Russia concerned over Georgia’s presidential election
Before Russia fought a shooting war with Georgia, it fought a trade war with its small neighbor. First, Russia lifted
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Russia Watch: Georgia and Russia – rekindling an old love affair?
When I first visited Georgia, on a reporting trip, in September 1991, I arrived in Tbilisi armed with four years
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Russia’s anti-gay law sparks backlash
Russia will host the Winter Olympics in Sochi six months from now, the World Cup in 2018 and is bidding
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Russia Watch: Russia’s choice – power balancer or China’s Canada?
The reset between the Kremlin and the White House is dead. Now, the question in Moscow is: what will replace
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Russia’s Navalny: From protests to prison to politics
Last year, Alexei Navalny led street rallies against Russian President Vladimir Putin. This year, President Putin pushed back. Navalny was
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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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Navalny returns to Moscow to run for mayor
Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is back in Moscow after being freed on bail pending an appeal of his theft conviction.
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Russian opposition leader sentenced to five years
A Russian court on Thursday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to five years in
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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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