![]()
The changes in store for this dowdy Black Sea resort are captured
in one city official’s vision for the typical taxi driver, now likely
to drive a battle-scarred Russian model and wear shabby trousers and
a scowl.
Read more
Russian President Vladimir
V. Putin, countering suspicions that he
intends to formally retain power beyond the end of his second term,
said Thursday that he wanted to hand over the constitutional powers
of the presidency to a successor.
Read more
![]()
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Russian human
rights activists Saturday in a low-key gathering that seemed designed
to provide a gesture of
U.S. support without triggering Kremlin anger.
Read more
![]()
A former
KGB officer with long-standing ties to President Vladimir
V. Putin declared Tuesday that infighting among the current and
former secret police who dominate the government threatens to bring
political instability to Russia.
Read more
![]()
Critics of Russian President Vladimir
V. Putin gathered in a
central Moscow square Sunday to honor a slain investigative
journalist and call on citizens to unite in her name to fight for
greater democracy.
Read more
![]()
Warning that falsification of parliamentary election results would
be punished, President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday ordered a criminal
inquiry into delayed vote counting in regions that are strongholds of
his longtime rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.
Read more
![]()
Russian President Vladimir
V. Putin indicated Monday that he might
retain political influence when he steps down next year as required
under the constitution by instead serving as prime minister.
Read more
![]()
Parties favoring a pro-Western foreign policy and closer ties with
the European Union appeared headed for a narrow victory in
parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
Read more
![]()
With politicized concerts, fervent street rallies, a barrage of
political advertising and allegations of rigged voter lists, the two
sides that faced off in Ukraine’s Orange Revolution are at it again.
Read more
![]()
For a few hours Wednesday, Russia’s political establishment
thought it was about to learn the likely answer to the most
talked-about question hanging over this country: Who will succeed
President Vladimir
V. Putin if he steps down, as expected, next spring?
Read more
