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The Siberian city of Irkutsk, a ‘Russia in miniature’
The 75th anniversary of the large hydroelectric power station commissioned by Stalin, still the second largest in Russia, was ...
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Mikhail Popkov, Russian ex-cop, on trial for 59 murders
A former Russian policeman who was convicted of killing 22 women has gone on trial in the Siberian city of Irkutsk for dozens of other murders. Mikhail Popkov, 53, has confessed to 59 additional ...
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Trump’s Greenland for Odessa deal
Trump may feel that he can cut-a-deal with Vladimir Putin to stop the fighting and save Odessa, but there are limits to Putin’s power.
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The Siberian city of Irkutsk, a ‘Russia in miniature’
Irkutsk is in fact the dam that holds and controls this huge expanse of water, uniting parts of the whole of Siberia in a special version of the ‘one indivisible Russia’. The Irkutsk ...