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Ukraine War Creeps Into Victory Day Commemorations in Russia’s Regions and Ethnic Republics

5 days ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Millions of Russians across the country joined in celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II on Friday. Beyond the main event on Red Square, capitals of Russia’s regions and ethnic republics — and even small villages — held military parades and air shows, while civilians marched in Immortal Regiment processions for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Letting the Dead March Again: How the Immortal Regiment Occupies the Present

5 days ago | themoscowtimes.com | Jade McGlynn

On Sunday, in cities as geopolitically disparate as Washington, Calcutta, Frankfurt, Caracas, Rome and Paris, hundreds of members of the Russian diaspora and migrant community gathered to perform the Immortal Regiment. In some cases, it was the first time the event — nominally about remembering the Soviet sacrifice in World War II — had been held since the pandemic.
In Kazakhstan, Russia Looms Large Over World War II Commemorations

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Kazakhstan held a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II and Defenders of the Fatherland Day. “The Great Patriotic War was an extremely difficult challenge for all of humanity, including Kazakhstan. Those formidable days showed that war brings only sorrow and loss, while peace is an invaluable treasure,” President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Wednesday, addressing thousands of parade participants.
‘The Baton and the Cross’ by Lucy Ash Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Pippa Crawford

“If there is no God, everything is permitted,” wrote Dostoyevsky. “The Baton and The Cross: Russia’s Church from Pagans to Putin,” the first book by former Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash, explores the provocative counterargument: If there is a God, everything is permitted — at least sometimes in the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) throughout its thousand-year history.
In Russia’s Bashkortostan, Fresh Tensions Grow Over Planned Copper Mining Site

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Read more about: Bashkortostan , Regions , Environment , Mining , Protest A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are facing unprecedented challenges. Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution. This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia. The authorities claim...
‘We Need to Recognize Russia’s Colonial Violence’: Buryat Illustrator Seseg Jigjitova

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Seseg Jigjitova, a Berlin-based illustrator from the Siberian republic of Buryatia, has emerged as a prominent critic of Russian colonialism and advocate for the rights of Buryats amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Buryatia, which shares a border of over 1,000 kilometers with Mongolia, has a population of just over 970,000, with 32% of residents identifying as ethnic Buryats, a Mongolic ethnic group indigenous to the region.
Explainer: Does Russia’s ‘Systemic Opposition’ Still Exist?

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Russia’s so-called “systemic opposition,” a term referring to the political parties accepted by Vladimir Putin’s regime, has long been a defining feature of the country’s political landscape.
Twisting Reality Is The Name of Putin's War Game

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Jorge Conde

The Kremlin’s strategic tradecraft of blurring the line between fact and fiction has become one of its most potent tools in modern warfare. Known as maskirovka, it relies on propaganda and deception to inflate perceptions of Russian power and obscure its vulnerabilities. The sudden collapse of the Syrian regime, once a cornerstone of Moscow’s influence in the Middle East and a key Russian protectorate, was a global humiliation for Russia.
Exiled Electronic Duo AIGEL Crashes the Dancefloor With ‘Killer Qız’

3 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Samantha Berkhead

It’s murder on the dancefloor. In the propulsive opening track to exiled electronic duo AIGEL’s new album, vocalist Aigel Gaisina inhabits the role of a DJ whose beats kill a “fool old man” on the dancefloor for “drinking my people’s blood.”“Dirty job, dirty cash, dirty stuff / Though my soul is pure,” she intones.
Hundreds of Ethnic Germans Are Dying for Russia in Ukraine. This Man Is Tracking Them.

3 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova |Andrei Grigorev

Volunteers counting Russia’s losses in the war in Ukraine have long pointed to the disproportionate numbers of ethnic minorities among the fallen soldiers. In addition to communities Indigenous to Russia — such as Buryats and Tyvans — some of the country’s non-Indigenous minorities also sustained outsized losses. Among them are at least 1,017 ethnic Germans.