Group Says Russia Now at 'Not Free' Status
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Russia has restricted rights to such an extent that it has joined the countries that are not free for the first time since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, Freedom House said Monday, marking Moscow's march away from the Western democracies it has embraced as diplomatic partners.
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S. criticism, echoed  by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's plans for  radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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MOSCOW -- Russia has restricted rights to such an extent that it has joined the countries that are ''not free" for the first time since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, Freedom House said yesterday, marking Moscow's march away from the Western democracies it has embraced as diplomatic partners.
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Russian Internet enthusiasts are locked in a tussle with an international body over a relic of the Soviet past -- the .su domain name assigned to the country just before the Soviet Union collapsed.
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It's been nearly 13 years since the break-up of the former Soviet Union, and many Russians still are getting used to the freedoms which have followed.
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Freedom of speech is one of Russia's major accomplishments in recent 15 years. Now Russian journalists do not have to look back at the Kremlin to have an opportunity to set forth their own views on both home ...
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday President Vladimir Putin's bid to consolidate power was not the way Washington wanted Russia to move.
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BESLAN, Russia - Heavily armed militants who seized a school in southern Russia are holding at least 1,000 children, teachers and parents hostage, a regional official and released woman said, contradicting far lower official figures from the standoff that entered a third day Friday.    Russian officials had said that about 350 people were being held by the militants, who seized the school in the North Ossetian city of Beslan on Wednesday...
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An international election monitoring organization said Thursday that it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
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George W Bush says he wants to strengthen ties with Russia, as democracy  monitors say the country is "not free".
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Russia&#39;s cash-strapped space agency said on Tuesday it would stop giving US astronauts free rides into orbit in the future. Russia has single-handedly serviced the International
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Russia and China, regional powers trying to restore Cold War-size importance to their roles in the world, are having a difficult time leaving the path of authoritarian government, a Freedom House analysis says.
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HELSINKI, Jul 16 (IPS) - Human rights campaigners in Russia and Finland fear  that denial of rights will continue beyond the term of President  Vladimir Putin, who is expected to step down in March next year.
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Europe&#39;s show of unity with Vladimir Putin was shattered yesterday when Russia accused the European Union of &#39;blasphemy&#39; for demanding an explanation of how the Beslan school hostage crisis ended in massacre.
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MOSCOW - A wounded Russia threatened Wednesday to strike against terrorists "in any region of the world," offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the killing or capture of Chechnya's top rebel leaders, and criticized the United States for its willingness to hold talks with Chechen separatists.    The announcements marked a show of resolve aimed at Russia's stunned citizens, as well as Western countries President Vladimir Putin accuses of hindering its fight against terror, in the wake of three attacks that killed more than 400 people in the past two weeks...
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Russia's first post-Soviet president Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms.