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For Russia’s wartime diaspora, New Year’s traditions become a tether to home

Ahead of New Year’s Eve, the biggest holiday in Russia, Sergei, 30, a Russian IT specialist based in Romania, said he would try to watch “The Irony of Fate,” the 1975 romantic comedy that is a New ...
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Russian customs seize British children’s books as ‘extremist literature’

Russian customs officials said they had identified “extremist literature” in a shipment of children’s books imported from ...
The Hill

Special treatment for Russia — a dangerous American tradition

Over the past 25 years, the circle of people and territory that fall under Russia’s sphere of aggression has grown, in part from a pervasive lack of political will. Since Vladimir Putin first took ...
LAist

Political Exile, A Centuries-Old Russian Tradition, Returns

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. On a bright Sunday afternoon last ...
Global Voices Online

In Russia's Bashkiria region, a revived tradition of samovar dance parties for young people

This article first appeared in Novaya Vkladka on June 17, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Tea gatherings around a samovar are a ...
WTVD

Ukraine moves Christmas to December 25, distancing itself from Russian tradition

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which ...
Washington Times

Russia embraces Soviet tradition by indoctrinating troops, British analysts say

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. A version of this ...