As a Chinese dissident wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Moscow nurtures its ties with Beijing by skipping the ceremony.by Galina Stolyarova ST. PETERSBURG | A popular Russian actor, now in his 70s, recently recalled one of the most awkward episodes in his life, when in the Soviet era he was asked by a senior Communist Party official to sign a […]

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