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Professor Herman Branover, Pioneering Physicist and Chassidic Figure, Dies at 94

He fused elite research in magnetohydrodynamics with a mission to rebuild Jewish life for Soviet Jews in Israel and beyond.

Russia’s Supreme Court Brands Memorial ‘Extremist’

Funeral for Russian Choral Maestro Vladislav Chernushenko Set for Jan. 30 in St. Petersburg

Moscow Court Orders Kasparov’s Arrest in Absentia Over Terrorism ‘Apology’ Charge

Russia Rebukes Finland’s Foreign Minister Over ‘19 Neighbors’ Remark, Offers “Russophobia” Book

Andrei Chikatilo, the ‘Butcher of Rostov,’ Tried in Steel Cage and Executed in 1994

Valerian Sobolev, Designer of Topol and Iskander Launchers, Dies at 88

St. Petersburg Street Musicians Leave Russia After Release From Repeated Detentions

Zakhar Prilepin Reports Death of Soviet and Russian Scholar Sergey Kara-Murza

Volodin Tells Finance Chief Siluanov He Will Not Get a Nobel Prize During Duma Debate

Former Pravda Publisher Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, Dies in Reported Moscow Window Fall

Former Pravda Publisher, 87, Dies After Fall From Moscow Apartment as Police Open Probe

Polar Bears Take Over Abandoned Soviet Arctic Research Station

Vietnam Wins as Russia Revives Intervision in Moscow

Trump Uses Soviet-Era Name 'Leningrad' for St. Petersburg

Darvaza Gas Crater Flames Fade as Methane Capture Accelerates

Methane Capture Reduces 'Gateway to Hell' Crater Flames After Five Decades

Rubio Shuts Down R/FIMI After Beattie’s Controversial Effort to Investigate Staff

Russia Removes Taliban from Terrorist List After Supreme Court Ruling

Armenia and Azerbaijan Finalize Peace Agreement After Decades of Conflict