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Charles Maynes

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Charles is a reporter and producer based in Moscow.
Vladimir Putin delivers a State of the Nation speech while tens of thousands protest in the streets
Protesters across Russia are supporting opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Russian dissident Navalny promptly arrested upon return to Russia
The monument to “Iron Felix” Dzerzhinsky, the founder and patron saint of the Soviet secret police.
History
In the removal of a Soviet symbol of oppression, Russians see lessons for the US
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History
From the USSR with love: A sailor’s 50-year-old message in a bottle makes it to Alaska
Shiyes police
Protest
Eco-protesters fight Moscow’s attempt to ‘trash’ Russia’s north
Two men sit at a desk and sign a paper
Nuclear
As landmark nuclear treaty fades, its Cold War authors ask ‘What next?’ 
The coat of arms of Russia is reflected in a laptop screen in this picture illustration
The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter
Victoria Lomasko is shown in this portrait photo with black coat standing in front of an illustrated wall.
Arts, Culture & Media
Looking for stories of Russia beyond Putin? This artist has the answer.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017.
As Trump-Putin summit looms, Russia eyes its return to global power status
An activist with Reporter Without Borders, wearing a mask depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, stands next to a giant portrait of imprisoned Russian journalist Alexei Kungurov on the Place de la Republique
Global Politics
Between Sochi and the World Cup, Putin built up a resistance to Western criticism over human rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his fourth inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2018.
Global Politics
Putin’s fourth inauguration was a Russia-first extravaganza
Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.
Technology
Russian authorities want to ban Telegram in the country. But it’s not going as well as they had hoped.
A person is bent backward as a bag flies overhead during a game outside a polling place.
Global Politics
Putin wins, surprising no one, but voter turnout rose
A crowd of young people are gathered. Two hold up two large signs in Russian.
Global Politics
There are no surprises in Russia’s upcoming elections. Putin will win.
The Internet Research Agency, or IRA, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Media
A mole among trolls: Inside Russia’s online propaganda machine
Alexander Borodai (C), former prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, poses with delegates during the Union of Donbass Volunteers congress in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2015.
Conflict
Russia’s shadow armies: Soldiers, mercenaries or volunteers?
A man in a military uniform plays the trumpet. Behind him is the blue hull of the icebreaker ship Arktika.
Global Politics
In Russia, a ‘ghost empire’ rises
The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.
Culture
A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes
Vitali Shkliarov
Global Politics
Meet the man who volunteered for Obama, worked for Bernie and is now consulting Putin’s opponent
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk
Global Politics
Russia reacts to the ‘oligarch list’
Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort
Global Politics
Moscow wags the dog on Manafort
Stanislav Petrov made a split-second decision that probably averted a nuclear conflagration. “I told myself I won’t be the cause of World War III. I won’t. Simple as that,” he said.
Conflict
The unsung Soviet officer who averted nuclear war
Director Morten Traavik (r) with the lead singer of Laibach, Milan Fras. Traavik brought the Slovenian band to Pyongyang in 2015 for a concert. And then he made a film about it.
Culture
Here’s an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.
A hooded man sits on a computer in front of a screen of code.
Conflict
A new ‘cyber Cold War’ unfolds
Alexey Petrov at the March protest in Irkutsk. The scene reminded him of his own generation 20 yrs ago — before Russians his age became jaded about politics.
Global Politics
Young Russia, adrift from the Kremlin, stands up to Putin
Vladivostok protest Russia
Justice
Russia’s weekend protesters were young, organized, and ready to challenge Putin
Russia Trump US election
Global Politics
Russia agrees with Trump. The hacking investigation is a ‘witch hunt.’
Navalny 2015 rally
Global Politics
A Kremlin rival says he’s ready to be Russia’s president
Moscow's Kremlin and the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge are seen in the late evening.
Global Politics
Will Russia’s love affair with Trump last?
Vehicles drive past a monument covered with snow and forming a sickle and a hammer
Global Politics
25 years ago the Soviet Union fell — and Russians are still reinventing themselves
Russia Syria aid carnage
Global Politics
When post-fact Russia meets Donald Trump’s ‘truthful hyperbole’
Amid evidence of widespread fraud during Russia's 2011 parliamentary elections, thousands took to the streets to protest. The Kremlin has since learned its lesson, say analysts.
Global Politics
Putin’s Russia promises its fairest elections now that it’s largely dismantled the opposition
At the all-Russian Track and Field championships in Sochi, it's a little lonely: just the athletes, coaches, and a smattering of fans. The competitors are waiting to find out if they'll be allowed to compete in Rio.
Sports
Amid a doping scandal, Russian athletes wait to hear whether they can compete in Rio
Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.
Culture
Is Russia’s romance with Cuba coming to an end?
