Vladimir Putin

Moscow Points the Way With Airport Competition (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

While Most Nations Sport Monopolies, Rivalry Between Two Russian Gateways Ushers in Improvements for Carriers, Travelers MOSCOW -- East Line Group Investors renovated a terminal at Domodedovo and oversaw construction of a train...

Professor Blames Article for Lost Job

Boris Sokolov, a professor at one of the city’s more respected universities, claims that he was pressured to resign from his teaching position because he criticized the government in an article he wrote in the newspaper Gazeta.

Millionaire's Fair: Oligarchs on their uppers

There were cars and yachts, a naked model painted in gold and a who's who of the tacky Russian pop scene at the Millionaire's Fair in Moscow on the weekend. The only things missing were money and champagne.

'To be a journalist in Russia is suicide'

The Russian journalist Mikhail Beketov knew the risks he was taking. Beketov's fate is a graphic illustration of the dangers of working as a journalist in Vladimir Putin's Russia. His story is depressingly typical: according to...

Polar Shift? (Maybe vanity maybe not - On the scene report)

I will start by saying I am simply reporting what I have seen from 5 years of living in Eastern Europe, so don't "shoot the messenger". I just find the shifting attitudes very interesting and worthy of telling.

Claims of secret arms sales rattle Ukraine's leaders

Claims of secret arms sales rattle Ukraine's leaders : With the Ukrainian government reeling from a financial crisis and internal power struggles, the country's pro-Russian opposition has been leveling potentially damaging...

3 religions coexist peacefully in Tatarstan

The Kul Sharif Mosque in the southern Russian city of Kazan, a 1,000-year-old city in the heart of Russia, where Muslim minarets and Russian Orthodox onion domes rise in equal proportion. (Alexander Natruskin/Reuters)

Crisis will help us regain power - Russia's Communists

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Communists expect the global financial crisis will cause social unrest and help them challenge for power, the party's leader said on Saturday. Gennady Zyuganov told the party's annual congress the...

Kremlin says it will move to protect its middle class during slowdown

Russia must move decisively to protect the emerging middle classes from poverty in the economic slowdown brought about by the econ-omic crisis, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff Vlad-islav Surkov said on Friday.

Elite commandos end terrorist siege in Mumbai, 183 dead (Roundup)

Latest Headlines in South Asia Elite commandos end terrorist siege in Mumbai, 183 dead (Roundup) Talkback Add your comment (no registration required) bush needs to attack now . Report this comment Where ever there is evil;...