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A Russian ‘Village of Military Valor’ Waits for Its Reward

Sedanka has only 250 residents, but dozens of its men left for the front. It is wondering whether recognition that the government promised will ever arrive. By Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva Amid ...
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A Russian schoolteacher smuggled footage abroad and made an award-winning documentary about wartime propaganda. Here’s how his hometown reacted.

Karabash used to be called “the most polluted city in the world,” but then, in 2025, it achieved fame thanks instead to the documentary film Mr. Nobody against Putin. Now the film is up for an Oscar.
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150,000 dead - the war that followed Soviet collapse

This documentary traces the collapse of stability in Tajikistan as the Soviet Union unraveled. Long-standing regional patronage networks fractured under economic strain and political reform. Poverty ...
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A team of midlife cheerleaders in Ukraine refuses to let war defeat them

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety ...

The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026

Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is among the influential and noteworthy people who died in February.

‘Mariinka’ Director Talks Spending a Decade in Ukraine to Chronicle How a Country’s Youth Adapts to War in CPH:DOX Opener (EXCLUSIVE)

Pieter-Jan De Pue talks importance of 'time and flexibility' when shooting 'Mariinka' among war, praises CPH:DOX as a partner for ambitious projects.

‘MARIINKA’ Director on His Copenhagen Doc Fest Opening Film That Zooms in on Divided Families and Ukrainians’ Personal Stories Shaped by War

Pieter-Jan De Pue shares insights on working nine years on his feature about a place "where division was everywhere," tracing young lives, and why "we didn't really want to dive into a film that was ...

James Packer and new billionaire Foxtel owner turn heads in Las Vegas

There was plenty to talk about in the corporate suites and Champions Club at Allegiant Stadium, including Donald Trump’s ...

The making of a monster: The story of Carlos the Jackal’s reign of terror

He was never Carlos. He was ­christened Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – his first name a misspelling of the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir ­Illyich Lenin – on the insistence of his father, a ­committed ...

Trump touts economy in longest State of the Union speech but Democrats say president is ‘in a bubble’

President Donald Trump took a victory lap in his 2026 State of the Union speech, during which he touted the economy, took jabs at Democrats and only briefly touched on foreign affairs. Follow here for ...

In ‘Hell’s Army,’ Intrepid Journalists Investigate Brutal Wagner Group, Russia’s Merciless Mercenary Army – CPH:DOX

The documentary Hell’s Army, directed by Richard Rowley, examines the rise of this shadowy group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ...
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Russia's war on Ukraine puts women off having children — and that could spell economic disaster

Four years of war appear to have played a big part in deterring or preventing women in Ukraine from having children. In Russia, women seem to be resistant to repeated calls from the Kremlin and ...