Russia

Moscow’s Mayor Daley

Is the long, strange career of Yuri Luzhkov finally coming to an end?

BY JULIA IOFFE | SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The King of Moscow

A pictorial look back at Yuri Luzhkov’s controversial career.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Call Off the Great Game

It's time to stop seeing the South Caucasus as a geopolitical chessboard.

BY THOMAS DE WAAL | SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Bono vs. Putin

A rumble in the Khimki forest leaves just one man standing. The question is, how many trees are left there too?

BY JULIA IOFFE | AUGUST 27, 2010

How Vova and Dima Spent Their Summer Vacation

Russia’s ruling tandem spend some time apart.

CAPTIONS BY JOSHUA KEATING | AUGUST 25, 2010

What Does Viktor Bout Know?

The world’s most notorious arms dealer is coming to America to stand trial. And that has Russia very worried.

BY DOUGLAS FARAH | AUGUST 20, 2010

Sleeping Giant

The Russian public has grown deeply cynical and disillusioned about political activism. Could the wildfires change all that?

BY MASHA LIPMAN | AUGUST 19, 2010

Why Russia Matters

Ten reasons why Washington must engage Moscow.

BY JAMES F. COLLINS, MATTHEW ROJANSKY | AUGUST 18, 2010

Reactor Reaction

An Iranian nuclear reactor will start operating in a few days. But Israel probably won't be bombing it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 18, 2010

The YIMBYS

Five places saying "yes, in my backyard" to the nasty stuff that no one else wants.

BY SYLVIE STEIN | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

Bed, Bath & Bribes

IKEA's struggle to do business in Putin's Russia.

BY ALEXANDER OSIPOVICH | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

The Georgia Syndrome

Two years after a disastrous war, Tbilisi is booming, but Georgians remain on edge, for one overriding reason: They're not sure Barack Obama loves them enough.

BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 13, 2010

Resetting Georgia

Amid Obama's foreign-policy woes, his subtle handling of Russia’s Tbilisi policy represents a bright spot.

BY BRIAN WHITMORE | AUGUST 9, 2010

No White Knight

How Medvedev's vaunted liberalism went up in flames.

BY JULIA IOFFE | AUGUST 6, 2010

Red Dawn

Wildfires are raging across Russia and frantic efforts of thousands of volunteers have yet to quell the flames.

AUGUST 6, 2010

Fear and Loathing in Central Asia

How Russia plans to use a previously obscure international organization to reassert its control over its "near abroad."

BY LELAND R. MILLER | AUGUST 5, 2010

Bury the Graveyard

If you want to figure out a way forward for Afghanistan, fake history is not the place to start.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 26, 2010

For Natasha

Russia's human rights activists are bowed but not broken.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | JULY 26, 2010

How Does the CIA Know If Its Intel Is Any Good?

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Take Reagan's Word for It

Why Republicans should embrace President Obama's nuke treaty with Russia.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | JULY 19, 2010

Angle of Defection

Was Shahram Amiri's return to Iran politically motivated, or was he just miserable?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 16, 2010

The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak

Why is Russia spying on Khrushchev's great-granddaughter?

BY NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | JULY 14, 2010

Did China Just Win the Caspian Gas War?

While Washington and Moscow had their eyes on one another, Beijing stole the prize.

BY ALEXANDROS PETERSEN | JULY 7, 2010

Don't Feed the Bear

Going soft on the terms of Russia's WTO accession is bad for everyone.

BY DAVID CHRISTY | JUNE 25, 2010

It's Not Too Late to Save Kyrgyzstan

Russia and the United States weren't able to stop the recent outbreak of violence and ethnic cleansing in Osh. But there's still time to prevent the worst.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 22, 2010

The People's Capsule

How a clunky old Soviet rocket outlasted the space shuttle.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY/AUGUST 2010

The Known Unknowns

When U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld referred to the "known unknowns" that remained in Iraq in 2002, he was mocked endlessly -- and those mysterious black holes ended up confounding his administration's project there. Rumsfeld's not the only one to encounter this epistemological puzzle: Known unknowns are everywhere, waiting to trip us up. Here are a few of the most enigmatic.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Let Russia Join the WTO

Here's how the White House can earn an easy win next week.

BY ANDERS ÅSLUND, C. FRED BERGSTEN | JUNE 18, 2010

Who's Got the Right Stuff?

How the world's space programs match up.

JULY/AUGUST 2010

A Short History of a Bad Metaphor

Working with Russia isn't necessarily a bad idea. Reducing it to a catchphrase is. 

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 16, 2010