Putin meets talking cat and dog in popular Russian cartoon

A studio official said the president's appearance in Prostokvashino would be a form of "soft power" that would help promote ...

Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds, minister says

Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to cooperate on rare earths and diamonds, ...
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"Cultural exchange": Russia sends children from occupied Ukrainian territories to summer camp in North Korea

Russia is sending schoolchildren "on holiday" to a summer camp in North Korea, where the children clean monuments to the ...
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One of the last Siberian shamans was an 18th-century woman whose parents were related, DNA study reveals

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...
The New Yorker

Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside

Also: Bang on a Can and St. Vincent in Richard Foreman’s “What to Wear,” the celestial folk of Cassandra Jenkins, Jennifer ...

Tourists are discovering a fascinating destination on the edge of Europe — but it’s on a US warning list

The Pankisi Valley, in the former Soviet country of Georgia, has long carried a reputation shaped more by headlines than tourism, but many Americans are now choosing to visit.