Orlando Figes: a victory for Russian history
A St Petersburg court has confirmed that the police raid on Gulag archive Memorial was illegal
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‘Smileys’ copyrighted by Russians
Russian telecoms firm Superfon has registered the popular smiley symbol as its world-wide trademark
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Russia’s re-education
My history book is the latest victim of the Kremlin’s attempts to rehabilitate the Soviet Union, says Orlando Figes
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Neo-Nazis threaten Russian research centre
On Sunday Russian neo-Nazi group BTO emailed a death threat to Galina Kozhevnikova, the deputy head of human rights research centre SOVA. (more…)