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Russia's military exercises are WAY bigger than NATO's
If military strength and ability was determined solely by the number of soldiers participating in military exercises, Russia would be able to steamroll through NATO without much of a second thought....
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Former Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky: Putin is a 'naked king' facing economic...
Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky warned Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the Kremlin chief was a "naked king" presiding over an economy that will weaken further, eventually provoking a battle...
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Russia is bent on 'creeping annexation' of its neighbors
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia is moving ahead with the "creeping annexation" of two breakaway Georgian regions as part of an aggressive strategy to broaden its influence in the region, Georgia's foreign...
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There's a GIANT unknown in the Iran nuclear negotiations
A US-led group of countries and Iran may be on the verge of signing a landmark nuclear accord that the US believes will diminish Tehran's pathways to a nuclear weapon.Details are scarce, and some may...
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Russia agrees to attend talks to resolve its gas dispute with the EU and Ukraine
Moscow (AFP) - Russia has confirmed that it will attend talks with the European Union and Ukraine on Monday aimed at resolving a bitter gas supply dispute which threatens deliveries to Europe.Russian...
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What everyone still gets wrong about inequality
Much has been written over the past few years about the dangers that inequality poses for societies, especially after the publication of French economist Thomas Piketty's best-selling book "Capital in...
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Russia has made the day it launched an operation to annex Crimea from Ukraine...
The Kremlin has announced the anniversary of the military operation to seize the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last year will be made an official holiday in Russia marking the achievements of the...
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A major Russian opposition figure was just shot dead in Moscow
Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow today.According to one Moscow-based reporter, Nemtsov was attacked "200 [meters] from the Kremlin walls."Nemtsov served as a...
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Vladimir Putin already has a theory about who killed one of his biggest critics
Vladimir Putin — or at least someone close to him — is a logical suspect in the death of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister shot on a bridge just 200 meters from...
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There's a chilling quote from 1997 about the opposition leader in Moscow who...
Prominent Russian opposition figure and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow Friday.In 1997, The New York Times profiled Nemtsov after he was promoted to deputy prime...
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BREMMER: The outlook for US-Russia relations just reached a new low for the...
The killing of prominent Russian opposition figure and former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov on a bridge across the street from the Kremlin will have a chilling effect on Russia's opposition and...
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Obama condemns Russian opposition leader's 'vicious' killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the "brutal murder" of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, and called for a full investigation into the killing."The...
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Killed Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov vowed to 'free Russia from Putin'
Slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was looking ahead to a planned March 1 opposition rally, though in an interview with RFE/RL’s Russian Service earlier this month, he portrayed the...
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The Russian opposition leader's murder was 'meticulously planned'
Moscow (AFP) - The murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was carefully planned, investigators said Saturday, pointing to details of the weapon used and the killers' knowledge of his...
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Here's how the West reacted to the 'assassination' of Russia's opposition leader
BERLIN (AP) — Western leaders are condemning the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and pressing the Kremlin to ensure that the killing is investigated thoroughly. Here is a...
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Russia's top investigator laid out several possible motives for the killing...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative body said Saturday it is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, including an attempt to destabilize...
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Ukraine's president says murdered Putin opponent had 'persuasive' evidence...
Boris Nemtsov, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was apparently murdered because he planned to reveal evidence of Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian President Petro...
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This quote from former chess champion Garry Kasparov captures the...
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow Friday, and many of his supporters including the former chess champion Garry Kasparov assume Vladimir Putin is to blame.Kasparov — one of...
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Here are 6 other Russian dissidents who also died mysteriously in recent years
Boris Nemtsov is not the first Russian dissident to be killed in mysterious circumstances in recent years.Paul Khlebnikov, 2004Paul Khlebnikov, an American journalist and editor of Forbes Russia, was...
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Thousands march in Russia to mourn the murder of one of Putin's biggest critics
MOSCOW (AP) — Carrying flowers, portraits and signs that said "I am not afraid," thousands of Russians marched Sunday in Moscow to mourn opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, whose slaying on the...
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