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A less than stable Russia

A less than stable Russia

A Kremlin investigation is likely to focus on Islamist militants from the volatile North Caucasus as terror returns to the Russian capital.

Russian reporters under attack

Two young men beat a Russian journalist unconscious outside his office on November 8, 48 hours after another reporter was attacked with an iron bar.

The new KGB: Keep Gathering Bucks

While "oligarchs" from the era of former president Boris Yeltsin were purged by the Kremlin, a new breed of super-rich tycoons has thrived under Vladimir Putin, bringing the…

Super-wealthy enjoy golden age

While ”oligarchs” from the era of former president Boris Yeltsin have been purged by the Kremlin, a new breed of super-rich tycoons has thrived under Vladimir Putin, bringing the…

Aid groups forced to stop work in Russia

On Thursday scores of foreign humanitarian aid groups and charities that failed to meet a deadline for registration under a controversial new law had to suspend their work in…

Russia accused of ethnic cleansing

Georgia’s ambassador to Moscow this week struck out at the Kremlin, saying Georgians living in Russia were ”hiding at home in fear” after a Kremlin-backed campaign of…

No Kremlin tears for journalist

The killer was waiting on the ground floor. Anna Polit-kovskaya, a tall, elegant figure with steel-grey hair and black clothes, descended in the lift to collect the shopping bags…

Of chess, aliens and money

Life is not all plain sailing for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the flamboyant leader of the Russian republic of Kalmykia. For a start, his Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II needs constant…

Gazoviki fuel a new Russia

Far from civilisation in the endless tundra of the far north, an army of workers is toiling to fuel President Vladimir Putin’s vision of a new Russia. In summer a swarm of…

The common person takes on the state

A simple house and its inhabitants in Butovo, on the southern outskirts of Moscow, have become a cause célèbre throughout Russia. The Prokofyev family who live in it are the…