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The Russia File podcast explores Russia: its history, politics, culture and society, and its relatio

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Latin America has long been a playground for Russia’s anti-Western influence operations. But today R

Latin America has long been a playground for Russia’s anti-Western influence operations. But today R

Russia’s intensive involvement with the African continent goes back decades. During the Cold War, Mo

In December 2023, Georgia was granted official European Union candidate status, but the country's pa

One of the sectors targeted by U.S. economic sanctions is Russia's civil aviation. Shortly after Rus

Russian authorities are taking tentative steps to limit access to abortion and other aspects of repr

Two years after Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine, Izabella Tabarovsky sat down with Maxim Tru

Two years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Izabella Tabarovsky sat down with Mykhailo

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has highlighted some of its own domestic problems. One of th

In August 2020, Aleksandr Lukashenko, authoritarian leader of Belarus, denied electoral fraud and cl

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Berlin has emerged as a crucial center of activity for both U

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine was supposed to illustrate the Russian army’s ability to conduct a “con

The relationship between the artist and the state has always been fraught in Putin’s Russia, where g

When in 1991 Boris Yeltsin invited Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to open a news bureau in Russia,

In November 2022, the Russian parliament passed a new bill banning any activity that can be interpre

Poland and Russia share a long history that has been full of grievances and unresolved traumas. And

For those living under the Russian occupation in Ukraine, life has turned into a daily struggle and

The story of Boris Nemtsov, Russia's prominent opposition politician assassinated in 2015, is deeply

The story of Boris Nemtsov, Russia's prominent opposition politician assassinated in 2015, is deeply

The war in Ukraine has highlighted Russian propaganda and the way it weaponizes the memory of World