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The dissolution of Memorial, Russia's most renowned human rights organization, is a turning point. President Vladimir Putin is preparing his country for darker times, DW's Roman Goncharenko writes.
Every Oct. 29, activists read the names, ages and professions of those who died in Stalin’s purges in the 1930s.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday the United States was "deeply troubled" by Russia's growing intolerance of free speech, on the sixth anniversary of opposition politician Boris
World Union of Old Believers backs idea to place Ivan III monument on Moscow's Lubyanka Square MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - The World Union of Old Believers has announced its support for an initiative to erect a monument to Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan III (1440-1505) on Lubyanka Square in the center of Moscow, where a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police, used to stand in Soviet times. "Ivan III is the first ruler of our state who combined Russian, Byzantine, and Western identities in himself. Thus, he acted as a bridge between Russian culture and Western cultur...