Tag: Russia

Is it an anti-graft campaign? A purge of the elite? Or the start of a clan war?  When police raided and searched the home of Rostelekom CEO Aleksandr Provotorov last week, it ...

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey next week, a trip that follows an unusual break in the Russian president’s travel that has fueled speculation about his health. Putin’s ...

The Moscow punditocracy has had China on its mind lately. In fact, one leading commentator even confessed to suffering from "China envy."  When the Chinese Communist Party elected the country's ...

Turkey is considering increasing its oil imports from Russia to avoid the impact of Western sanctions against the Iranian oil sector, the Sabah newspaper has quoted Turkish Energy and Natural ...

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said that countries, especially Russia, needn't feel uneasy about Turkey's Patriot demand from NATO. Holding a press conference after his meeting with Chairman Ahmed Muaz el-Hatib ...

Lying, cynicism and hypocrisy. In Gaza, Israel's criminal aggression has its abominable lie in terms of self-defense. The truth is that ,like all other crimes committed by U.S. imperialism and ...

Vladimir Putin can't seem to decide which of his two heroes he wants to be.  The tough guy KGB veteran in him clearly wants to follow the example of the ...

Has Russia's special relationship with Germany hit the rocks? German lawmakers last week passed a nonbinding resolution calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to raise concerns about the state of human ...

Since the death of Leonid Brezhnev, three decades ago this weekend, a series of Soviet and Russian leaders have struggled with the same riddle: How do you modernize without jeopardizing ...

Russian President Putin reshuffles the nation’s top military brass following the defense minister’s ouster and instructed the new top military officer to be friendlier to Russia’s defense industries. Russian President ...