Targeting democracyCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe political and security-related reforms proposed by President Putin are widely seen as an attempt to concentrate power in the Kremlin's hands and u
A bloody trailCHARU SINGH in MoscowRussia mourns the death of about 400 people, most of them children, following the terrorist siege of a school in North Ossetia.
Terror in the airCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe blowing up of two Russian aircraft by militants just a few days before the election of a pro-Kremlin President in strife-torn Chechnya once again
Trouble in the CaucasusCHARU SINGH in MoscowGeorgia's attempts to reunite with it the secessionist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia brings it into conflict with Russia and escalates tension
Banking crisis, againCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe Russian banking sector finds itself in a major crisis for the second time in six years as panicky depositors stage a run on Russian private banks.
A spreading ulcerCHARU SINGH in MoscowIngush and Chechen rebels target Russian security forces, for the first time taking the Chechen war into the neighbouring province of Ingushetia.
An oil giant under siegeCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe Russian oil giant Yukos faces the prospect of re-nationalisation, with its assets being seized by the state for non-payment of tax dues. Is Presid
A new beginningCHARU SINGH in MoscowRelations between the European Union and Russia are put back on track at the end of a high-power summit, where the E.U. agrees to back Russia's bid fo
Crisis in ChechnyaCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe assassination of the pro-Kremlin Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov is likely to jeopardise Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans for Chechnya an
Russia's worriesCHARU SINGH in MoscowThe latest expansion of the European Union worries Russia as it can affect its economic interests and virtually isolate it from the Baltic region and
The spectre of Cold PeaceCHARU SINGH in MoscowOfficial Russia reacts to the expansion of NATO with apparent restraint, but deep down there is a feeling of anger and a sense of isolation.
Putin's mandateCHARU SINGH in MoscowWith Vladimir Putin scoring a big victory for a second term in the Russian presidential election, all attention is now on the reform agenda of the inc
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