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The Dacha Is Russia's Summer Cure For Urban Life

Vova and Kolya, two Moscow boys on summer vacation, play at their family's country home. In the Russian imagination, the dacha occupies a near-mythical place, and Russians of all generations fondly recall childhood summers at the family dacha. Anastasia Shpilko for NPR hide caption

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The Dacha Is Russia's Summer Cure For Urban Life

The dacha — a Russian summer home that can be anything from a shack to an oligarch's faux chateau — is both an escape from the city and a state of mind that permeates the country's life and culture.

The Dacha Is Russia's Summer Cure For Urban Life

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Saturday

Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens

A self-portrait of Darya Apakhonchich, with the writing on her face and a figure of a woman saying: "Not only a body but a person, person, person, person, person." She made the photo in support of Russian artist and LGBTQ activist Yulia Tsvetkova, who faces criminal charges for spreading pornography through her art. Darya Apakhonchich hide caption

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World

Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens

The recently expanded law says that freelance journalists, YouTube bloggers and practically anyone else who receives money from abroad and voices a political opinion can be considered a foreign agent.

Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens

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Thursday

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

Kerry gets interviewed by NPR's Lucian Kim on Wednesday at Spaso House, the official Moscow residence of the U.S. ambassador to Russia. Stefan Mizha/U.S. Embassy Moscow Press Office hide caption

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World

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

John Kerry, the former secretary of state and now President Biden's special envoy for climate, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Moscow since Biden took office.

Wednesday

Politics

U.S. Envoy John Kerry Discusses Climate Change With Russian Officials In Moscow

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in Moscow, making him the highest-ranking Biden administration official thus far to visit the Russian capital.

U.S. Envoy John Kerry Discusses Climate Change With Russian Officials In Moscow

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Friday

National Security

Russian Cyberattacks Present Serious Threat To U.S.

Russia's cyberwarfare activity was a focus of President Biden's meeting with President Vladimir Putin last month. Analysts say it is the great leveler when it comes to Russia-U.S. competition.

Russian Cyberattacks Present Serious Threat To U.S.

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Wednesday

Russia Says It Fired Warning Shots At A British Warship Which Approached Crimea

The British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the port of Odessa, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Russia said it fired warning shots at the warship Wednesday when it entered territorial waters off Crimea. Konstantin Sazonchik/Konstantin Sazonchik/TASS hide caption

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Europe

Russia Says It Fired Warning Shots At A British Warship Which Approached Crimea

Russia forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The international community does not recognize Russian sovereignty over the peninsula.

Saturday

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Thursday

Europe

The Biden-Putin Summit Is Over. Both Sides Say It Was Positive

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their much-anticipated summit in Geneva. They talked for about three hours. What are the outcomes of that meeting for both countries?

The Biden-Putin Summit Is Over. Both Sides Say It Was Positive

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Wednesday

The NPR Politics Podcast

"I Did What I Came To Do": President Biden Meets With Russia's Vladimir Putin

In Geneva, President Biden and Russia President Vladimir Putin met for hours. At separate news conferences Putin described the talks as "constructive" and Biden said he did what he came to do. Both leaders agreed to keep talking.

"I Did What I Came To Do": President Biden Meets With Russia's Vladimir Putin

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Politics

What Biden And Putin's Meeting Could Mean For U.S.-Russia Relations

After weeks of planning, the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden has ended. The two leaders' meeting lasted four hours.

What Biden And Putin's Meeting Could Mean For U.S.-Russia Relations

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Tuesday

5 Views From Belarus On The Country's Political Crisis

People with old Belarusian national flags shout during an opposition rally in August in Minsk, Belarus. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption

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World

5 Views From Belarus On The Country's Political Crisis

Nearly a year after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown, "None of us doubt that we will prevail," an activist tells NPR. Others sound worried. "Every day is a little scarier," says one.

5 Views From Belarus On The Country's Political Crisis

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Monday

5 Things To Watch At The Biden-Putin Summit

In this 2011 photo, Joe Biden, then vice president, shakes hands with Vladimir Putin, then Russia's prime minister, in Moscow. President Biden will hold a summit with Putin this week in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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5 Things To Watch At The Biden-Putin Summit

The June 16 Geneva summit between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is a chance for the two leaders to map out how they will manage a difficult relationship. Here's what to know.

Friday

Politics

Russia And U.S. Seek Stability At First Post-Trump Summit

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR White House and Moscow correspondents Ayesha Rascoe and Lucian Kim about what to expect when Presidents Biden and Putin meet for the Geneva summit later in June.

Russia And U.S. Seek Stability At First Post-Trump Summit

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