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Russia, The Other Headlines, 26-31 October

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://kommersant.ru/doc/2598864 Employees of state-owned companies are advised not to travel abroad. This may be the reason behind  several recent bankruptcies among major travel agencies. http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/35473831/sdat-pasporta Russian Senators and Duma Deputies are asked to hand their diplomatic passports to a special … Continue reading →

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Russia, the Other Headlines, 20-24 October

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://slon.ru/world/kak_razvalivaetsya_novorossiya-1173416.xhtml Is “Novorossiya” falling apart?  http://slon.ru/fast/russia/dozhdyu-dali-mesyats-na-vyezd-s-krasnogo-oktyabrya-1173709.xhtml Rain TV-channel is given a month to leave its office. It has no place to move to right now. http://slon.ru/economics/golyy_tsentrobank_ili_mif_o_basnoslovnykh_rezervakh-1174988.xhtml How much money does the Russian Central Bank really have? Looks like not that … Continue reading →

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Russia: The Other Headlines, October 13-17

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://top.rbc.ru/politics/14/10/2014/543d466ecbb20fe0a1fdd518 Irina Prokhorova has to step down from her leader position in the Civic Platform party. It is unclear if she will stay as a member of the Council, as the party is now heading in a different direction. http://top.rbc.ru/economics/15/10/2014/543cfe56cbb20f8c4e0b98f2 … Continue reading →

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A Miamian in Moscow

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Matt Bodner, a 2013 graduate of Miami with degrees in Political Science and Russian Studies, currently lives in Moscow and writes for The Moscow Times.  Here’s a link to his recent story about where to watch the Olympics in Russia’s capital: … Continue reading →

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A Spectator in Sochi

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Lara McCoy Roslof received her M.A. in History from Miami in 2004–her thesis focused on the transformation of the Orthodox Church after 1991.  She is now the Executive Editor for the Western Hemisphere at Russia Beyond the Headlines.  Based in Moscow, … Continue reading →

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Cold War Traces

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Stephen Norris

Read about the transformation of a former Cold War listening post in Berlin–Oana Godeanu from American Studies took Miami students on a Winter Term workshop to see it and the New York Times covered the visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/where-nsa-kept-watch-in-cold-war-artists-now-find-refuge.html?_r=0

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