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Armenians fear new war with Azerbaijan despite talk of peace
Ethnic Armenians who lost their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh worry Azerbaijan plans another war.
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How long can a Russian prisoner survive at the frontline in Ukraine? A BBC investigation
BBC Russian's analysis suggests those recruited to defence ministry units are dying increasingly quickly.
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‘No sex permitted’: Russian police are raiding sex parties in search of ‘LGBT activities’
How sex parties became the latest target of Kremlin’s anti-LGBT rhetoric.
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LONG READ - Prison, war and revenge killing: the inside story of the Wagner ‘sledgehammer murder’ case
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The shocking scale of theft in the Russian army
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Elite specialists: Russia’s costly losses in Ukraine
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Lost battalions: calculating Russia's casualties in six months of war in Ukraine
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LONG READ: How Russian diplomacy lost its influence on Putin and failed to stop the war
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“If you sign up now, get ready to die, mate.” Life on the Ukrainian front for Moscow’s new ‘Storm V’ convict soldiers
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50 thousand confirmed killed. What we can say about Russia's losses in Ukraine to date
By April this year, the true number of war dead may have reached almost 125,000.
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Life and death in Belgorod
War comes to Belgorod: local residents tell the BBC they feel burned out and abandoned as daily rocket attacks take their toll.
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Free to kill: where were Russia’s law enforcement officers when they were needed?
How were the gunmen at Moscow’s ‘Crocus City Hall’ able to calmly murder or cause injury to 551 people - and drive away unhindered? Russia’s security…
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“Crocus City Hall” attack: "I watched the line of fire moving towards people."
The BBC talks to people who witnessed the attack on "Crocus City Hall" - and those who escaped it. Many thought they were hearing fireworks before the…
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Historically unprecedented fraud: what maths reveals about the true voting figures for Vladimir Putin
A technique developed by a Russian physicist demonstrates the lengths loyal officials went to this year to massage the ballot in favour of the ruling…
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Tomatoes, a short history of Belgium, and ‘beautiful ladies': on the campaign trail with Vladimir Putin
Voting has started in an election that will gift the Russian president at least another six years in the Kremlin. BBC Russian takes a look at Putin’s…
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Faking the past: BBC Russian investigates a Soviet art collection that fooled the world
Paintings said to be by avant-garde masters were sold for hundreds of thousands of Swiss francs — and one was even featured in the film 'Oppenheimer'.
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The Best of BBC News Russian - in English
The Best of BBC News Russian - in English
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