Gregory Feifer

Moscow's delivery of advanced missiles to Syria raises the stakes in its bid to block international intervention.

The two Tsarnaev brothers are believed to have fled the war in Chechnya with their family before receiving asylum in the United States.

The former president of France is suspected of receiving illegal campaign contributions in the latest legal proceeding to target the country's political elite.

Is Russia trying to form a new Soviet Union under guise of economic integrataion?

The Kremlin appears to be easing its hard line towards the United States after months of issuing anti-American rhetoric. Western countries must respond with care.

Shouldn't the United States focus on strengthening its relationship with its closest allies.

Mitt Romney has called Russia America’s "number one geopolitical foe." Nevertheless, his son brought a message from his father to President Vladimir Putin saying his father wants "good relations" if he wins the election on Tuesday.

The country’s authoritarian-leaning president may be unpopular, but his party is set to win parliamentary elections on Sunday.

More than 100,000 supporters took part in voting for a 45-member “coordination council” that will include anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, chessmaster Garry Kasparov and other prominent opposition leaders. But the Kremlin's new control over the oil industry makes Vladimir Putin more powerful than ever.

Moscow’s outrage over Turkey’s interception of a plane bound for Syria fans flames at an especially dangerous time.

In Russia, regional elections were once seen as a critical test for the opposition, but they are now seen as irrelevant.

The punk protestors' two-year prison term fits a centuries-old pattern of harsh treatment for those who buck the political culture.

Video of the Russian president feigning a punch at a bowing priest goes viral.

Austerity measures are pushing the country toward recession.

The Russian leader takes another invitation to stymie the West.