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BBC News Russian, Grigor AtanesianYou can read selected original reports by BBC Russian Service reporters, previously available only in Russian.
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Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
By Olga Ivshina, BBC News Russian.
The Le Breton family held on to this picture of Soviet prisoner of war “Tom” in the hope of finding out what had happened to him © BBC
For more than 80 years, no-one knew what happened to a Soviet prison...
‘Complete breakdown’: Russia’s Africa Corps pulls out of northern Mali
By Ilya Barabanov, Anastasia Lotareva and Sergey Goryashko, BBC News Russian.
Just a year ago, Malian junta leader Assimi Goita came to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, one of his main allies. Now Goita’s power is under threat, and the...
Russian families use AI to ‘resurrect’ loved ones killed in Ukraine
Liza Fokht, Tatyana Kovtun, BBC News Russian.
Angel references are regularly used in AI-generated videos.
Families of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine are being ‘reunited’ with their loved ones by buying AI-generated videos. Some say t...
‘No gays, no sex, no war’: how Russia’s art scene has transformed in four years
By Svetlana Reiter, Amalia Zatari, BBC News Russian
The word “sex” was covered with masking tape on one of artist Kristina Pashkova’s works at the Blazar Young Contemporary Art Fair, which took place in September 2025 © Kristina Pashkova...
War in Ukraine: Peace talks stall as Russian offensive loses momentum
By Liza Fokht, Olga Ivshina and Ilya Abishev, BBC News Russian.
© Getty Images/EPA/Shutterstock
The negotiations on peace in Ukraine are stalling, with both Moscow and Kyiv admitting there has been a “pause” in talks. Publicly, the two si...
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