Aleksei Aleksandrov

Russian Medical Students Fill Gaps In COVID-19 Battle

Russian students say they're being threatened with expulsion from medical school if they refuse to work in hospitals as the country's health system struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The move to recruit students comes as questions are being asked about how many medical workers have died and amid allegations that there is a lack of personal protective equipment.

How Moscow's Coronavirus Tracking System Works

As Russian President Vladimir Putin extended Russia’s COVID-19 lockdown until the end of the month, Moscow city officials on April 2 began to release a tracking app, Social Monitoring, that will allow them to determine whether coronavirus patients remain in self-isolation. Opposition and civil rights activists have denounced the technology for violating privacy rights. To date, Russia has reported 3,548 coronavirus cases and 30 deaths, the highest numbers in its region.

Cypriot Ferries For Crimea’s 'Little Green Men'

Current Time’s investigation of European Union companies’ links with Crimea has found that a Cyprus-based company, AnRussTrans, played a role in transporting the “little green men” and military equipment that enabled Russia to take control of the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014. To date, none of the companies that make up the AnRussTrans group appear to be included in EU, U.S., or Ukrainian sanctions lists.

Imported Medicine For Russia's Epileptics Still A Banned Narcotic

Parents Of Russia's Epileptics Still Risk Prosecution For Frisium Purchase

This June, police detained Yelena Bogolyubova for seven hours after she picked up a package of medicine for her terminally ill 10-year-old son. Russia had banned the medication, the anti-epileptic drug Frisium, as a narcotic. Amidst an uproar, the government promised changes, but the problem still remains: Russian epileptics cannot always get the medicine they need.

Vox Pop: What Changes Do Russians Want?

Vox Pop: What Changes Do Russians Want?

The number of people desiring “decisive changes” in Russia has inched up to stand at 59 percent of the population, according to a recent nationwide survey of 1,600 Russians by the Moscow Carnegie Center, a non-profit think-tank, and the Levada-Center, an independent pollster. Economic security, rather than political reform, appears to be these respondents’ primary concern.

Russia's 'Sovereign Internet': For Cyber-Security Or Another Cyber-Crackdown?

Russia Launches Quest For 'Sovereign Internet'

Inside The Terror: Beslan's School No. 1, 15 Years After The Hostage Crisis

Moscow Residents Fear Radioactive Risk From New Road

Widow On Russian Journalists’ Deaths In Africa: Russia ‘Will Never Investigate This Case’

Experts: Kim And Putin Want To Expand Economic Ties Despite Sanctions

Kim Jong-Un And Vladimir Putin: Meeting In Vladivostok

Kim Jong-Un Visits Russia For The First Time

'The Scariest Day Of Our Lives:' The Hizb-Ut-Tahir Crackdown On Crimean Tatars

Kazakh Mothers: Proving A Force For Change

With its vast oil and natural gas resources and centralized rule, Kazakhstan might appear, at first glance, to have no qualms about stability. But protests by hundreds of outraged women demanding a reform of the country’s social-benefits system have underlined potential vulnerabilities, observers say.