Six Russian women who underwent eight days of simulated space flight in a mock space capsule.
Science
Could Russia be the first nation to send a woman to the Moon?
Russia theater siege
Conflict
In Paris attacks, echoes of past Russian tragedies
Russia bans foot traffic across the border with Norway. And Norway fines drivers for carrying migrants across. So those making the journey across have to bike.
Conflict
Why some refugees are choosing to bike across the Russia-Norway border
The World Press Photo of the Year -- a portrait of Jon and Alex
Arts
How an award-winning photo made this couple the public face of LGBT rights in Russia
Putin said in late September that Russia's military involvement in the Middle East would only involve its air force and only be temporary.
Conflict
The US may not like Russia’s involvement in Syria, but Russians are good with it
The reconstructed wreckage of the MH17 airplane is seen after the presentation of the final report into the crash.
Conflict
How the Malaysia Airlines shootdown report is being spun in Russia
Syrians search for survivors after an air strike by a fighter jet loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Azaz city, North Aleppo, December 29, 2012.
Global Politics
The forecast for Syria: Clear skies with a chance of cluster bombs
A Kremlin spokesman — and a watch
Global Politics
Kremlin Watch: How does a Russian public servant afford a $620,000 watch?
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Civic Chamber at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 2015.
Global Politics
The MacArthur Foundation decides to pull out of Russia, suggesting its presence there is unwelcome
Greek-born conductor Teodor Currentzis is recording Mozart's Da Ponte operas in Russia's Ural Mountains. He's known for recording sessions that stretch that go on for 14 hours or more.
Music
The conductor in Russia who’s ‘rescuing’ Mozart by rejecting opera tradition
Police detain environmental activist Evgenia Chirikova during an opposition rally in Moscow in 2012. Chirikova's efforts to save a protected forest ultimately made her a leading critic of the Russian government. Now after years of pressure from the govern
Environment
She opposed Putin. They tried to take away her kids.
Supporters of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov continue to leave flowers on the bridge where he was shot down more than two weeks ago, within view of the Kremlin.
Global Politics
Growing doubts that Chechens are behind the Nemtsov assassination
Protester at anti-Maidan rally this weekend in Moscow sports a pro-Putin t-shirt.
Global Politics
Demonstrators in Moscow seem to be living in a ‘parallel universe’
Director Andrey Zvyagintsev poses at the Russian premiere of his film "Leviathan" in Moscow.
Culture
Why the Russian government hates the film it put up for an Oscar
The Leaker - Edward Snowden
Media
I’m not Edward Snowden, I just play him on TV
At Sunday's protests against hospital closures and medical layoffs in Moscow, one sign featured Putin as a skeleton. The sign reads: "You don't need treatment."
Global Politics
Russia is imposing cuts on its healthcare system — and doctors aren’t happy about it
Faced with western sanctions, the Kremlin has pushed for a renewed sense of patriotism among younger Russians. At the National Unity Day celebrations in Moscow, students sport buttons that read, "An attack on Russia is an attack on me."
Global Politics
Human rights group Memorial is too ‘inconvenient’ for Putin’s new Russia
Jay Close — Cheesemaker
Global Politics
Meet Russia’s unlikely poster boy — and cheesemaker — for its embargo on Western goods
Alexei Gaskarov took part in an anti-Putin protest on May 6, 2012. An amateur video showed a police officer kicking Gaskarov in the head. But Gaskarov was arrested and sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for "inciting mass disorder."
Global Politics
This Russian man got three years in prison for trying to protect a fellow protester
A protester in Russia waves a Facebook flag.
Global Politics
As Snowden looks on, Russia cracks down on Internet freedom
Two former Russian soldiers, Sevold (on the right) and Nikolai (diving), cooling off in a fountain in Moscow's VDNKh Park. Unlike many people in the park, these men expressed some concern about the impact of the new round of sanctions against Russia. But
Global Politics
Are Russians worried about the new sanctions? Not so much
Russians have been lighting candles and leaving flowers and messages at the Dutch embassy in Moscow to show respect for the passengers who died on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Most of the victims were Dutch.
Conflict & Justice
Russia presents many theories, but few answers, about what happened to Malaysia flight 17
Watching the 2014 World Cup final at a pub in Moscow. Russia hosts the next World Cup in 2018, and Russian fans are hoping it will go as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Sports
Russians will be proud to host the 2018 World Cup, if their team can up its game
Conflict & Justice
For the Russians, D-Day was significant, but maybe not as important as the West imagines
Nikolai Pozharuk, a retired lawyer who helped with the search, says that when weeks passed without any sign of the plane, people began to look for other explanations.
Arts, Culture & Media
When a Russian plane vanished without a trace, conspiracy theories filled the void