Russia Watch: A Kremlin Christmas Carol – Russia’s Scrooge against the orphans?
A light snow covers Moscow, subzero temperatures provide bright sunshine and Jingle Bells wafts through malls filled with happy shoppers.
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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief
Russia Watch: Russian conservatives see ‘foreign agents’ and ‘treason’ behind social change
Ashley, an American friend, and I were walking on a bridge over the Moscow River to the “Inostranii Agent” or
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Russia Watch: Russia’s winter transport: From the troika to rubber tyres
It snowed in Russia last week. (Yawn. What else is new?) But Russia no longer is Dr. Zhivago country, a
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Russia hopes that climate change maximises Arctic shipping
Americans may have seen the downside of climate change when Hurricane Sandy bashed into New Jersey and New York City
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Russia Watch: Back to the Future: 2012 US-Russia relations echo 1832
The U.S. Ambassador labored to get Congress to ratify a trade treaty that would grant “favored nation” status to Russia.
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Russia Watch: Judge a regime by its heroes: Moscow — 1962, Moscow 2012
For Moscow of 1962 – it was Yuri Gagarin. With his wide, easy grin, Gagarin was an internationally renowned poster
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Russia Watch: Reset the Reset: Can Russia’s Putin make peace with Obama II?
The reset jet no longer flies to Moscow. In March of 2009, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton,
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Ukraine feminists campaign against sex tourism
At first, protests by Ukrainian feminist group Femen were ignored by the media. But two years ago the women started taking off
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Russia Watch: New Kremlin headache: Democracy is alive and well in Ukraine and Georgia
Vladimir Putin is suffering back pains and is cancelling foreign trips and his annual November press conference marathon. He may
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