Azerbaijan presidential vote may reveal cracks in regime support
In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people vote for president Wednesday in an election that holds little suspense. An Aliyev – either father,
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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief
Is crackdown on Greenpeace part of Russia’s new Cold War in the Arctic?
SALEKHARD, RUSSIA — Icy blasts of water greeted Greenpeace protesters climbing Russia’s lone offshore oil platform in the Arctic. Russia’s Coast
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Russia Watch: Russia’s Potemkin Arctic Conference?
There were two hours to go Wednesday afternoon at the international conference “The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue” when the
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Putin signals lighter charges for Greenpeace Arctic protests
Facing international outcry over the jailing of 30 Greenpeace activists in the Russian Arctic, President Vladimir Putin sent a signal
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Russia Watch: Russia’s future in Central Asia – mall cop in a Chinese shopping center?
Looking back 10 years from now, the most important news of Sept. 2013 may not be Moscow and Washington jousting
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Russia Watch: With Syria, can Russia’s president move from Vlad the Impaler to Putin the Peacemaker?
Vladimir Putin seems to enjoy being demonized by the West. In recent months, he has earned his share: bullying gay
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Russia’s reaction against gay rights starts in St Petersburg
Russia has become the worldwide target of gay activists for its new law banning “gay propaganda.” St. Petersburg is the
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Russia Watch: Kremlin denies fathering Syria’s chemical Frankenstein
Lost in the verbal smokescreen that Russian officials throw up around the use of poison gas in Syria is one
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Syria to overshadow G20 meeting of world’s economic powers in Russia
Leaders of the Group of 20 nations started meeting five years ago at the height of the economic crisis. Now,
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