MOSCOW: Kremlin critics say a climate of fear is growing in Russia after the upper house of parliament drew up a list of “undesirable” civil rights...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin must be finding it hard to contain a wry smile as the European Union struggles with Greece’s debt problems.Events are...
MOSCOW/YEREVAN: In a veiled warning to the West, Russia cautioned Thursday against any attempt to spark a new "color revolution" in Armenia by exploiting...
MOSCOW: Russia and China signed a $25 billion deal to boost Chinese lending to Russian firms and a host of other accords deepening economic cooperation Friday...
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia’s economy could return to growth in less than two years, despite Western sanctions which he said were...
MOSCOW: In Russia, Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as the savior of the nation. In Europe and the U.S. he has come to be seen as a threat to the new...
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has called Europe’s bluff over east Ukraine as Russia-backed separatists seize a strategic town in defiance of a cease-fire brokered by...
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin accused Russia's enemies Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for growing strong, in an...
KIEV: Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict...
MOSCOW: Russian businessmen are backing Vladimir Putin over Ukraine but fear the country is being forced down a path toward less democracy, more central...
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine: Government forces tightened the noose around the main stronghold of pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine Saturday and, with diplomacy...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the “last chance saloon” over the Ukraine crisis but appears to be doing little to get out of it. Since...
MOSCOW: An army assault on pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine will not have taken Vladimir Putin by surprise, but the ferocity of the clashes may have – and...
ST. PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin tried Thursday to warm up relations with foreign investors chilled by the crisis in Ukraine, but many senior...
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin looks likely to go down in history as the Russian leader who won back Crimea, but he is fighting to avoid also being remembered as the...
MOSCOW: Victories are hard to come by for Vladimir Putin's opponents, activists are jailed, protests draw dwindling crowds, but on Friday they celebrated a...
PARIS/KIEV: Russia rebuffed Western demands to withdraw forces in Ukraine's Crimea region to their bases on Wednesday amid a day of high-stakes diplomacy in...
PARIS/KIEV: The United States and Russia will hold talks on easing East-West tension over Ukraine on Wednesday as the West steps up efforts to persuade Moscow...
KIEV: President Vladimir Putin faces a decision over Ukraine that is likely to shape his political legacy as well as the future of Russia’s western...
KIEV: Protesters seized the Kiev office of President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday and the opposition demanded a new election be held by May, as the...
SOCHI, Russia: Google has placed a rainbow version of its logo on its search page, increasing pressure on President Vladimir Putin over Russia's "gay...
MOSCOW: Russia has barred a U.S. journalist who is critical of President Vladimir Putin for five years, a move that could upset relations with the United...
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia's media on Monday by dissolving the main state news agency and replacing it with an...
MOSCOW: Ukraine’s refusal to sign a trade pact drawing it into Europe’s orbit marked a victory for Vladimir Putin, winning him time to lure Kiev into a...