Russia

And You Thought the IRS Was Bad?

The world's five most out-of-control tax agencies.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | MAY 21, 2013

The Show Trial State

Why Russia's ludicrous attempt to silence Alexey Navalny is a throwback to the bad old times of Stalin and Khrushchev.

BY NINA KHRUSHCHEVA | MAY 21, 2013

War Scare

The real-life war game that almost led to nuclear armageddon.

BY NATE JONES | MAY 21, 2013

What the Hell Was That All About?

After scaring the world witless, has North Korea slunk back into its cave?

BY AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER | MAY 20, 2013

The Moscow Rules Still Rule

The Cold War may be over, but spycraft hasn’t changed much since the good old days.

BY MILTON BEARDEN | MAY 17, 2013

The 'Cold Peace' Between Moscow and Washington Just Got Colder

The arrest of the alleged CIA agent in Moscow looks like a joke. But it actually illustrates just how tense U.S.-Russian relations have become.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MAY 15, 2013

The 'Go Slow' Caucus

As pressure builds for a military option in Syria, can the White House afford to keep quiet?

BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON | MAY 10, 2013

Oh, You Silly Man

How John Kerry got rolled by Vladimir Putin on a plan to save Syria.

BY MICHAEL WEISS | MAY 9, 2013

Russia Wasn't Built in a Day

Inside Moscow's ridiculous plan to redevelop a massive Soviet-era exhibition space.

BY PETER SAVODNIK | MAY 9, 2013

Russia's New Tip of the Spear

What's got the Kremlin so worried that it created a Special Operations Command?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | MAY 8, 2013

The Case for Nuclear Unilateralism

New START may be flawed, but it also holds an opportunity for Obama to do something truly momentous.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | MAY 8, 2013

Swampland

One year later, Russia’s diminished opposition returns to Bolotnaya Square.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MAY 8, 2013

Red-Line Follies

Sorting the mistakes from the fiascos on Syria.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 6, 2013

Time for Kerry to Face Facts

As America's top diplomat heads to Moscow, here are some tough questions he needs to answer about the Obama administration's flawed nuclear treaty.

BY ROBERT JOSEPH, ERIC EDELMAN | MAY 6, 2013

Russia's Energy Bully Takes a Fall

Just a few years ago, Gazprom had Europe eating out of its hand. But now, the energy giant -- and Putin's power base -- looks set for hard times.

BY ALEXANDROS PETERSEN | MAY 6, 2013

Minister No

Sergei Lavrov and the blunt logic of Russian power.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | MAY/JUNE 2013

What China and Russia Don't Get About Soft Power

Beijing and Moscow are trying their hands at attraction, and failing -- miserably.

BY JOSEPH S. NYE | APRIL 29, 2013

'The Law of Politics' According to Sergei Lavrov

An exclusive interview with Russia's top diplomat.

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | MAY/JUNE 2013

They Were 'Gentle, Loving, and Tender, Like Girls'

A conversation with the mother of the Tsarnaevs.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 26, 2013

Did the FBI Bungle the Tsarnaev Case?

What the bureau can and can't do on American soil.

BY DAVID GOMEZ | APRIL 25, 2013

Intervention Escalation

Alleged chemical weapons use by Syria is pushing the United States into doing something. But Russia, China, and Iran might have something to say about that.

BY JAMES F. JEFFREY | APRIL 24, 2013

From Bishkek to Boston

A brief history of the Chechen diaspora, Islamic radicalism, and the possible link to the Boston bombing suspects.

BY EUGENE HUSKEY | APRIL 19, 2013

The Invisible War

Russians weren't paying much attention to their own war on terror. But that was before the attacks in Boston.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 19, 2013

Boston Common

Can the marathon bombing resuscitate U.S.-Russian counterterror efforts?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | APRIL 19, 2013

Displaced

What happened to the people who fled the terror in Chechnya.

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 19, 2013

The Limits of Leading by Example

President Global Zero is learning the hard way that cutting back America’s nuclear weapons arsenal doesn't cut the mustard with rogue states.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 12, 2013

Russia's Olympic City

Russia is pushing ahead with its projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics. But not everyone is happy.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 11, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013

Thatcher's Foreign Policy 'Failure'

She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.

BY TOM BLANTON, SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | APRIL 9, 2013

Time to Face Facts

Three years in, New START has performed exactly as advertised.

BY JOHN KERRY | APRIL 8, 2013