Aleksei Aleksandrov

At Conservatives’ Urging, Russia Examines Morality, Legality Of Body Worlds Exhibit

Do Ice-Skating Corpses Insult 'Religious Feelings'? Russia Investigates Body Worlds

In the latest manifestation of the influence of Russia’s conservative movement, the Russian Orthodox Church has joined forces with communists and pro-Kremlin politicians to secure a government probe into the international Body Worlds exhibit, which uses genuine body parts to teach human anatomy.

Vaccine Appointments Canceled In Russia As Supplies Of Sputnik V Run Out

As Russia pursues vigorous "vaccine diplomacy," offering its Sputnik V vaccine to other countries, its own citizens can't get the much-needed shot in the arm.

Moscow’s Surveillance Cameras: A ‘New Reality’ For Russian Civil Rights

Propaganda Pals: How Russian And Belarusian TV Cover Belarus' Protests

Dodging Doping In Moscow's 1980 Summer Olympics

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