Georgia PM Bidzina Ivanishvili optimistic on Russia relations
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the war between Russia and Georgia, the prime minister of Georgia extended
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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief
Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?
In 1990, an American anthropologist wrote a controversial book: “Is Latin America Turning Protestant?” Two decades later, that same provocative
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Russia Watch: Why will Obama visit Russia for a Putin summit?
Why is Barack Obama planning to be in Moscow in early September for a two-day summit with Vladimir Putin? Mystery
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Russia Watch: Snowden and Russia’s whistleblowers
“These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand
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Russia Watch: For Russia’s Kremlin, Snowden goes from trophy to liability
The Latin Americans came and left in their presidential jets. But Edward Snowden stayed behind. For the Kremlin, a propaganda
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Welcome to Moscow’s transit lounge, Mr. Snowden
Uncle Volodya went to Finland this week and told three fairy tales. – Gays have equal rights in Russia. –
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Russia Watch: Kremlin crosses Russia’s Sunni muslims by joining Syria’s Shia alliance
Vladimir Putin got out of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland without any broken china on the floor. In the
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Conflict with Armenia could reignite during Azeri election
Almost two decades ago, the big guns fell silent in the war between Armenians and Azeris over a mountainous corner
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Russia Watch: Setting the pace for Russia, Moscow tames its excesses
Last week, an American friend of mine received two mysterious white envelopes in the mail. On opening them, he found
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