Editor’s note: Russian journalists Evgenia “Zhenya” Shcherbina and Stanislav “Stas” Zakharkin spent a few weeks working in The Tennessean newsroom as fellow of the International Center for Journalists ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — City councilors are putting a pause on their support of sister city activities in Obninsk, Russia. “A message clearly needed to be sent but at the same time a message to the ...

The Sister City program between Oak Ridge and Obninsk, Russia may continue, but not with any city funding. That was the compromise Oak Ridge City Council members reached at their Monday, meeting. At ...

Luckmann was fascinated by Russia for many years and, in 1988, he went there as part of what he calls a “medical tour.” Ken visited the city of Obninsk, near Moscow, and became so enamored with the ...