In BBC interview, Gorbachev denounces Putin’s policy toward protesters, and calls his inner circle full of “corrupt officials.”... Read more»
For all the august legacies of the Ramones, The Clash and even the Sex Pistols, they plied their trade in countries where they weren’t likely to do time for criticizing the government. Pussy Riot is inspiring and astoundingly great because they’re extending the tradition into a context that matters. (with video)... Read more»
Topping today’s overseas news is the about-face done by a Russian ship allegedly carrying attack helicopters destined for Syria, where they would presumably be used to prop up the regime.... Read more»
Monday is Victory Day in Moscow. The holiday—started during the presidency of Vladimir Putin—has achieved a grandiose level of pageantry, but glosses over the country’s role in WWII.... Read more»
After a 72-hour build up that would have been the envy of any professional publicist, the latest trove of secret documents from Wikileaks has washed up in Europe. So far the impact has been negligible.... Read more»
There’s nothing like a spy story to get the journalistic juices flowing. They have all the elements. High stakes. Betrayal. And, if you’re lucky, sexual intrigue. Over the past several weeks, readers have been treated to two very different spy stories. In both cases, some basic questions have gone unanswered.... Read more»
In a country with no unifying ideology beyond WWII victory, parade honors history while overlooking tensions of today... Read more»
The divided commemorations of a 1940 massacre underscore persistent divides between Russia and Poland. The group of dignitaries who died in a plane crash Saturday was traveling to commemorate those whose lives had been cut terribly short in that very region 70 years ago.... Read more»
Why you should care about the upheaval in this small, ex-Soviet state.... Read more»
Three days after thousands of protesters President Bakiyev from the capital, officials in the country’s new government expressed outrage that Washington turned a blind eye to the deposed administration’s abuses. Some of them are calling for the closure of the United States’ air base.... Read more»2
Polish president Lech Kaczynski, 60, was killed in an air crash near the Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday morning along with 95 other people, after the airliner tried repeatedly to land in very foggy conditions.... Read more»
Russia blesses the revolution in Kyrgyzstan, leaving America and China on the outside looking in at events in Bishkek.... Read more»
Cries of “Freedom!” and “Putin resign!” filled Kaliningrad’s dilapidated main square, as up to 5,000 people gathered to take part in a nationwide “Day of Wrath.” Dozens of protests were held Saturday in the largest show of discontent since Putin came to power more than a decade ago.... Read more»
Asia’s most venerated beast, the tiger, is being wiped out by those most obsessed with its folky mystique. Conservationists fear that 2010, the Year of the Tiger, will stir even more interest in the black market for tiger parts.... Read more»
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