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Power dressing

17 September 2007

Recent high-profile security lapses and safety concerns have damaged the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency’s standing. Aware of its PR failings, the body has launched a hunt to find the nuclear industry’s most beautiful…

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Deep freeze

17 March 2009

Russia’s boom years raised the profiles of its ‘second cities’, nowhere more so than in Ekaterinburg. But even as the cranes fall silent, the city’s entrepreneurs say the good times are not over yet.

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War and peace

22 February 2018

Despite its soft-power credentials, there are many factors that are hindering Russia’s progress – not least its relations with the West. But is maintaining the status quo at home appealing to ordinary citizens who remember…

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On the edge

17 October 2008

Five years ago, one of Khabarovsk’s main exports was its women, who went to work as prostitutes in Japan. Today, the Russian city is booming, thanks to its natural resources. But can this city, closer to Beijing than Moscow…

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To russia with love

17 October 2008

Following this summer’s Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua. Limited diplomatic credibility hasn’t stopped it wanting the trappings of statehood: it hopes…

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The big chill

8 September 2015

Diamonds, gold and mammoth tusks: Russia’s frozen Yakutia region has a lot going for it. Now it needs the infrastructure to match.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Russia in Syria

3 October 2015

As Russia's bombing campaign in Syria intensifies, questions are raised over who Vladimir Putin is really targeting; we take a careful look at what his ambitions in the region might be. Our guests are Monocle’s Moscow…

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Hail the sky taxi

15 April 2010

There’s now a more reliable and affordable way to get between Russia’s far-flung regional capitals – a zippy Swiss Air taxi.

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Dark horse in the east

20 January 2011

It’s a vital military outpost, dogged by organised crime. However, with huge Chinese, Korean and Japanese markets on its shores, Vladivostok could become Russia’s Far Eastern giant.

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City editor

17 June 2008

Soviet planning and modern speculators have left many Russian cities at crisis point. But senator and property billionaire Sergey Gordeev plans to turn impoverished Perm into a beacon of urban innovation. Is this the start…

Radio

The Monocle Culture Show - Venturing into Russia

3 December 2012

We explore some creative advertising in London, visit a radio station in Sierra Leone and hear about WOMAD’s plans to venture into Russia.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Russia in Africa

9 February 2019

Russia’s slow but steady spread across Africa has hardly gone unnoticed. Its projects include precious metals, diamonds, oil and nuclear research, as well as arms trading and military training. But is Russia just in it for…

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Russia: state of the nation

8 March 2018

The soft power of the world’s largest country has taken a hit of late. We look at Russia’s ups and downs in our animated nation survey.

Radio

The Stack - The Trump-Russia report

14 January 2017

When a report filled with unsubstantiated allegations of Donald Trump’s relationship with the Russian government began circulating throughout various media outlets, newspapers declined to publish the material – but online…

Radio

The Briefing - Bonus feature: Nato and Russia

15 March 2018

Former Nato commander General Sir Richard Shirreff tells us that the alliance could invoke Article 5 if Russia has used a nerve-agent in the UK.

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New Broom: Interview with Mikheil Saakashvili

18 January 2016

Mikheil Saakashvili has gone from being president of Georgia to governor of Odessa in Ukraine – and taken his core principles with him. Monocle finds out he plans to use his experience to reform and revitalise the region…

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