The mausoleum in the Kremlin is 100 years old, but only 23% of Lenin remains in it: the history of the strangest political monument in the world
On August 1, 1924, six months after the death of Vladimir Lenin, a mausoleum was opened on Red Square in Moscow, where the body of the Bolshevik leader was put on display. Since then, the mausoleum has served as the main tribune of the country; the leader’s body was evacuated during the war,...
'Our Alaska': Russian state television again threatens to take away the state from the United States
The odious Russian propagandist and TV presenter Olga Skabeeva said on television that Alaska belongs to Russia. During the broadcast of the “60 Minutes” program on the Russia-1 channel, Skabeeva called the American state “our Alaska.” Alaska once truly belonged to Russia, but in 1867...
A German was sentenced to death in Belarus for causing $500 worth of damage: he allegedly tried to help Ukraine
German citizen Rico Krieger was found guilty of causing an explosion at the Ozerishche railway station on the outskirts of Minsk in October 2023. Army cargo passes through this station. No one was injured as a result of the explosion. The damage was just over $500.…
How many Russians left the country after the start of the war in Ukraine, and where are they fleeing?
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, mobilization, and repression of dissidents forced hundreds of thousands of Russians to leave their country. Official Moscow insists that many of those who left have returned to Russia, and hides data on the size of the latest wave of emigration. Columnist for The Bell Denis...
An American adopted a little Kazakh, and 13 years later moved to live in Kazakhstan.
This story began in 2003. Christine Jones from Seattle, Washington, and her husband adopted an eight-year-old Kazakh boy. The child lived in an orphanage in the village of Poludino, North Kazakhstan region. Ermek (that’s the boy’s name) first ended up in the baby’s home because the mother...
New York Times journalist convicted in Russia for 'false information' about war in Ukraine
American journalist and writer Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia on July 15 by a Moscow court on charges of “disseminating false information about Russian aggression in Ukraine” and sentenced to eight years in prison. Born in Moscow and living in the USA, an employee of The...
A Russian adopted by Americans was sentenced to 12 years in prison
A Russian court sentenced an American to twelve and a half years in prison on drug trafficking charges, the man's lawyer told Reuters on July 4. Robert Woodland, who has US and Russian citizenship, lived near Moscow and worked as a teacher. He was detained in January...
Fake news about Ukraine and the USA: how a former cop from Florida headed a disinformation network in Moscow
A network of Russian websites posing as American local newspapers is spreading fake news in an artificial intelligence (AI) operation. The purpose of the operation is to influence the US elections. One of the key people behind this operation was a former police officer...
Zelensky: 'We and the United States have different ideas about Ukraine's victory in the war'
On June 30, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with The Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Trudy Rubin. In an interview, excerpts from which we present, the President of Ukraine spoke about possible scenarios for ending the war, the feasibility of peace negotiations, as well as the attitude of Western leaders towards...
An American woman faces life imprisonment in Russia because of the $50 she donated to Ukraine.
The trial of Los Angeles resident Ksenia Karelina has begun in Russia. She is accused of treason for a small money transfer in support of Ukraine, CBS News reports. On June 20, the trial began in Russia in the case of Ksenia Karelina, a US citizen of Russian origin, a cosmetologist from...