‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...
Donald Trump's Popularity Poses Unexpected Dilemma for Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump is proving to be somewhat popular within Russia, leaving the Kremlin to grapple with how to ...
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Did the Poet Alexander Pushkin Have African Roots?
The author of literary classics such as Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), is widely regarded as Russia’s greatest poet. While the Pushkin family was of ...
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Royal Navy attack submarine warned off Russian spy ship from UK waters
A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.
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How Vladimir Putin was able to change Russia’s constitution and become ‘president for life’
If that happens, he could, at least in part, be guided by the way Vladimir Putin dealt with his own looming term-limit problem following his election for a fourth term as Russian president in 2018.
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Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat
The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months. By Stephen Castle and ...
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Russia’s Wartime Economy isn’t as Weak as it Looks
Russia’s economic resilience is defying expectations, enabling the Kremlin to sustain its war efforts in Ukraine despite mounting challenges, and raising doubts about hopes for a swift resolution.
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Ukraine's military chief says Russia has 'practically halved' artillery ammo usage after its production lines and depots were hit
Ukraine's military commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Russia has cut down its artillery ammo usage in recent months due to Ukrainian strikes on the Kremlin's production facilities.
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Russia rearming faster than thought ‘for possible attack on Nato’
Vladimir Putin is ‘clearly creating the conditions’ for an assault, says German army chief Russia is rearming faster than first thought for a potential attack on Nato, Germany’s military ...
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The Lives And Deaths Of The Princesses Of Hesse Frances Welch Short Books £25, 288pp
At around the same time Ella, the most beautiful of the Hesse princesses, fell in love with Grand Duke Serge, brother of the Russian emperor Alexander III. Queen Victoria, who thought all Russians ...
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Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say
LONDON — Ruptures of undersea cables that have rattled European security officials in recent months were likely the result of maritime accidents rather than Russian sabotage, according to ...
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Six killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine
At least three people have been killed in a Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, while three others were killed in the country’s south. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr ...