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Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok: what lies beneath the Antarctic ice?

Briefing Tue 7 Feb 2012, AT 16:33

Nazi secrets microbes, or nothing? Excitement is building at Russian breakthrough

Putin supporters rumbled after Photoshop smear

One-Minute Read Tue 10 Jan 2012, AT 13:40

Pro-Kremlin activists try to discredit opposition campaigner using doctored photograph

Putin: protesters' ribbons 'look like contraceptives'

One-Minute Read Thu 15 Dec 2011, AT 16:00

Russian PM disparages protesters in call-in show, and tells of his love of Kipling

Moscow sees key resignation and firings in election fallout

One-Minute Read Wed 14 Dec 2011, AT 14:34

Russian Speaker scapegoated for Putin’s failings; magazine chiefs get boot for ballot-rigging story

Russian election protesters give Vladimir Putin a scare

Talking Point Mon 12 Dec 2011, AT 11:52

This is no ‘Russian spring’ – but it can only be a matter of time before democracy arrives

Medvedev: protesters are 'sheep getting fucked in the mouth'

Briefing Thu 8 Dec 2011, AT 12:09

Rogue tweet comes as thousands of Russians vow to protest against alleged electoral fraud

In pictures: Russia cracks down on election protests

Russia protests St Petersburg

Alexei Navalny: the man who's got Russians ranting at Putin

First Post Wed 7 Dec 2011, AT 07:41

Charismatic anti-corruption campaigner jailed in Moscow poses Russian strongman a serious threat

Invisible ink and ballot stuffing: Russians point to poll violations

One-Minute Read Mon 5 Dec 2011, AT 12:15

Voting share somehow hits 146 per cent in one province yet Medvedev hails 'democracy in action'