Russia to put corruption to the test
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When Yelena's son was preparing for admission exams for a top communications institute, school officials hinted he might not get in unless she offered them a little "reward." She and her family scraped together the required $4,000 bribe, and her son was admitted.
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Russian president willing to take on role if Dmitry Medvedev is elected to succeed him as president
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Analysis: Moscow wants to rein in its pro-NATO neighbor, and a spy scandal may have provided an opening
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China steps up the fight against corruption, announcing plans for a new agency to spearhead efforts.
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Russia on Thursday proposed a  U.N. crackdown on the abuse of political asylum for terrorist  purposes, raising pressure on Western states to hand over  wanted Chechen activists.
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Russia also announced it had opened its own criminal investigation into the death of Alexander V. Litvinenko.
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The charges opened a new line of legal attack against a Kremlin foe who was once regarded as Russiaâs richest man.
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Russia will try the chief suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko if Britain supplies sufficient evidence of his guilt, Interfax news agency quoted Russia's chief prosecutor as saying on Friday.
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For Russia and China, opposition to sanctions against Khartoum may boil down to the pocketbook.
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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Kazakhstan, a country of growing strategic importance, has a record of corruption, flawed elections and rights violations.
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MOSCOW: On the day British police investigating the poisoning of a former Russian spy began forensic work in Moscow, Russia's prosecutor general laid down strict ground rules and said no Russians could be ...Comment
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Last Wednesday, at the stroke of noon, one of the most lucrative prizes in Russia&#39;s oil industry went under the hammer. Russia&#39;s Federal Property Fund, which controls sales of state assets, auctioned a 7.6
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A graft-busting panel appointed by   Thailand's coup leaders will take over probes into alleged   corruption by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his   cabinet, which could lead to asset seizures and political bans.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The trial of an Alaska politician accused of taking bribes from the oil industry has offered a glimpse into more widespread corruption in the state's government.
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MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Civil society and a free mass media offer the best cure for corruption, President Vladimir Putin told a Thursday press conference in the Kremlin.
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The chief of the private oil company Russneft is on the run in the wake of an international arrest warrant issued by Russia.