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March 31, 2015
Ex-KGB Agent Kalugin: Putin Was 'Only A Major'

A former high-ranking KGB officer is accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of falsifying his rank in the spy agency and using dirty tricks to derail a probe into sweeping Kremlin corruption.
November 25, 2014
Kremlin Whistle-Blower: 'Putin Has No Option But To Stay In Power'

Sergei Kolesnikov, a former ally of Vladimir Putin now living in self-imposed exile, says the Russian leader will go to any lengths to stay in power and avoid criminal prosecution. In an undisclosed location, Kolesnikov spoke to RFE/RL about Kremlin corruption, the war in Ukraine, and whether Putin will play the nuclear card.
May 31, 2013
For Reputed Crime Boss Known As Taiwanchik, Moscow Is 'Paradise'

U.S. authorities say Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov is a crime boss who should be jailed for 90 years on charges of laundering money and running an illegal gambling business. But in Moscow, where he lives 100 meters from the Kremlin, the man reputed to be one of the last surviving Soviet-era gangsters scoffs at the allegations –- and the authorities certainly aren’t giving him problems. RFE/RL gets an audience with Tokhtakhunov, aka "Taiwanchik."
August 28, 2012
Remaining Members Of Pussy Riot: 'We're Stronger Than The State'

Lawyers for the Russian protest group Pussy Riot have appealed the hooliganism verdict and two-year sentence of band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich for their February performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior Ca
August 17, 2011
Chechen Teen Recounts Attempts to Disarm Utoeya Gunman

Two Chechen teenagers living in Norway are being hailed for their role in rescuing dozens of young people trapped on the island of Utoeya during a massacre by a far-right extremist last month. Rustam Daudov and Movsar Dzhamayev, who emigrated with their families to Norway after living through the war in Chechnya, say they hurled stones in an attempt to disarm Anders Behring Breivik before helping other teenagers attending the island's Labor Party youth camp find shelter in a cave.
August 09, 2010
As Russian Fires Rage, Forest Rangers Fume

Some 70,000 rangers once patrolled Russia's forests full-time. But the Kremlin cut their ranks, and critics say this summer's deadly fires are the consequence.
April 02, 2010
Moscow Mourners Tell Tales Of Lives Lost

On March 29, as many as 40 lives were abruptly ended when two suicide bombers detonated bombs in the Moscow subway. The victims included office workers, students, and migrant workers, all brought together on the doomed trains by coincidence and bad luck.
March 05, 2010
Old Putin Nemesis Speaks Out After Decade Of Silence

After accusing Vladimir Putin of widespread corruption just as he became Russia's president, Marina Salye, a feisty and outspoken 75-year-old former legislator from St. Petersburg, retired to her country home and disappeared from public view.

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