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Soon the West will have to consider how the Russian president can be offered an off-ramp
Gothic and Grimm: The joys of fairytale Marburg
An hour from Frankfurt, the picturesque town of Marburg, with its steep, cobbled streets and links to the Brothers Grimm, is brimming with personality
Obituary: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Poet who inspired generation of young Russians in fighting Stalinism dies at 83
Omar Sharif, one of the last matinee idols
Egyptian screen legend was as much a vision of romantic possibilities as he was an actor
Russian-language library for children opens in Galway school
Library named after children’s author who wrote all the three versions of Russia’s national anthem since 1943
Autographs of the rich and scandalous
Auction includes autographs of author Boris Pasternack and an ex-Nazi officer
An Armenian Sketchbook, by Vasily Grossman
A trip to Armenia proved to be the creative answer for a writer censored by the KGB, broke, and dying of cancer
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