Playing Politics with the Romanovs
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Emperor Nicholas and his family were executed in 1918. But with newly discovered remains, they're making headlines again in Russia
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's annual TV call-in show revealed just how far Russian politics have become a one-man show.
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Arts & entertainment: At last, Russia's treasures have arrived at the Royal Academy. Adrian Searle gives his verdict
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NAME: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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It is an unfortunate fact but enemies of the Kremlin do have a bit of a habit of 'getting whacked', writes Sky's Moscow Correspondent Alex Rossi .Comment
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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LA ROCHELLE, France  - A story of love and rivalry   is spicing up the French Socialists' presidential race, with   revealing photos and bedroom gossip fanning the campaign.
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A succession crisis has led to debate on the monarchy--and the shadowy agency behind it
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MOSCOW -- The powerful, pro-Kremlin United Russia party has a new opponent, but it bears the marks of a Kremlin creation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's favoured successor, Dmitri Medvedev, launches his election campaign.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Russia now, where President Vladimir Putin&#39;s announcement this week of a radical overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system has sparked concern about the future of democracy in the country.
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Claims of Putin's $40bn fortune spark battle between rival clans before president's transfer of power
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The move comes at a time when the palace-backed ...
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MAXINE McKEW: In Russia this festive season, there appears to be a sign of peace and goodwill from hard-line leader Vladimir Putin.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 25 -- Created by the Kremlin just last year and anticipating a bright future, the political party Fair Russia was designed to be the junior partner in a "two-party system" in which everyone pledges fealty to President Vladimir Putin. But with Dec. 2 parliamentary elections imminent, the...
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A few rules to follow this election season - from the candidates' point of view.