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The shrinking Dead Sea received a much needed boost of ten centimeters to water levels following last week's storm (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 12:40 am
Russian lawmaker drowns in the Dead Sea — reports
Politician for far-right Liberal Democratic Party, millionaire Vasily Tarasyuk, was reportedly vacationing in Israel
By TOI staff
A shrine on the site of Boris Nemtsov's murder, March 2, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
April 8, 2017, 4:17 pm
Russian-Jewish filmmakers immortalize murdered Putin critic as ‘Boris Nemtsov, Jew’
Assassinated outside the Kremlin, the dissenting politician has become something of a cult figure and is the subject of films, poetry and song
By Julie Masis
Acting US Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam Szubin. (YouTube/BBC Newsnight)
January 26, 2016, 4:56 am
Putin is ‘picture of corruption,’ US Treasury official says
Russian leader accused of using 'state assets' to enrich himself and friends, may be worth some $40b, according to US
By AFP
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (center) is escorted by US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers after arriving in New York, November 16, 2010. (Courtesy of DEA)
November 28, 2015, 12:23 am
A human portrait of a Russian arms dealer
In his new documentary, Jewish filmmaker Tony Gerber explores the rags-to-riches-to-prison story of the notorious Viktor Bout
By Lisa Klug
Searching AnyClip's database with keywords yields a clip result, such as this one from the film Apollo 13 (Courtesy)
July 14, 2015, 6:15 pm
AnyClip raises $21m to expand global video reach
Investment by Jewish oligarch Roman Abramovich looks to make Israeli tech firm a leader in digital content distribution
By David Shamah
Rabbi Tanhoum Busin praying at Moscow's Holocaust Memorial Synagogue. (Fili synagogue community)
March 15, 2014, 9:33 pm
No dancing bears at Moscow synagogue this Purim
The use of a Holocaust memorial shul for a private bank party has sparked a scandal. But is the dispute also a power play by the disgruntled Orthodox community?
By Ksenia Svetlova
Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina smile during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were granted amnesty on Monday, Dec. 23, two months short of their scheduled release after spending nearly two years in prison for their protest at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
January 1, 2014, 2:34 pm
Pussy Rioter urges: Khodorkovsky 4 prez
'He is an incredible human being,' says Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 'who was put through a more severe prison experience than we had'
By JTA
Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
December 25, 2013, 9:11 am
Mikhail Khodorkovsky applies for Swiss visa
Freed oligarch's sons go to school in Switzerland and he has business ties there, but claims visa not an indication of future residence
By AP
Vadim Rabinovich is unfazed by critics and readily offers his own censure of European and American Jewish leaders. (photo credit: Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
November 5, 2013, 7:28 pm
Ukraine’s Jewish Congress head: Builder or bulldozer?
Shrugging off critics and an assassination attempt, Vadim Rabinovich claims the mantle of Jewish leader
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky talks to the media after losing a case against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich as he leaves the High Court in London, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)
March 26, 2013, 1:56 am
Post-mortem shows Russian Jewish oligarch died from hanging
Nothing in Berezovsky's death points to violent struggle, police say
Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky talks to the media after losing a case against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich as he leaves the High Court in London, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)
March 23, 2013, 9:55 pm
Self-exiled Jewish oligarch found dead in England
Boris Berezovsky, who had a bitter falling out with Putin and sought political asylum outside Russia, dies at 67
Residents of Hitler's hometown fear that his former house could become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis if sold to the wrong buyer. (Kerstin Joensson/AP)
November 12, 2012, 6:17 pm
Russian MP wants to buy Hitler’s first home — so he can destroy it
Frantz Klintsevich, a member of Vladimir Putin's ruling party, has launched a campaign to raise $2.8 million to purchase the dictator's Austrian birthplace
By Nissan Tzur
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