Undaunted, US Relaunches ‘American Center’ in Moscow

With tensions at near-Cold War levels, Russian authorities have cracked down on official U.S. cultural activities, canceling exchange programs and locking the doors on cultural centers. Now, the U.S. has taken its first step to continue its outreach in Russia. As part of the initiative, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow has relaunched its ‘American Center’ - a cultural learning space.   For 22 years, the center had operated inside a large foreign language public library, but that location...

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