Poles apart: the bitter conflict over a nation’s communist history /
Guardian Long Read
A Cathedral For Russia's Armed Forces Has Clergy Wary Of Merging Militarism With Faith /
RFE/RL
Flouting The Law In Nostalgia's Name: Russia's Growing Movement Of 'Soviet Citizens' /
RFE/RL
Breakaway Transnistria region could become next flashpoint with Russia /
Al Jazeera America
A City of Wilting Roses: Inside Ukraine's Final Separatist Stronghold /
New Republic
Has Russia Perfected Multi-Media Patriotism? /
Coda Story
Putin’s No-Spin Zone /
Foreign Policy
Students Allege Political Purge at Russia’s Oldest University /
Al Jazeera America
Despite return ‘home’ to Russia, Crimeans ambivalent one year on /
Al Jazeera America
Latvia Struggles with Restive Russian Minority amid Regional Tensions /
Al Jazeera America
Echoes of Cold War as Putin Targets “Foreign Agents” /
Al Jazeera America
Inside The Immaculate World Of Russian Orthodox Dating / RFE/RL
Volgograd goes back in time as it remembers its darkest hour /
Calvert Journal
Celebrating Independence Day With Poland’s Far Right / New Republic
The Brief Life and Slow Death of Ukrainian Journalism /
Foreign Policy
‘Church Of Strife’: Construction Plans Divide Russia’s Fourth-Largest City /
RFE/RL
Blasphemy at the opera in Siberia: Kremlin opens new front in culture war /
Al Jazeera America
Stalin’s New Clothes /
Politico
Aboard Russia's Propaganda Train Of 'Syrian War Trophies' /
RFE/RL
Putin’s Boy Scout Army /
Foreign Policy
Arseny Roginsky, Russian Human Rights Leader, Is Dead at 71 /
New York Times
While Leaning West, Georgia Government Tries to Appease Russia /
Al Jazeera America
New Russian Laws Make Life Difficult For Migrant Workers / Al Jazeera America
In Russian city, a Time Capsule to Comrades of the Future /
New York Times
The Moscow chefs stirring up a culinary revolution /
Singapore Airlines’ Magazine
With Missionary Work Banned, Mormons In Russia 'Just Making Friends' /
RFE/RL
'They've Stolen Everything': In Russia's Far East, Dreams Deferred Amid Pension Reform /
RFE/RL
Skripal Cousin Says She Doesn’t Trust Britain on Chemical Attack /
New York Times
U.S. Cage Fighter Enters A New Arena: Russian Politics /
RFE/RL
How the ‘Russia Threat’ Is Fueling Latvia’s Bitter Identity Politics /
World Politics Review
Age Against The Machine: 81-Year-Old Takes On Russian Authority /
RFE/RL
A Trace of Novichok on Your Salad? /
New York Times
In Poland, a Challenge to Integrate ‘Invisible’ Ukrainian Refugees /
Al Jazeera America
Why Russia Accuses Poland of Monumental Ingratitude /
Coda Story