Topic: Russia
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What Smoking Bans Reveal About a Country's Economy
Rising cigarette sales used to be a sign that poor countries were growing. Now declining rates seem to be the marker of prosperity.
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St. Petersburg Moves To Outlaw Noisy Sex: This Week in Bans
Also, New York City cancels the livestream of a rebellious Rubber Room teacher, and Rhode Island pours grass killer on America's Lawn of Freedom.
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Videos
Watch a Russian Factory Makeover on Super Fast Forward
A drab facility in Pervouralsk, Russia, gets a colorful new look in this time-lapse video by Sasha Aleksandrov.
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Photos
Is This Wall Talking To Me?
Russian artist Daria Makarenko slips hidden messages into the cracks of the city.
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Postcard
Siberia's Weird, Wonderful Summer Rituals
Expansive landscapes, colorful festivals, and stuffed bears.
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Videos
When All Else Fails, Paint Their Faces on Potholes
Our new urban heroes.
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Videos
A Most Unusual Panhandling Scam
This subway beggar can't be for real.
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Toilet Tuesday
'Not Guilty,' Says Boulder's Alleged Poop-Covered Voyeur
And other developments in world bathroom news.
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An Underground Religious Sect, Literally
70 sectarians are found living in an underground bunker in Russia.
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Videos
The Hidden Dangers of Driving Over Manholes
Watch cars get launched into the air like rockets due to ill-fitting manhole covers.
