Russia Tries to Look Relevant
617584
Its presence at the talks is not matched by any leverage
215990
MAXINE McKEW: In Russia this festive season, there appears to be a sign of peace and goodwill from hard-line leader Vladimir Putin.
683783
James Rodgers in Moscow reports on the fashion for using English words, especially in Russian business circles.
442239
Russia is poised for a general election campaign highly influenced by President Putin's popularity, Steven Eke writes.
768293
Russia has launched a campaign to promote the national language after almost two decades of retreat -- to match the country's increasing economic and political confidence.
400673
Off-colour language by young Russians is proving a money-spinner for authorities in a southern region.
415089
A wave of terror has hit Russia. We have grown used to referring to what has been happening in Chechnya as the âcounter-terrorist operationâ.
712841
For Russians, the Kremlin&#39;s initial response to last Tuesday&#39;s nearly simultaneous plane crashes seemed all too familiar: another example of President Vladimir Putin&#39;s state of denial over the unflattering reality of the war in Chechnya.
693610
Whatever President Vladimir Putin's purpose in choosing a new prime minister, he didn't look far.
274629
In Putinâs Russia Gazprom is by no means a mere natural monopoly, nor a newly established ministry for oil and gas. Gazprom is an instrument of public administration just like the pro-Kremlin United Russia
463199
Tensions among the Russians are on the increase as they compete for trophies, commercial opportunities and visibility.
412878
In today's European press, Russian newspapers consider the reasons behind President Putin's apparent backing of George W Bush's presidential bid.
660981
MOSCOW -- There are many ways history may judge last month's presidential elections in Ukraine, but in Russia these days the reverberations are most often described with a single word that sounds the same in Russian as in English: &quot;fiasco.&quot;
126594
Ivan Y. Pavlov leads a quiet but dangerous campaign in Russia: legal battles for what he calls, simply, âthe right to know.â
297003
The Russian foreign ministerâs recent visit to Tehran indicates that despite the foreign pressure, Russia is still a major power and is determined to continue playing a significant role in the international arena.
183653
âMoreover, these will be things which do not exist and are unlikely to exist in other nuclear powers,â he added. Putin failed to specify what type of systems he was referring to but Russia has been seeking
191964
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.