. But the Kremlin's plans are fraying as Kiev pushes back.

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Rob Stothard/Getty Images

The Forgotten Victims of the War in Ukraine

We're right to mourn the dead of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. But that doesn't mean we should forget the others whose lives are being forever altered by the war.

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JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

More Reporters Die in Eastern Ukraine

Should journalists killed in action be mourned less because they were working for the Kremlin?

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Photo by Emily Timoney

Mourning Lost Friends

Today is Journalists' Day in Ukraine. But in a time of war there's little to celebrate.

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GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images

‘Girls, Stop What You’re Doing or Die’

In Ukraine, women militants are taking up weapons on both sides of the barricades.

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GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images

Who Will Be the President of Novorossiya?

A power struggle has broken out among pro-Russian leaders in Ukraine: They're fighting for control of a country that doesn't exist yet.

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INNA SOKOLOVSKAYA/AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine’s Unfinished Revolution

Radical nationalists want to continue the revolution that toppled Yanukovych. But they're probably just making matters worse.

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SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images

Worlds Apart

Russians are celebrating Crimea's return. The West is bent on punishing Moscow. And Ukrainians are feeling more besieged than ever.

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