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‘They don’t care about the optics’: in Navalny’s funeral, echoes of dissidents past

The official response to the deaths of opposition figures is a sure guide to the state of repression and freedom in Russia

The Guardian - UK

Former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov Dies At 94

Former Soviet prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, known for his role in economic reforms under Gorbachev, has passed away at 94. His tenure set the stage for t...

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 3 review: A Cold War thriller set in the 21st century

Communism and capitalism collide, as Margo is trapped in the midst of a Soviet coup and Miles finds a lucrative new side hustle.

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Jeff Bezos wore a cowboy hat again. Real cowboys are rolling their eyes

Billionaire’s look compared to ‘a sprinkler head’ after he wears getup in a Vogue feature with his fiancee

The Guardian - US

Death of the Armenian dream in Nagorno-Karabakh was predictable but not inevitable

Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that Nagorno-Karabakh – an ethnically Armenian enclave stuck geographically in the neighboring republic of Soviet Azerbaijan – ought to be joined to Armenia.

The Conversation

‘Everything became a lie, a performance’ – Werner Herzog on Soviet Russia

The German director is championing Georgian film-maker Rezo Gigineishvili’s movie about the dying days of the USSR. But, he says, he won’t be drawn into contemporary political debates

The Guardian - UK

How Russian history and the concept of 'smuta' (turmoil) sheds light on Putin and Prigozhin – and the dangers of dissent

In Russia, failed coups portend turmoil and collapse. They also herald greater repression, and a tightening of centralised control. This is because Russian history has swung back and forth between chaos and autocracy, which have become mutually reinforcing symptoms of the same historical condition.

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The Price of Truth review – this gripping look at Russian journalism was too dangerous to finish filming

The editor of one of Russia’s independent newspapers, Dmitry Muratov, has risked his life to report on abuses of power against the odds. This is his remarkable but terrifying story

The Guardian - UK

Paying the price of truth: Nobel peace laureate Dmitry Muratov won’t be silenced by Putin

The Russian newspaper editor speaks from Moscow in an exclusive interview as a new film biography charts his defiance of the Kremlin during the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

The Independent UK

The war pimps are still lying to us

Russia's invasion was a war crime. That's no excuse for the disastrous, destructive path of endless war

Salon

Editorial: Russian roulette: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group rebellion sputters out but the Ukraine war continues

During the failed August 1991 putsch in Russia, the good guys were reformers Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The bad guys were an incompetent claque of the military and KGB within the Politburo and the rebellion fizzled when Yeltsin climbed on that tank in Moscow. The Kremlin’s nukes were kept…

Tribune News Service

The Guardian view on the Arctic: threatened by Putin’s war

Editorial: Geopolitical fallout from the conflict in Ukraine is threatening an environmentally crucial region

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Timeline: China's Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown

Sunday is the 34th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.

The Week

Communism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Independent UK

Zelensky needs Sunak to push Ukraine’s allies to go further and faster over weapons and jets

Britain’s willingness to step first unto the breach over military support has spurred wider Western action, writes Kim Sengupta. The Ukrainian president needs that now more than ever

The Guardian - US

‘Excessive loyalty’: how Republican giant George Shultz fell for Nixon, Reagan … and Elizabeth Holmes

The great secretary of state’s biographer, Philip Taubman, balances cold war achievements with costly political failures

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Is the Apple TV Plus Tetris movie true to life? Two things it gets wrong (and three things it gets right)

Apple TV Plus has a hit on its hands with the true-story movie about extracting Tetris from behind the Iron Curtain. But as almost always happens when real stories become films, some of the most dramatic bits never happened.

Foreign Policy

How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War

The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.

Roll Call

Looking back: Werner Herzog on Putin and Russia - Roll Call

Werner Herzog had some interesting things to say about Russia and Vladimir Putin in this May 2019 Political Theater podcast.

Cinemablend

Tetris Cast: Where You've Seen The Stars Of Apple TV+'s Movie About The Video Game

Check out who plays whom in Apple TV+'s Tetris cast, including Taron Egerton.

The Guardian - US

Deals, drama and danger: the incredible true story behind Tetris

A new film shows how the addictive game found its way out of the Soviet Union and into the hands of millions

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

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