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Anna Narinskaya: Cheburashka could never be a symbol of war. He is an outsider, like me.

In recent months, members of the State Duma and prominent Russian conservatives have turned against one of the central figures of Soviet childhood — Cheburashka. This apparently ridiculous culture war ...

Explained: UGC’s new regulations to deal with caste-based discrimination and the opposition to them

These regulations — a fresh version of the “equity” regulations the UGC first issued in 2012 — are now in the eye of a storm, ...