Stalking the Elusive 'Bely Grib' in Moscow's Enchanting Forest
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NARO-FOMINSK DISTRICT, Russia -- Just after 11 on a recent Sunday morning, 73-year-old Viktor Yakubovich stepped through an iron gate in the backyard fence of his country home. He emerged into the mythic stillness and wetness of the Russian woods, which stretched out before him in a canvas of gre...
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Nearly 300 acres of greenhouses at Moscowâs southwestern edge are a measure of Russiaâs change.
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RHINELANDER, Wis. -- There is something slightly eerie about the rings of white pipes and wooden crosses that loom up suddenly here in the lush northern forest.
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A Cold War bomber base lurks near the charming city of Saratov, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
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In late June of 1908, a fireball exploded above the remote Russian forests of Tunguska,  Siberia, flattening more than 800 square miles of trees. Researchers think a meteor was responsible for the devastation, but neither its fragments nor any impact craters have been discovered.
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Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are chilling out in hotel pools.
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The hunt for tiny treasures continues.
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Hollywood studios and Russian tycoons are teaming up to make films in Moscow. Is it worth the trouble?
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The FBI is concerned about Moscow's growing number of spies. What secrets are they looking for?
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Ivan Y. Pavlov leads a quiet but dangerous campaign in Russia: legal battles for what he calls, simply, âthe right to know.â
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Moscow leads all European capitals in the number of stray dogs, local representatives of the Red Book preservation society said, with the packs killing deer and hedgehogs in the Russian capital's parks.
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A Berlin neighborhood known for its baby boom reveals that in a nation with a graying population, treasure hunts often end in disappointment.
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SpySky net Russian high-altitude spy planes may be given a new lease of life as platforms for telecoms services, if an audacious (and rather improbable) scheme ever gets off the ground.â¦
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The new scandal mesmerizing Poland seems lifted from a Cold War dossier: Spies, oil traders, a polo player, and a billionaire are tangled in a rumored plot by Moscow to manipulate its smaller neighbor.
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Earlier this week, John Mraz touchingly recounted a recent clandestine meeting with a group of Ukrainian senior police officers in a forest outside the city of Karkiv.
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Description: A religious icon missing from Russia for almost a century is returned to Moscow. Our Lady of Kazan represents the Virgin Mary and was at the center of a dispute between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Friday is when the action  happens in this isolated Russian village, six hours&#39; drive  north from Moscow along icy roads, past smoggy industrial towns  and through vast pine forests.