Russian Independent Media Archive

Finds both words (in any order). Example: Samara + Saratov — the article must mention both cities.

Finds articles that mention at least one of the words. Example: Samara | Saratov — articles with either city will match.

Excludes articles containing the specified word. Example: Samara -Saratov — will find Samara, but without any mention of Saratov.

Finds words with similar spelling (up to two mistakes allowed). Example: Samara~2 — will find Somara, Samar, but not Saratov (too different).

Finds the exact phrase in the specified order (with possible inflections). Example: "Not Samara, but Saratov" — will be found only in this word order.

Finds articles where words are in a different order or separated by up to N other words. Example: "Samara Saratov"~5 — will match: "Saratov was once again confused with Samara".

Parentheses control the order of logical operations. Example: (Samara | Saratov) + Volga — finds articles with Volga and one of the cities. Without parentheses: Samara | Saratov + Volga — finds either Samara, or both Saratov and Volga.

Finds words starting with the given prefix. Example: Sara* — will find Saratov, Sara, sarafan, Saratovskiy, and others.