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  1. lgbtq rights
    Russia May Ban Beauty and the Beast Over Gay ContentThe Russian Culture Ministry will determine if the film constitutes “gay propaganda.”
    By Karen Brill
  2. diplomacy
    Russian Foreign Ministry Says Ambassador Would Meet With Sarah Jessica ParkerParker posted a “Sex and the City” meme that joked about Russia’s relationship with the Trump administration.
    By Karen Brill
  3. edward snowden
    Oliver Stone Calls News Story That Russia Might Extradite Snowden ‘Ridiculous’“Let’s not indulge in fake news.”
    By Tolly Wright
  4. Samantha Bee and Masha Gessen Discuss Why Panic Is the Best Form of […]Here’s a fantastic clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee sits down for another chat with Masha Gessen, a Russian author and […]
    By Megh Wright
  5. international incidents
    BBC Investigates Possibility That Sherlock Leak Came From Russian StateThe Russian government seems to have its hands in a lot of pies.
    By Karen Brill
  6. russia
    Russian Reality Show Supposedly Allows MurderThe series supposedly strands 30 male and female contestants in Siberia.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. a closer look
    Seth Meyers Looks Into Trump and Russian Hackers“So he’s not taking intelligence briefings, but he is giving away free hats.”
    By Tolly Wright
  8. detente
    Putin Reportedly Gave Seagal Russian PassportPutin gave Seagal Russian citizenship earlier this month.
    By Karen Brill
  9. kremlin movie reviews
    The Kremlin Would Like to Recommend Snowden“What is most important, it is nearly a documentary.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. russia
    Leo Got That Russian Oscar, TooLeo has two Oscars now.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. russian leonardo dicaprio
    The Russian Leo Doppelgänger Has a TV Show NowRoman Burtsev stars in Romance With DiCaprio.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. Russia Is Finally Getting the ‘Roseanne’ TV Adaptation It DeservesA new Roseanne series is coming back to television, but not in the country you might think. Variety reports that Sony Pictures Television has […]
    By Megh Wright
  13. movies
    Russia Kills Its Only LGBT Film FestivalThe Youth Festival of Life Affirming Film will takes its place.
    By Greg Cwik
  14. Louis C.K. Looks Back on His Depressing Solo Trip to Russia in the ’90sLast night, Louis C.K. took a break from rehearsing for SNL to attend the annual Moth Ball in New York, where he accepted an award for […]
    By Megh Wright
  15. profile
    Russia’s Hottest American Is Ready for a RiskOdin Biron is the star of a wildly popular Russian medical sitcom. He’s also ready to come out.
    By Charly Wilder
  16. oscars 2015
    Russia Makes Controversial Oscar Selection in Foreign-Film RaceAndrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan.
    By Anna Silman
  17. Samantha Bee Proves that Brighton Beach Is the Next CrimeaOn last night’s Daily Show, correspondent Samantha Bee paid a visit to the very Russian Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach, which she’s […]
    By Megh Wright
  18. Buddy Cole Gets as Close to Sochi as Possible for ‘The Colbert Report’ Scott Thompson’s Sochi Olympics coverage as Buddy Cole continued in a third segment on last night’s Colbert Report (watch the previous […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. Jason Jones Searches Moscow for Signs of Gay Rights Support Last night on The Daily Show, Jason Jones continued his “Sochi-ish” Olympics coverage by interviewing Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Sergey Markov […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. Samantha Bee Tries to Reason with Russia From last night’s Daily Show, here’s correspondent Samantha Bee talking to Andranik Migranyan, leader of a Russia-US policy group, about […]
    By Bradford Evans
  21. rsvping
    No, Russia, Wentworth Miller Will Not Come to Your Film Festival“As a gay man, I must decline.”
    By Delia Paunescu
  22. international relations
    Gerard Depardieu’s New Russian Passport Comes With Free Russian Apartment And a nice, flat income tax.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. tv
    Disney Is Teaming Up with Russian TelevisionTogether, they will produce ‘Posle Shkoly.’
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. transformers
    Russia Sees ‘Nothing American’ in TransformersAnd so ‘Dark of the Moon’ opens the Moscow International Film Festival.
    By Chadwick Matlin
  25. clickables
    Watch an Old Russian Man’s Impromptu Local News Talent ShowAnimal noises: the universal language.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. Inside KVN, Russia’s Mega-Popular Comedic Talent ShowWhat is the deal with international comedy? Join me each week to ask that very question in Comedy Tourism as I explore different trends and […]
    By Laura Turner Garrison
  27. Exporting Raymond: Trying to Remake Everybody Loves Raymond for Russia Here’s the trailer for Exporting Raymond, a new documentary that follows Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal to Russia, where he’s […]
    By Adam Frucci
  28. clickables
    See a Bunch of New Footage in the Russian X-Men TrailerMissiles, fire tunnels, claw feet, etc.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  29. sob story
    Russians Not Crying at Toy Story 3Because they are not seeing ‘Toy Story 3.’
    By Willa Paskin
  30. agenda
    The mysterious Burial delivers a kinder, gentler dubstep.With this recent album, one of the top discs of the year, Burial exhumes dubstep’s U.K. roots, emphasizing warped, melancholy vocals.