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TIME Europe May 15, 2008 Robert Service |
Boris Yeltsin: Not Your Average Statesman In Yeltsin: A Life, Timothy J. Colton has written a fine biography of Russia's first postcommunist President.  |
TIME Europe May 14, 2008 Yuri Zarakhovich |
Postcard: Sochi The Black Sea resort town of Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, thanks partly to the Russian president's personal campaign. It's a win for Putin, but perhaps not so for many Sochi residents.  |
TIME Europe May 7, 2008 Peter Savodnik |
Chill Out: The New Cold War In "The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West," Edward Lucas makes a powerful case that Russia hasn't simply lost its way or stumbled on the path to modernity; it has reignited the same intercontinental struggle Americans thought they'd long won.  |
Reason April 2008 Michael C. Moynihan |
Psychotic Reaction A series of recent incidents suggests that a Soviet-era practice, of diagnosing dissidents with mental illnesses in order to confine them to institutions, might be making a comeback.  |
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young |
Sidebar: Dissent in the Russian Press In today's Russia, you can encounter dissenting views of the government in a number of newspapers, magazines, websites, and popular radio shows. Read on for some samples.  |
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young |
After Putin As Vladimir Putin prepares to step down and orchestrate his succession, Russia continues to roll back freedom -- but not all the way back.  |
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young |
Sidebar: Fun Facts About Putin's Russia Nikita Mikhalkov, filmmaker and Putin sycophant extraordinaire, is the son of a three-time lyricist of the Soviet/Russian anthem... November 7 will no longer be a Russian holiday... Russia alternates between bald and hairy leaders... etc.  |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2008 Jason Bush |
The New Putin Generation Russia's youth see their President - and his handpicked successor, Medvedev - as the key to their prosperity.  |
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A Day With Russia's Last Reindeer Nomads A photograph slide show of the Komi reindeer herders in the northern coast of Russia.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 James Oberg |
Russian Global Navigation System, GLONASS, Falling Short The GLONASS system's accuracy, reliability, and consumer appeal are in question.  |
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