Putin wins again
It was no surprise that Vladimir Putin won a third term as Russia's president, and the reason cannot be explained simply by calling the elections "fraudulent"
Putin’s annual report
Vladimir Putin’s annual question and answer session was more like a report than the launch of a presidential campaign
Twenty years later after the USSR
The Belovezh Accords, which officially dismantled the Soviet Union, were signed on Dec. 8, 1991.
Claiming seats in parliament
Elections to the State Duma are less than a month away. Seven political parties are officially registered to participate in the elections, and should all these parties actually enter the Duma, they would represent the Russia’s full political spectrum
A liberal tandem in action
Will the plans of the Putin-Medvedev tandem actually bring about a liberalization of today's Russia?