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Vladimir Putin sitting on a pile of skulls, a footballer running through a cemetery... viral images created by Ukrainian artist Andriy Yermolenko offer a provocative take on the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Moscow is playing host to 12 of the 64 World Cup soccer matches in Russia, including the final on July 15. So, how welcoming is the capital to visitors who don't speak any Russian? (Current Time TV)
A regional court has overturned a verdict that cleared Russian historian Yury Dmitriyev of child pornography charges, setting up a retrial, his lawyer says.
A Russian lawmaker has this to say about romantic couplings between Russians and fans visiting the country for the World Cup soccer tournament: More love. And more procreation.
A demonstration in Kyiv called for the boycott of the "blood-soaked" FIFA World Cup in Russia, citing Russian aggression in Ukraine and detention of director Oleh Sentsov.
Demonstrators have taken to the center of Moscow to protest against mass violations of human rights in Russia and to call for the release of political prisoners.
Eight Russians who protested in Moscow in 1968 against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia have been honored by the Czech Republic. The Soviet authorities imposed punishments ranging from labor camps to psychiatric hospitals.
Russia has spent over $11 billion to host soccer's World Cup, starting on June 14. A big chunk of that went to Nizhny Novogorod, east of Moscow. Not everyone is happy about it. (Current Time TV)
Maria and Viktoria train in Severodonetsk, just 30 kilometers from territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists, and hope to play for Ukraine's national soccer team one day.
Akhshar Varziyev used old mining machinery to turn the power of a mountain river into electricity for his village.
A dissident Russian journalist has blasted "the keepers of morality" who criticized his faked assassination by Ukrainian authorities, and vowed to live long enough to dance on President Vladimir Putin's grave.
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko held a news conference in Kyiv on May 30, a day after it was reported that he had been assassinated.
Garbage is piling up on the streets of Nizhneudinsk, in Russia's Irkutsk region, after the Defense Ministry closed the town's main dump.
Desperate villagers have painted "SOS" in big letters on their roofs to get help from the authorities in Tatarstan, Russia. Their houses are crumbling, they have no running water, and the last public buses were in March.
The lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, has approved in its third and final reading a bill that provides for countermeasures against the United States and other countries that imposed sanctions against Russia.
Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman has announced his resignation, saying he refused to take part in the process of abolishing the direct election of the mayor in Russia's fourth-largest city.
The Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, has approved in its first reading a bill which provides for the jailing for up to four years of Russians who adhere to economic sanctions imposed by the United States.
Hundreds protested in Moscow on May 13 against government attempts to curtail Internet freedom after authorities blocked the Telegram messaging service last month. A broad spectrum of political organizations joined the rally. Police detained at least 20 participants.
A court in Moscow has rejected a request by investigators to transfer to house arrest a former director of Moscow's embattled Gogol Center theater, who is charged with embezzlement and fraud in a case that has sent a chill through Russian culture.
Current Time TV correspondent Aleksei Aleksandrov was briefly detained by the police in Moscow on May 5 while covering a protest against President Vladimir Putin that was organized by Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. A reporter for RFE/RL's Russian Service was also detained.
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