astonished "that Western reporters had written so fondly for a decade of then President Eduard Shevardnadze's 'reformist' agenda and yet rarely mentioned the cold and dark to which it led." ...

Ovechkin's parents, Tatyana and Mikhail, have been his unwavering support system. Tatyana, a former Soviet basketball star with two Olympic gold medals and a World Championship, has been a ...

Who is Russia’s new PM? A career bureaucrat with no political aims As a career bureaucrat who has been in charge of Russia's taxes for the past 10 years, Mikhail Mishustin has always kept a low ...