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The death toll from Sunday's sinking of a cruise vessel on the Volga River rose to 100 on Wednesday as families continued to bury the dead and rescuers searched for 29 people still missing. If you ...

As the days grow shorter and temperatures turn Russia’s Lake Onega into ice, the only way to visit this World Heritage Site on Kizhi Island will be by helicopter or snowmobile. I have friends who took ...