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Maria Antonova

Maria Antonova was born in Moscow, moved to the U.S. in 1994, but returned regularly. After completing BA degrees in French and International Studies at the University of Washington, she relocated back to Moscow. In addition to her duties as Russian Life's Managing Editor, she is a correspondent for Agence France Presse.

Chelyabinsk Meteor
Russian Life: May/June 2013
How to keep your cool when you are out for a quiet morning photo shoot and a meteor suddenly lights up the morning sky. We interview Marat Akhmetvaleyev and show his amazing photos.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Last Days of the First Oligarch
Russian Life: May/June 2013
A look at the life, death and legacy of oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who recently committed suicide in London.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Bolshoi Acid Attack
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2013
The January 2013 acid attack on Bolshoi Artistic Director Sergei Filin has cast a dark shadow over the workings of Russia's most esteemed cultural institution.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Countdown to Sochi
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2013
One year from the opening of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, we look at some of the less conventional bits of news about the coming games.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Blacklist Wars
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2013
In response to the US Congress' passage of the Magnitsky Act, Russian legislators are planning a bit of list making of their own.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Departures
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2013
Obituaries for Ilya Oleynikov, Teodor Gladkov, Boris Strugatsky and Fyodor Khitruk
Author: Maria Antonova
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Kremlincare
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2013
Rumors flew this fall when President Putin stopped taking trips abroad. Just a bout of anxious Kremlinology, or is there something to it?
Author: Maria Antonova
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The Long Road Home
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2013
One hundred and fifty years ago, Tsarist Russia expelled some 400,000 Circassians from their homeland in the Caucasus. Now some of them – caught in the middle of the Syrian Civil War – want to return.
Author: Maria Antonova
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Bracing for Isolation
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2012
Times have gotten tough for Russian NGOs lately. New laws, the expulsion of USAID and now some troubling signs of high-level internal spying is making the work of non-profits and rights watchdogs downright perilous.
Author: Maria Antonova
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A Cold Wind Blowing?
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2012
On the recent spate of screw-tightening measures by the Russian government.
Author: Maria Antonova
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