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From corrupt czars to bloodthirsty Bolsheviks, Russia has had no shortage of bad leaders. But just how evil were they really?
Researchers analyze prehistoric viruses in animals dug out from the Siberian permafrost.
A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.
President Vladimir Putin announces approval of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine but scientists warn it may be unsafe.
It’s one of the nation’s worst oil spills on record.
Strange bone circles made from mammoths revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe’s last ice age.
New findings show that Russian explosion was from a nuclear reactor.
The Russian-built FEDOR was launched on a mission to help ISS astronauts.
In modern disinformation warfare, social media is the main battlefield.
Peaceful protest in the face of Putin.
ISS astronauts and NASA satellites capture amazing photos of the Raikoke volcano eruption.
The Kremlin has been eying China for a very long time.
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The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.
Scientists examined data from 20 years ago to reach a startling new conclusion.
Russia’s famed intelligence agency was often successful in getting American secrets.
The legacy of Felix Dzerzhinsky, who led Soviet secret police in the “Red Terror,” still confounds Russia.
Superpowers team up to heat up the ionosphere by over 200 degrees.
TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe.
The Russian robot named “Boris”, promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.
The incredible story of a scientist who survived gulags, fighting to change his country and physics.
Feminism simply means equal rights for men and women.
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The biologist Trofim Lysenko, blamed for millions of deaths, is experiencing a revival in Russia.
There are several ways alien life could travel across space, scientists say.
Renowned linguist and public intellectual MIT Professor Noam Chomsky offers his take on the Trump administration and its troubles with Russia.
Historian Alfred McCoy explains why American power is coming to an end and lays out his vision for the new global order.
KGB-era “active measures” are still being used by Russian intelligence agencies today, according to experts.
Charges of treason are often used incorrectly in today’s political climate. Treason has a very specific definition in the U.S. Constitution.
Billionaire George Soros, the subject of countless conservative conspiracy theories, funds the opposition to President Trump’s agenda.
While often compared to the Roman Empire, the United States is not likely to collapse in the same way.
The first week of Donald Trump’s Presidency features a flurry of activity and a flurry of warnings, like the resetting of the Doomsday Clock.