Romney Seizes on Obama’s Open Mic Moment
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — Mitt Romney seized on President Obama’s remarks to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev during which he was caught over an open microphone saying that he would have more “flexibility” after th…
Obama Asks Russian President for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — At the tail end of his 90-minute meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, President Obama said that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with controversial issues such…
Disagreeing on Syria, Obama Bids Farewell to Russian President
The White House/Pete Souza(SEOUL, South Korea) — In what will almost certainly be their last presidential-level meeting, President Obama and outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had kind words for one another and the work they were able to accom…
Russian Prisoner Escapes by Helicopter
File photo. (Stocktrek/Getty Images)(MOSCOW) — It sounds like something out of a movie. A prison escape so daring it almost seemed improbable. According to a Russian news report, a convicted murderer climbed a rope ladder into a helicopter and escaped…
Russia Denies Sending Anti-Terror Unit to Syria
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russia’s foreign minister has denied news reports that a team of Russian anti-terrorism troops arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus.At a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergei …
Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was “a bomb” certain to have serious repercussions. Russia, one…
US and Russia Unable to Find Common Ground on Syria
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. and Russia agree that the time has come to end the year-long violent crackdown on pro-democracy forces in Syria.However, their different approaches on finding a solution have created a stalemate t…
Russia: ‘Gay Gag Rule’ Now Law in St. Petersburg
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — An anti-gay law has gone into effect in St. Petersburg, prompting fresh concern from gay rights advocates that it will be used to promote hate crimes against homosexual and transgender individuals.The n…
Thousands Tell Putin: This Isn’t Over Yet
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Thousands of Russians protested in Moscow and St. Petersburg again today, determined to send a message to President-elect Vladimir Putin: This isn’t over yet.
In Moscow, the rally was smaller than previou…
Thousands Tell Putin: This Isn’t Over Yet
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Thousands of Russians protested in Moscow and St. Petersburg again today, determined to send a message to President-elect Vladimir Putin: This isn’t over yet.
In Moscow, the rally was smaller than previou…
Moscow Ranks First in City With Most Billionaires
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Moscow is home to more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to Forbes’ annual list.Just over two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, there are now 78 billionaires living in the Russian c…
Hundreds Arrested in Anti-Putin Protests
Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested in Moscow and St. Petersburg Monday evening after protesting against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who won Sunday’s presidential election.Columns of riot police…
Presidential Election Victory Brings Tears to Vladimir Putin’s Eyes
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Vladimir Putin is headed back to the Kremlin after winning Sunday’s Russian presidential election, according to exit polls released after voting ended.In an acceptance speech in central Moscow, Putin had te…
Russians Caught Partying, Making Out Live on Election Webcams
Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — A massive new webcam network is poised to catch fraud at Sunday’s presidential election, but on the eve of the vote, the cameras already caught a couple making out and a few other Russians getting do…
Vladimir Putin Wins Russian Election, Exit Polls Say
Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Image(MOSCOW) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appears to have won the race for Russia’s presidential election on Sunday, according to exit polls from the state controlled All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTs…
Silent Protest Ribbons Placed on Trains Ahead of Russia Elections
Hemera/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Amid the chaos of the Kievskaya metro station near central Moscow, young people waited silently for the train to arrive. In their hands they carried fistfuls of white ribbons – the opposition’s symbol calling fo…
Putin Ads Aim to Woo ‘Virgin’ Voters Ahead of Russian Election
ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — The Russian presidential election is heating up and not just on the campaign trail.A pair of sexually suggestive ads have appeared online urging first-time voters to choose Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the…
Plot to Assassinate Russian PM Vladimir Putin Foiled, State TV Says
ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian and Ukrainian authorities say they have foiled a plot to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.According to reports on Russian state-owned Channel One TV, two men were arrested in the Ukr…
Russians Protest Putin in ‘Big White Circle’
Ed Pritchard/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow Sunday to protest against corruption one week before Russians go to the polls to elect their next president.It was the latest in a string of demonstrations directed …
Thousands to Protest Against Putin in Moscow Before Election
Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Thousands are expected to turn out for one final protest in Moscow Sunday ahead of next Sunday’s presidential election, calling for a fair vote.It’s the latest in a string of demonstrations again…