 RFE/RL Russia Report 4/20/2010 11:40:28 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about domestic and foreign-policy developments in Russia. For more stories on Russia, please visit and bookmark our Russia page . |
 All Power To The Party Evidence continues to mount that Vladimir Putin is seeking to use United Russia as his main vehicle to continue ruling the country. More  Moscow, Chechnya See Next Stage Of War Against Terrorism Differently Meeting with North Caucasus leaders in Makhachkala, just days after the suicide bomb attacks in the Moscow subway, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev outlined his vision of how terrorism can and should be eradicated. By contrast, having celebrated last week on a lavish scale the first anniversary of the official announcement that the 10-year counterterror operation in Chechnya had been brought to a successful conclusion, the Chechen leadership has adopted a different tack. More  Putin Presents Annual Report To Duma Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has delivered an upbeat review of his cabinet's achievements over the past year in a speech to the State Duma, the country's lower house of parliament. More  Uzbek, Russian Leaders Call For Kyrgyz Political Stability During a visit to Moscow by Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, the two sides called for political stability in Kyrgyzstan, where deadly unrest two weeks ago led to the ouster of that country's president. More  Freshly Retired Tatar President Reflects On Legacy It's been three weeks since Mintimer Shaimiyev stepped down as president of Russia's republic of Tatarstan after almost 20 years in power. Shaimiyev, however, has not given up his annual presidential holiday in the Czech Republic. He reflects on his legacy in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. More  Russian Media Union Joins Source Fray The Russian Journalists Union has expressed solidarity with a Moscow-based magazine that refuses to turn over source material to police. More  Is 'Personal Chemistry' At Work Between Obama And Medvedev? From the era of Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev to the presidencies of George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, Russian and American leaders have touted their personal chemistry. How does Barack Obama's rapport with Dmitry Medvedev stack up? More  Kremlin Still Sees Rose-Colored Future Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Naryshkin said that in 2020 Russia's average monthly salary would be at around $2,700 and about 50 percent of the population would belong to the middle class. The figures presented by Naryshkin are not new; they are part of a strategy advanced at the end of 2007 often shortly dubbed "Russia 2020". More  Russia Halts U.S. Adoptions, U.S. 'Not Aware' Of Policy Change Russia's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that all U.S. adoptions of Russian children have been suspended until a joint agreement is drawn up on procedures for further adoption. More  Guilty Until Proven Innocent Russia's mass-circulation "Komsomolskaya pravda" newspaper recently published photos of 22 women who police suspect could become suicide bombers. The newspaper defends the move, saying it is in the public interest. Critics say it violates the rights of people who have committed no crime. More  Realism, Idealism, And The Reset Back in October 2007, when Barack Obama was a long-shot candidate for president and Michael McFaul was a professor at Stanford University, I was working on a story on U.S.-Russian relations, which had deteriorated to their lowest point since the end of the Cold War. It turned out to be a Cliff Notes version of what would become known as the "reset" policy. More  Russian Car Owners Campaign Against Sirens The Federation of Russian Car Owners has begun a nationwide campaign against the sirens used by officials so their cars can bypass traffic. More  Russian President Visits Argentina Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is set to make the first visit by a Russian president to Argentina, where he will be received by his Argentinian counterpart, Cristina Kirchner. More  What Were Sarkozy And Medvedev So Angry About? Did they nearly come to blows? Or was it just friendly presidential banter? More  The Latest War Of The Worlds Incident A local Russian television station has become embroiled in controversy after it announced that NATO forces had invaded Ukraine and were attacking Belarus. More  Russian President Warns Of Kyrgyz Civil War Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he believes Kyrgyzstan may be plunged into civil war if the standoff between embattled President Kurmanbek Bakiev and the self-declared interim government is not resolved soon. More |
