Politics
PRI's The World
September 07, 2017
Most of the ads run by the accounts didn't directly reference the US presidential election, voting or particular candidates but instead appeared focused on "amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum," according to Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos.
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Conflict & Justice
Moscow has a long history of making interesting excuses for its military interventions
PRI's The World
August 12, 2014
NATO says a Russian invasion of Ukraine is "highly probable." The Ukrainian government says a large convoy of humanitarian aid coming from Russia is just a "Trojan horse." If the humanitarian crisis is indeed a pretext for an invasion, it certainly wouldn't be Moscow's first time.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Do the words we use to describe pregnancy reveal our feelings toward it?
PRI's The World
April 14, 2014
Updated
In Russian, the word for “pregnant” can mean “burdensome.” In Chinese, “pregnant” appears to imply “happiness.” But be careful reading too much meaning into these words, say linguists.
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Conflict & Justice
For the Russians, D-Day was significant, but maybe not as important as the West imagines
PRI's The World
June 06, 2014
The Soviet Union sacrificed a lot during World War II. Millions of Russians died, more than from any other country. And for them, the D-Day invasions were an answer to their appeals to the West to relieve pressure on the Soviet forces who were battling the Nazis.
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Politics
The Russian government has banned lingerie — for your health
PRI's The World
July 29, 2014
The Russian Parliament is on a tear lately when it comes to banning things. But earlier this month, one ban came into effect that has lingerie lovers upset.
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Conflict & Justice
The West was stunned by Putin's military moves. Here's why NATO says it won't happen again
The Takeaway
March 23, 2015
When Russia moved into Crimea last year, even NATO admits it was caught off-guard. But now a top NATO general says the West is alert to Putin's plans, and is developing its own moves to stop him from expanding any further.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Russia chooses myth over history in new WWII movie
PRI's The World
October 15, 2016
A new state-sponsored movie in Russia commemorates the sacrifice of “Panfilov's 28” in the WWII battle for Moscow. Their story is as iconic for Russians as the flag-raising over Iwo Jima is for Americans. The only problem is, it's not quite true.
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Sports
Why the Boston Marathon bombing made me watch mixed martial arts
PRI's The World
April 21, 2014
The Tsarnaevs trained at the mixed martial arts gym under reporter Andrea Crossan's home. And, it turns out, that some of the best fighters in MMA come from the Caucasus region that also produced the Tsarnaevs.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of those mysterious new holes in Siberia
PRI's The World
July 30, 2014
The discovery of two giant holes in the ground in far northern Russia is raising all kinds of speculation about their origin. No one yet knows for sure how they were formed, but a leading scientist is pointing to an ever-more usual suspect—climate change.
The Making of- Oleg Frish: Duets With My American Idols
Arts, Culture & Media
A Russian DJ breathes life back into Russian and American legends alike
PRI's The World
May 11, 2015
Oleg Frish once taught Russian audiences to love forgotten Soviet music icons. Today, he's doing the same for American singers like Ben E. King, Gary U.S. Bonds and Melissa Manchester with a new album of duets between Frish and his idols.
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Science, Tech & Environment
A herd of endangered antelope in Central Asia has suddenly died en masse
PRI's The World
June 01, 2015
Over the past 10 days, a herd of saiga, an endangered antelope in Kazakhstan has suddenly started to die off in the tens of thousand. Scientists are trying to figure out the reason for the sudden die-off.