May 14, 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Russia at a time of strained U.S.-Russia relations.
MOSCOW, May 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On the occasion of Russia's Victory Day celebrations, RFE/RL took to the streets of Moscow to see how everyday people were marking the holiday.<b></b>
The postwar Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe continues to cast a shadow over the heroic wartime sacrifices of the Soviet Army and people.
A new report has ranked Russia as having the world's third-worst decline in press freedom over the last five years.
Twenty-two floors beneath street level in central Moscow lies a secret labyrinth of alleys and caverns.
Russian nongovernmental organizations are anxious following an April 15 deadline to file documentation about foreign funding.
The delight of generations of Russian children, cuddly cartoon character Cheburashka is now at the center of a multimillion-dollar dispute.
MOSCOW, April 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The recent spat in Ukraine between the president, Viktor Yushchenko, and his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, has been followed closely in Russia.
Putin in Jordan (ITAR-TASS) MOSCOW, April 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Recent television images of Russian President Vladimir Putin have shown him lighting candles at the Vatican and praying on the edge of the Jordan River.
Unlike many of the world's capitals, Moscow has no sprawling suburbs, and the city ends abruptly at the MKAD ring road. But now that's changing.
MOSCOW, March 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao began a three-day visit to Moscow today aimed at bolstering bilateral economic relations and international cooperation.
One of Moscow's best-loved landmarks will soon bake its last batch of chocolate-coated confections and move to a site far from the city center.
Hazing in Russia's armed forces, which are made up primarily of conscripts, is endemic, but some media reports have shocked the country.
A projected trans-Balkan pipeline is intended to boost oil supplies to Western markets. But some fear it will undermine EU efforts to diversify its supplies.
Dreamy, low-lying St. Petersburg may soon be home to a controversial 400-meter tower, courtesy of Gazprom.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Vitaly Sokolov, a retired school teacher, who has lived all his life in St Petersburg, is an angry man. Last month he spent several days gathering signatures for the Yabloko party to allow them to run in the March 11 municipal elections.
Polling is over in voting for mayors and local assemblies in 14 Russian regions. But opposition parties were convinced before election day that voters were denied any real choice.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Across the Neva River from the Peter and Paul Fortress and beneath the towering blue and gold minarets of the massive St. Petersburg Mosque, stands a dusty, gray building that is home to the Museum of Russian Political History.
A retired Moscow engineer has made it his mission in life to save the humble seventh letter of the Russian alphabet from extinction.
The Russian Federation, from the Kola to the Chukotka peninsulas, is home to more than 40 indigenous peoples, and many of their languages are disappearing.
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