Gregory Feifer

Also by Gregory Feifer

• March 02, 2011

  Vladimir Milov, The Russian Opposition's Fresh Face

  When it comes to prospects for the opposition, Russia may be light years away from Egypt or other Middle Eastern countries now toppling their long-serving tyrants. But that hasn't stopped a group of opposition leaders from forming the country's newest liberal party to take part in key elections next year. One of its members even hopes to overcome great odds by becoming the first presidential candidate to challenge the Kremlin on behalf of a unified opposition.

• February 25, 2011

  'Neo-Soviet' Rule In Ukraine

  He's destroyed his country's democratic institutions and reduced quality of life for most of his compatriots. That's the verdict against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych by many of the country's political experts one year into his presidency.

• February 08, 2011

  U.K. Journalist Expelled From Russia

  Russia has expelled a journalist for the British newspaper "The Guardian." The authorities have given no explanation for their action, but the correspondent reported on U.S. diplomatic cables uncovered by WikiLeaks that had angered the government.

• February 03, 2011

  Looking For Opportunity In The Egyptian Crisis

  The stakes for the United States in Egypt are huge. If it's able to help facilitate an orderly transition, fair elections, the eventual emergence of a democratic government, it would give Washington a unique opportunity to advance its foreign policy on many fronts.

• February 01, 2011

  Russia Begins To Remember A Different Yeltsin

  A statue has been unveiled of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who died in 2007, deeply unpopular among many Russians who blamed him for the hardship and humiliation they suffered in the 1990s.

• January 19, 2011

  BP Deal To Legitimize Yukos Grab?

  BP's fortunes appear to have made a 180-degree turn in Russia. Just a few years after the company's Moscow offices were stormed by police, BP's CEO Robert Dudley was back last week to sign an $8 billion deal with Rosneft. Critics say the Kremlin is hoping the deal will help legitimize its seizure of Yukos assets.

• December 14, 2010

  Russia's Khodorkovsky On Ice Ahead Of Verdict In Second Trial

  Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former oil tycoon who many now see as Russia's most famous political prisoner, faces an additional six years in jail in what his supporters say is really a verdict on the state of authoritarianism in Russia.

• November 17, 2010

  NATO's Evolution or Dissolution?

  As NATO prepares to unveil a new security concept for the 21st century this week, there's new doubt over its relevance for what some see as a fracturing Europe. Russia is leading the call for a new European security structure, but some see dealing with Moscow as a central part of the alliance's dilemma.

• November 14, 2010

  Russia's Silicon Valley Dreams May Threaten Cybersecurity

  The Kremlin is seeking foreign investment and technology for its plan to create a new Russian Silicon Valley. But that's raising concern among those who believe Moscow was behind two recent cyberattacks against its former Soviet neighbors, and could use Western know-how to help wage cyberwar.

• November 12, 2010

  Spy Defection Roils Russian Intelligence Service

  The exposure of 10 Russian deep-cover spies in the United States last summer brought accusations that Russia was still fighting the Cold War two decades after the Soviet collapse.

• October 26, 2010

  Ukrainian Opposition Condemns Ex-Minister's Arrest In Prague

  Controversy surrounding the arrest of a former Ukrainian minister in the Czech Republic last week is raising new questions about the new government, which says the charges against him and other allies of the former prime minister are part of a campaign against corruption.

• October 20, 2010

  Moscow's New Mayor Set To Impose Kremlin Control

  Many believe the Kremlin's real reason for replacing Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov -- the last of a group of powerful regional leaders from the 1990s who retained firm control over a city that became his personal fiefdom -- is authoritarian control.

• October 18, 2010

  Opposition Legislators Say Russia's Parliament Is No Parliament

  Once known for its bluster, brawls, and obstruction, Russia's parliament is now so subservient to the Kremlin legislators say it's lost even its function as a business lobbying forum.

• September 25, 2010

  Czech Power Games: How Russia Is Rebuilding Influence In The Former Soviet Bloc

  Twenty years after the end of communism -- and four decades after the Red Army crushed the Prague Spring in 1968 -- a few lonely voices are warning that the Czech Republic and its neighbors are in danger of falling under Moscow's influence once again. This time, they say, the threat isn't from Russia's tanks but the one business in which Russia leads the world: energy.

• September 24, 2010

  Russia Boosts Powerful Investigative Agency

  Russia has boosted the powers of a powerful investigative agency closely allied to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The agency has been at the center of a power struggle between rival Kremlin clans.

• September 19, 2010

  The Iron Ceiling: Sexism Still Strong In Russia

  Lifestyles in Russia may have undergone a seismic shift since its people threw off communism two decades ago, but some things have been very slow to change. Although women are more emancipated than ever in Russian history, general attitudes toward the role they play in society remain positively medieval.

• September 16, 2010

  Kremlin Wants Him Out, But Moscow's Mayor Isn't Going Without A Fight

  It’s Russia’s first real political drama in years. The Kremlin wants to replace Moscow’s powerful Mayor Yury Luzhkov, but he’s not going without a fight. Years of antagonisms have exploded in a bitter media battle that’s providing a rare show of defiance to Russia’s normally all-powerful authoritarian regime.

• August 31, 2010

  Russian Rights Activist Battles On In Chechnya

  A decade after Russia launched the second war in Chechnya, supposedly to bring order to a lawless region, Chechens are still being abducted, tortured, and killed -- this time mostly by the Kremlin-installed authorities who are firmly in charge. Kheda Saratova is one of the handful of human rights activists left who continue to risk their lives in Chechnya.

• August 11, 2010

  In Kyrgyzstan, Uzbeks Criticize Osh Reconstruction Plan

  Some residents say Osh authorities, mainly ethnic Kyrgyz, are using June's violence as an excuse to carry out a previously existing reconstruction plan that targets their neighborhoods.

• August 07, 2010

  Russian Espionage Targeting New NATO Members

  Two decades after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Russian intelligence services appear to be stepping up activities in postcommunist countries that are now members of the EU and NATO.

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