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The Moscow Times

Independent bilingual newspaper

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Nov 18, 2025
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How has Russia repaired or protected oil refineries after Ukrainian strikes this year?

Russia has responded to Ukrainian strikes on refineries this year by repairing damaged units, restarting idled spare units elsewhere, and relying on redundancy in the system to limit output losses to ...

Dec 5, 2025
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Was Edward Snowden legally allowed to work in Russia and what restrictions applied to his visa?

Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia in 2013 and then issued consecutive multi‑year residency permits that allowed him to live and travel with limits; Russian authorities later grante...

Jan 9, 2026

what is the biggest terririst orginisation in georgia

The question of “the biggest terrorist organisation in Georgia” requires first clarifying whether the reference is to the country of Georgia or the U.S. state of Georgia; reporting shows different thr...

Jan 4, 2026

Is Russia providing military equipment to Venezuela in 2024?

Reporting shows a continued strategic partnership between Moscow and Caracas in 2024, including high-level visits and promises of deeper cooperation, but open-source evidence does not show confirmed l...

Jan 4, 2026

What primary documents (e.g., minutes of December 1991 meetings) show how Yeltsin, Ukraine, and Belarus negotiated the USSR’s end?

The clearest primary document showing how Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk and Stanislav Shushkevich negotiated the end of the USSR is the text of the Belovezhskaya (Belovezha) Accords they signed on 8 ...

Jan 4, 2026

Did Putin warn trump not to invade Venezuela?

Vladimir Putin did not need to spell out a private, dramatic ultimatum for the world to know Moscow objected: the Kremlin and Russian officials publicly warned the United States about escalation over ...

Dec 19, 2025

Have US law enforcement or Congress opened investigations into Witkoff or Kushner for Russia ties?

No U.S. federal law‑enforcement or congressional investigations into Steve Witkoff or Jared Kushner over ties to Russia are reported in the material provided; the coverage documents meetings with Vlad...

Dec 13, 2025

Russia returned 1,000 bodies to Ukraine, claimed to be Ukrainian soldiers

Ukraine says it received about 1,000–1,212 bodies that Russia claimed were Ukrainian soldiers; Russian statements and state media report similar handovers, and both sides have repeatedly exchanged rem...

Dec 9, 2025

The U.S. canceled Trump–Putin meeting in Budapest due to Russia’s tough demands on Ukraine

The planned Budapest summit between President Trump and President Putin was shelved after Moscow reiterated broad, "maximalist" demands on Ukraine — including territorial concessions, limits on Kyiv's...

Dec 9, 2025

Pokrovsk direction is critical: Russian forces entrenched along railway and Citadel zone, Ukrainian infantry at risk without logistics or evacuation routes

Russian forces are pressing in the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad area and have attempted to sever Ukrainian logistics using drone-enabled battlefield air interdiction, but available open-source reporting indicat...

Dec 6, 2025

Have any sanctioned Russian oligarchs had financial dealings with the Trump Organization?

There is reporting and investigatory work alleging past financial ties between Trump Organization entities and Russian-linked individuals or projects, but the set of provided sources does not contain ...

Dec 4, 2025

How do Russian election laws and media environment affect electoral integrity?

Russian election laws expand executive control over where and how people vote and narrow who can observe and report from polling stations, while the media environment — dominated by state outlets, res...

Nov 25, 2025

What recent dismissals or arrests of Kremlin officials occurred in Russia in 2025?

Reporting from 2025 shows several high-profile dismissals and resignations among Kremlin officials and a steady stream of arrests of regional or other officials tied to corruption or security cases. N...

Nov 22, 2025

What impact have Ukraine strikes had on Russia's domestic fuel prices, exports, and refining capacity in 2025?

Ukraine’s 2025 strikes on Russian refineries have coincided with clear domestic price pressure, intermittent export disruption and measurable hits to refining capacity — but the scale and permanence o...

Nov 22, 2025

What is Tara Reade's background and professional history prior to her allegation?

Tara Reade is best documented in news reporting as a former Senate staffer who worked in Joe Biden’s Senate office in 1992–1993 and later surfaced publicly in 2020 as the woman who alleged sexual assa...