Leading Economist Flees Russia

Sergey Guriev (RIA Novosti / Grigoriy Sisoev) Russia Forces Out One of Its Best Minds -- Foreign Policy Putin's crackdown reaches into t...

Will Russia Survive After Putin?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti/Aleksey Nikolskyi) Nobody Knows if Russia Can Survive After Putin -- Vladimir Frolov There is ...

Does A Leak Video Show A High Level-Rift In Russia?

Video Shows Putin Threatening to Dismiss Officials -- New York Times MOSCOW — A Kremlin-linked Web site on Wednesday leaked a video clip of ...

Putin's Russia

As Putin’s Grip Gets Tighter, A Time of Protest Fades In Russia -- New York Times MOSCOW — As the final days of 2012 slipped away, no one at...

Russian President Putin's State Of The Union Address

Putin Warns Of Foreign Meddling In Politics In Russia -- BBC Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested some opposition politicians are ...

Russia's Opposition Protest Movement Turns One

March and demonstration "For Fair Elections" on December 24, 2011, in Moscow. © RIA Novosti. Kirill Kallinikov Russia’s Anti-Puti...

The Real Reason Why Russia's Defense Minister Was Fired

Anatoly Serdyukov. © RIA Novosti. Yana Lapikova Was Russian Defence Minister Really Sacked Because He Was Cheating On His Wife, The Daughter...

Russian Defense Chief Fired By President Putin

Moscow Region governor Sergei Shoigu (left) will replace Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (right) on this position. Source: RIA Novosti / ...

Russia's Defense Minister Facing Corruption Charges

Anatoly Serdyukov. © RIA Novosti. Yana Lapikova Russian Defense Chief In Hot Water -- Washington Post MOSCOW — Over the past decade, Anatoly...

The End Of Russia's Medvedev Era

Signs have emerged that Dmitri A. Medvedev, above, occasionally acted against the wishes of Vladimir V. Putin. Pool photo by Dmitry Astakhov...

Russia's Putin Responds To The Protests In The Middle East

Photo : Russian President Putin. ( Wikipedia ) Putin Condemns Killing Of U.S. Envoy In Libya, Warns Of Chaos -- Reuters Russian President Vl...

Why The "Pussy Riot" Trial In Russia Is Important

Pussy Riot Trial 'Worse Than Soviet Era' -- The Guardian Judge refuses to allow 10 defence witnesses while lawyer claims women are b...

Putin Cracks Down On Dissent In Russia

Prominent anti-corruption blogger and opposition figure Alexei Navalny leaves the Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday. Reu...

Anti-Putin Protestors On Trial In Russia

Russia's "Pussy Riot" On Trial For Cathedral Protest -- Reuters (Reuters) - Three women who protested against Vladimir Putin i...

KGB vs. KGB

Photo : Opposition leader Gennady Gudkov speaks at an anti-government protest in Moscow June 12. Sergei Karpukhin/REUTERS KGB vs. KGB: Putin...

Why Is Russia Turning Up The Nuclear Rhetoric?

President Medvedev at his final Federal Assembly address. To the right on the front row is current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and to his ...

Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed As Russian Prime Minister

Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed As PM -- RIA Novosti Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minis...

Russian President Putin Inaugurated For A Third Term

Vladimir Putin Inaugurated As Russian President -- BBC Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as president of Russia in a lavish ceremony in th...

Vladimir Putin Returns To The Russian Presidency Monday

Vladimir Putin. RIA Novosti Vladi­mir Putin Returns To Russian Presidency Weaker Than When He Left It -- Washington Post MOSCOW — Striding t...

What Is Next For Outgoing Russian President Medvedev

Vladimir Putin (right) and Dmitry Medvedev in 2007. Putin on Medvedev: "I've been very close to him for more than 17 years and full...