The Imperial Tradition Dies Hard in Potemkin’s, Umm, Putin’s Russia
When entertaining dignitaries, cover-ups are always in vogue.
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The Most Senseless Environmental Crime of the 20th Century
Fifty years ago 180,000 whales disappeared from the oceans without a trace, and researchers are still trying to make sense of why. Inside the most irrational environmental crime of the century.
In Russia, Activism Is Now Officially Considered Crazy
In an act of domestic repression, authorities have locked up a prominent political dissident.
Where Did Syria’s Chemical Weapons Come From?
There is intriguing evidence pointing at long-ago help from Moscow, and help from Western European countries.
The World May or May Not End Today
A man who predicted his own death and the downfall of the Russian imperial family also predicted that the world would end today.
A Brief History of the Great Gay Olympics
Russian legislators have said they will enforce new anti-gay laws during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the ancient athletic games started out as little more than a gigantic festival of homoerotic excess.
A Proposal to Ban Every (Gay) Sport From the Winter Olympics
If all of the sports are gay, then there should be no sports in Russia.
How Many Nuclear Bombs Is Enough Nuclear Bombs?
President Obama just called for extending cuts to U.S. nuclear arsenals. The idea of minimum deterrence is gaining legitimacy.
Pharma’s Fraught Quest for Addiction Medication Pay Dirt
Examining the medical, moral, and monetary decisions that Alkermes made to bring its drug Vivitrol to market—including a controversial trial in Russia. Are the critics right to cry foul?
Here Is Pussy Riot Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s Parole Hearing Speech. She Was Denied.
Tolokonnikova received a two-year sentence for her participation in a protest in Moscow's main Orthodox church last year.