Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

Over the last 90 years, the Moscow Metro has grown with the city, from a small network to a worldwide case study in transport ...

Above the entrance to the factory, a giant screen read, ‘Kurchatov, Korolyov and Stalin are living in your DNA,’ featuring ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev enter a hall during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 8, 2024.