The history of Russian revolutions progresses in circles. In the 18th century those pardoned and exiled to Siberia following the December 1825 uprising against the monarchy wrote repentant letters in the form of philosophical essays to their sympathizers in Petersburg.

Until recently, election fever in Russia was like a gold rush. As political campaigns began to follow Western models and became increasingly sophisticated in the 1990s, a campaign for one candidate for the Duma cost about $100,000.

Despite a recent Russian Government authorization to release its production, sales, and mining data in carats, ALROSA, the state-controlled diamond miner, has refused, saying it will only issue the hitherto classified information to bankers and investors.

In his most detailed statement to date, President Vladimir Putin has spelled out Russia's priorities for transporting crude oil to Asian markets in the next decade. In diplomatic but unambiguous language, Putin rejected Japanese proposals, in favour of China, ignoring Indian proposals completely.

For nearly two weeks, following a Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s leading businessmen, much was made of a so-called “privatization amnesty” offered by the president.

MOSCOW - Russia faces no threat of a social explosion, newspaper Vremya Novostei reported today, citing analysis of poll results received by ROMIR Monitoring and the Russian Social Projects Institute (InOP). Researchers maintain that within the past few months...

Sanoma WSOY, the Finnish media conglomerate, has given a strong vote of confidence to Russian stability and the future of free media in the country. In an all-cash deal, Sanoma...

MOSCOW - Russia's parliament drafted proposals for an anti-terrorism law on Monday, the day it began an inquiry into the Beslan school siege that killed more than 320 hostages, half of them children...

MOSCOW - Alexander Yakovenko, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, refuted the statements made by several mass media sources that relations between...

MOSCOW - The Federal Political Council of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) has sharply criticized the Russian President's proposals on changes in the procedure for governor elections...