In this episode: in 1945 Yalta Conference set a framework among Allies for closing the war and coping with post-war government. 70 years later we...

Konstantin Severinov on why British MPs should support three person babies; Tower of London ravens and crows; Artemy Troitsky on his London lecture...

In this episode: The Financial Times today asks the question how the West lost touch with Mr Putin. We ask whether it's just Russian president the...

Svetlana Bakhmina and Olga Romanova on attempts to help Svetlana Davydova – mother of 7 accused of treason; it started with an email; Charlie Hebdo...

In this episode: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Monday of supporting efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine...

In this episode: as Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels are exchanging heavy tank and artillery fire in and around Debaltseve, a strategic town...

Is there a mortgage crisis in Russia?
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Germany's reaction to the idea that GDR was annexed;
What does the name Psoy mean?
New Russian online university Arzamas;
Psoy Korolenko in the BBC...

In this episode: the Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resumed its boycott in protest at Ukraine sanctions....

Will Kim Chen Un attend Victory Day in Moscow? Computers never forget; Naum Kleiman wins Berlinale Camera award; Restoring ancient Egyptian beards