MOSCOW, December 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) --About 5,000 members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi gathered at Vasilievsky Spusk beneath Red Square in Moscow this morning to celebrate the landslide victory claimed by the Unified Russia party and President Vladimir Putin, who was running as its top candidate.
ODINTSOVO, Russia; December 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Despite temperatures of minus-12 Celsius and thick snowfall, there was a festive atmosphere outside school number 14 in central Odintsovo this morning.
MOSCOW, November 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's Central Election Commission has vowed the December 2 parliamentary vote will be clean and fair. But there have been widespread allegations that a combination of pressure campaigns and outright vote-tampering will ensure a sweeping win for Unified Russia, whose party list is topped by President Vladimir Putin.
Ashgabat's abysmal image has improved a bit under President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. But will he continue with a reform agenda? How he handles the fifth anniversary of the start of one of his predecessor's worst crackdowns might provide a clue.
Thousands of young supporters of President Vladimir Putin gathered in a stadium in central Moscow and pledged to vote for his party in upcoming elections. But while the event was similar to a Western-style election rally, many members of the media were told they were not welcome.
A lavish new production of Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" recently premiered on prime-time television. The series, which casts a fresh sheen on Russia's military triumph over Napoleon, is part of a broader trend to highlight the country's cultural and historical might -- a critical message as election season nears.
Russian winters are unkind to boots and shoes, and have traditionally provided ample opportunity for the ubiquitous cobbler's shop in Moscow. But now Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is calling for a crackdown on street stalls.
October 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrive in Moscow on October 12 to discuss plans to deploy parts of a missile-defense shield in Central Europe.
The Russian and French presidents are at odds over Iran and Kosovo, and Paris has accused the Kremlin of "complicating" the world's problems. Can the two leaders' shared pragmatic approach help them overcome their differences?
Garry Kasparov admits he has a slim chance of being the next president of Russia, but the former chess grand master says winning is not the point. The candidate for the motley Other Russia coalition says he wants to show that Russia has a viable opposition.
Prosecutors in Moscow seemed to have trouble identifying exactly why leading political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky was on trial.
Mourners attend a funeral for members of a Russian family shot dead by gunmen (ITAR-TASS) MOSCOW, September 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- As the security situation in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia continues to deteriorate, RFE/RL spoke to Khava Tarshkhoeva, an Ingush woman living in Moscow.
The sound of ordinary life in Moscow is being drowned out by the noise of heavy traffic, aircraft, and round-the-clock construction work.
Experts are inspecting Azerbaijan's Qabala radar station, after Russia proposed Washingto use it as part of its planned missile-defense shield.
The government has taken numerous steps in recent years to counter Russia's demographic crisis. One region has adopted a particularly novel approach.
Russians frustrated at television reports they see as having a pro-Kremlin bias are turning to blogs and Internet forums to debate political issues.
MOSCOW, August 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Traditionally on September 1, children in Russia sing songs about the coming school year, songs celebrating reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Lugar described the U.S.-Russian relationship as 'critical to the security and prosperity of the international community' (file photo) (NATO) MOSCOW, August 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A roundtable discussion to debate U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation has painted a bleak picture on the future of arms control.
President Vladimir Putin has declared 2007 the Year of the Russian Language, but there are fears its usage is diminishing across the former Soviet Union.
The response to a video on the Internet that seems to show two racist killings raises questions as to how many such groups there are and how much Russians agree with them.
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