Flying into history in 108 minutes

Yuri Gagarin's first space flight on April 12, 1961 is now the stuff of legends. But as the world remembers 'First Cosmonaut', Russia sets new frontiers for the future.

Madhu: Portrait of a cross-cultural translator

Madan Lal Madhu, a journalist, writer and translator, acted as a bridge-builder in fostering closer cultural ties between Russia and India.

Yeltsin at 80

What can be made of Boris Yeltsin's legacy four years after his death, and 20 years after the fall of the Soviet Union?

Russian monument to Mother Teresa

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