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'Family,' by Greg A. Robinson, a member of the Chinook Indian Nation in Washington and a primarily self-taught artist who works in a variety of mediums. His traditional Chinookan-style images pay tribute to the Columbia River ancestors for whom art, life, stories and culture are strongly interrelated. Illustration by Greg A. Robinson That arresting image on our cover — Family, by Chinook Nation tribal member and artist Greg A. Robinson — is an apt illustration for our story about the Chinook Nation’s century-long battle for federal recognition. Anna V. Smith, assistant editor on our In...

share Print KALININGRAD, Russia -- Life fell apart for Sergei Rozhkov, a 41-year-old construction worker from the capital of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, in the first half of 2020. “Everything changed in May when Sergei and his wife divorced,” said Rozhkov’s younger brother, Vladimir. “He took the breakup very hard. Before, he had been cheerful and sociable, but now he closed up. He began drinking.” In the autumn, Sergei packed up a few things and left his home. “It took us a while to notice,” another brother, Aleksandr Rozhkov, told RFE/RL. “We all have our own lives and f...

share Print Photographer Dmitry Markov explains how he made the photo of a masked policeman that became an instant classic during recent protests in Russia. On February 2, photographer Dmitry Markov, widely considered one of the greatest chroniclers of modern Russia, joined a protest against the arrest of anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny in Moscow. Markov told the North Desk of RFE/RL's Russian Service that he disagreed with Navalny's positions on many things. But he also said, "Damn, when there are 20 politicians like Navalny, you can choose: this one or that one. But now there's onl...