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A Russian journalist has had his computer seized from the Russian government because his books concerned Putin. But why?

According to the United States government, the Russian government has shut down AllOfMP3, a website dedicated to selling inexpensive songs while claiming to be legal. The website used loopholes in Russian copyright laws to deliver the inexpensive songs.

Freedom House has issued a statement criticizing the conduct of Russian elections.

The International Crisis Group has published a new brief on Russian-North Korean relations

With the recent elections in Russia, perhaps we can take the opportunity to learn more about news coverage relating to elections and how this has changed in recent years, as well as the eventual impact of the media in such events.

An emerging story whose status is not clearly defined, could be part of a number of recent references to a revival of Cold War tactics, or just a "robbery gone bad."

Paul Joyal, an ex-security official who appeared on "Dateline NBC" and spoke about the bizarre poisoning death of Litvinenko, pointing the finger at the KGB, was shot in front of his home.

The international media have made a rule regarding the Russia-Chechnya conflict

The geographical and physical aspects of the conflict in Chechnya.

The Heritage Foundation has published a new backgrounder analyzing European dependence on Russian energy.

The Power and Interest report has published a new intelligence brief on Russian policy in Myanmar.

The russian region of Ulanovsk has declared September 12th "Conception Day" in an effort to increase birth rates.

Why does the Chinese government at the start of the twenty-first century refuse to give its people democratic rights despite encouraging private enterprise in industry, commerce and agriculture? How do you see this situation developing in the next few years?

Guilty pleas have been entered in a case involving a scheme to pay illegal surcharges relating to the purchase of crude oil under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program between mid-2000 and 2003. The illegal money was paid to the former Government of Iraq.

Eugene Lawson said that the time has come for U.S. companies to begin to consider Russia as full of viable business opportunities where Russian consumer and American corporate interests could be mutually served.

In what many computer security experts are considering the first ever cyber war in history, the Estonian networks were attacked with a denial of service attack. The Estonian government claims that the attack was delivered by the Russian government.

The first widely reported sighting of unidentified flying objects unfortunately played right into the hands of the government, setting a precedent that enabled the Feds to relegate people who said they saw UFOs to the ranks of lunatics.

Russia's gross domestic product skyrocketed 7.9% last quarter compared to a 6.6% increase last year.

When the Communists took the power over Russian Empire, they were not satisfied with the idea of only overthrowing the tsar Nicholas II's. They rushed into confiscating everything that was related to the murdered tsar.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died Monday morning at the age of 76. Yeltsin is known for hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union by pushing for democracy in the U.S.S.R.- and by never filing his tax returns.

An American billionaire who paid 25-million dollars to the Russian government for a trip to space returned to Earth on Saturday.

The final part of A Beginner's Guide to the Russian Revolution covers the actual Bolshevik seizure of power and the subsequent Russian civil war.

The first part of A Beginner's Guide to the Russian Revolution will discuss the nineteenth century and early twentieth century factors that helped set the stage for the Russian Revolution.

The second part of A Beginner's Guide to the Russian Revolution shows how World War I had a sweeping effect on Russia.

Grainy footage shows the macabre discovery, as nurses in a Russian hospital tape the mouths of infants to muffle their cries.

Prosecuters announced an investigation into a Russian hospital after employers there were accused of abusing small babies while in their care.

When Russian tradition meets European sensibilities, a culture rich in history, yet alive with modern edginess emerges from the shadows of the former Soviet Union.

Author Maurice Hindus examined life on Russian collective farms in his 1931 book. This book review considers whether or not Hindus was an objective observer of his surroundings.

Nikita Minin, later Nikon, became one of the most influential figures in Russian history. It can be concluded that the adoption of the name Nikon was a symbolic rebirth of this man who wanted to devote himself to God.

February 18, 2001, marked the arrest of FBI agent Robert Hanssen for selling government secrets to the Russian government.

An interview with Russian artist Vitaly Komar, co-founder of the Sots Art movement, who has continually explored the question - 'What is art?'

Discussing the adoption system in Russia

Jack still eats bugs, but they are made of candy now

A recent report from the Danish Institute of International Studies offers insight into the current state of affairs in Russia.

A paper about propaganda used on both sides of the Cold War.

a survey of where privatizing is and is not working in various countries, including the U.S.

An argument in favor of the father of containment's belief that power is diffused in different countries and that the government is not the only thing that has the force to manipulate and control.

Neo-Nazism is making waves through Russia, with young generations idolizing Hitler.

In a protest march in Moscow by opposition groups, former world chess champion Kasparov was detained and released after paying a fine.

Russia is a popular source for foreign adoptions in the United States, but with many agencies suspended, these adoptions may come to an end.

A methane explosion has rocked a Siberian coal mine in one of Russia's biggest coal-producing regions killing 25, injuring 5, and leaving up to 100 others missing.

The UTAir TU-134 plane, was attempting a landing into Samara's airport in the midst of thick fog. Seven dead, and 51 injured.

Speaking at the Munich Conference on Security Policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin was very critical of United States policy.

A brief history of how the Cossacks helped Russian spread its empire eastward to Siberia.

This paper was written to discuss the country of Kazakhstan and its brief history and policy. As it may not be a well known nation, it is rapidly growing to become a great society and business venture.

Under the Czarist rule of mid 19th century Russia a system of intense stratification created a culture of conflict, disparity, and unrest. This was in many ways the root of what would eventually lead to revolution, civil war, the rise of the Bolsheviks.

That's right, Madonna is heading to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket ship. Wait…what?

In this piece, are compared three literary, and one cinematic accounts of Stalinist, Soviet Russia. The works and critiques of Lydia Chukovskaya, John Scott, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Andrei Koncalovsky are looked at.

In depth look at some of the immediate policy implications initiated by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik party upon the Revolution of 1917.

Vin Deisel stars as a government spy hired to save the world from a nuclear attack by Czech anarchists