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Photos From the Former Soviet Union, With Love and Loneliness
Voyaging great lengths to document the realities of the once mighty Cold War powers, Melbourne-based cinematographer Edward Goldner shares an outsider's celebration of life in Russia.
Monique Myintoo, Edward Goldner
12.7.16
News
An Unknown Black Marketeer from Russia May Have The Fuel for a Nuclear Bomb
US officials say the presence of identical nuclear explosive materials in three separate smuggling incidents indicates someone has a larger cache — and is hunting for a buyer.
Douglas Birch and R. Jeffrey Smith
11.12.15
Travel
Buying and Selling the Past at Tbilisi's Dry Bridge
You used to be able to get anything at the Dry Bridge Market, back when the upper classes were fleeing the country in the wake of the collapse of the USSR and were desperate to sell their possessions. But these days, most of the people at the market...
Tara Isabella Burton
9.13.13