Insight: Banner of Lenin flies over would-be Russian farm boom
(Reuters) – This year’s wheat, piled in steel sheds on the Banner of Lenin collective farm, shimmers greyish-gold in the dusty air, a vision of...
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Volleyball: Russia coach Ovchinnikov dies aged 43
(Reuters) – Sergei Ovchinnikov, who coached the Russian women’s volleyball team at the London Olympics, has died, his club team Dynamo Moscow said on Wednesday....
Russia dismisses foreign critics of female punk rock band trial
(Reuters) – Russia denounced foreign criticism of the trial of punk band Pussy Riot as politically motivated on Wednesday and said there were “elements of...
Russia’s female punk band protesters jailed for two years
(Reuters) – Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against...