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President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia's government needs new people in top positions, a signal that he wants more clout in leadership circles dominated by allies of his predecessor Vladimir Putin.
A top Kremlin adviser said Thursday that Russia should use the economic crisis to put its relations with the West back on a good footing and moderate its tone on foreign policy.
Minutes after protesters unfurled anti-Kremlin banners and chanted "Down with KGB power" and "Russia without Putin," a dozen young men jumped out of cars and started to beat them with fists and metal rods.
The Russian government will bail out the country's largest enterprises if necessary to help them through the financial crisis, the finance minister Alexei Kudrin said Monday.
A former KGB chief warned of "big trouble" if a slowly unfolding feud among rival security agencies continues to fester, and called on the agencies to rally behind President Vladimir Putin, himself a former KGB officer.
A behind-the-scenes battle between Kremlin clans has broken into the open with the arrests of senior officers and public accusations — a sign of a struggle for power in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle before his departure next year.
Debacle in Moscow by Charles Krauthammer"About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had waited a few years, h …
Messy situation in BalochistanBalochistan has remained under developed because of lack of interest of federal and provincial leaders. Power has remained in the hands of Baloch Sardars who have pursued anti-people policies and have worst record of human rights violations..
Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike IranIsrael promised Russia it would not launch an attack on Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview aired on Sunday in which he described such an assault as "the worst thing that can be imagined."
Good Will, but Few Foreign Policy Benefits for ObamaWASHINGTON — As President Obama welcomes world leaders to the United States this week, he has gone a long way toward meeting his goal of restoring the country's international standing.
NATO chief calls for engagement with RussiaBRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on Wednesday for an "open-minded and unprecedented dialogue" with Russia to reduce security tensions in Europe and confront common threats...
Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.
Acknowledging the Deception by J. R. Nyquist 07.24.2009
Marina Kalashnikova's Warning to the West. by J. R. Nyquist. Weekly Column Published: 07.17.2009Meet Marina Kalashnikova: a Moscow-based historian, researcher and journalist. Last August she criticized foreign "experts" for suggesting that a conflict with Moscow will not happen because Russia's elite is too closely associated with the West.
Killings of Russia's Human-Rights Activists Continue"The fight for free speech and human rights in Russia suffered another devastating blow on July 15, when the body of Chechnya's most outspoken human-rights activist was found dumped by the side of a road.
Russia holds summit with five Asian nationsRussia played regional power broker Monday, hosting China and Central Asian nations for a summit highlighting the Kremlin's efforts to maintain clout and raise its profile in Afghanistan.
Pentagon Opts for New Anti-Missile TechnologyThe Pentagon is redirecting its missile defense efforts by winding down multibillion-dollar programs aimed at destroying enemy missiles very soon after they take off. More Articles
Nato Expels Russian Diplomats from HQ in Spy RowA row erupted between Moscow and the west today after Nato expelled from its Brussels HQ two senior Russian diplomats it accused of spying.
A Wake-Up Call for the KremlinFor the first time in recent memory, the heavy hitters of international election monitoring -- the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the European Parliament -- were in agreement with …
US will fall - in 2010If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then U.S.
Robert Amsterdam, Human Rights Lawyer, Takes on the KremlinWith the start of the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, lawyers are relentless in their opposition to Russia's abuse of human rights law and due process.
Chechnya leader tells why 'loose' women deserved to dieGROZNY, Russia – The president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die.
The Kremlin's dual monopoly is beginning to collapseNow that happy union between the Kremlin and ordinary Russians is ending. Few Russian policymakers, much less the Russian public, expected oil and gas prices to collapse as they have. We do not know what will happen next.
Russian newspaper mourns another murdered reporter MOSCOW – The dead loom over the morning editorial meeting at Russia's leading investigative newspaper.
Kingmakers Dethroned: Global Downturn Brings Russia's Oligarchs to Their Knees The global financial crisis is wiping out the wealth and political influence of Russia's once-mighty oligarchs. Yesterday's kingmakers are now having to beg the Kremlin for loans.
Misreporting the 'New Cold War' From the moment Georgia launched its invasion against the breakaway region of South Ossetia this past August, sparking a wider war with neighboring Russia, the New York Times's news coverage depicted Georgia as an innocent victim of Russia's neo-imperialist evil.
Russian Warships Near Cuba in First Visit Since Cold WarA Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships are entering waters off Cuba in a nonmilitary visit that's the first of its kind since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russia Ready to Cut Arms if US Drops Shield PlansRussia will halt some strategic weapons programmes if the United States drops plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, a top Russian general said Friday. More Articles
Russian Trial in Killing of Journalist Open to PublicA judge ruled on Monday that the trial of three men accused of involvement in the killing of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya should be open to the public, responding to her family's concern that secret proceedings would harm the case.
National Security Agency Releases History of Cold War Intelligence ActivitiesIn response to a declassification request by the National Security Archive, the secretive National Security Agency has declassified large portions of a four-part "top-secret Umbra" study, American Cryptology during the Cold War.
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