The troubled Bolshoi Theater took another blow this week when its musical director and chief conductor, Alexander Vedernikov, announced that he was standing down from his post, criticising the increased role of bureaucrats in the running of the theatre and

The much awaited summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev set a new up-beat tempo in relations, and both sides are now looking to the future. But while a clear line has been drawn under the

One of Moscow's most active markets has been shut down in a bid to fight its criminal trade. But despite an understandable motive, the move has left tens of thousands of people unemployed - a staggering 100,000, according to the

A row between the OSCE and Russian parliamentarians over historical memory has been marked by criminally sloppy thinking on both sides. Clumsy attempts to equate Stalin's crimes with those of Nazi Germany commit the fallacy of comparing one man -

Following the Russian-U.S. reset, a new American policy institute has opened in Kiev to dissuade Ukraine from its bid to Join NATO. Its fellows argue that Ukrainian NATO membership would be bad for both the United States and Ukraine. But

Celebrities in wheelchairs took to the streets of Moscow at the beginning of this month to raise awareness about the difficulties facing disabled people. The playful and at times humorous event provoked strong reactions in various parts of Russian society.

Natalia Estemirova was a human rights defender, a Chechen, a mother and, according to her friends, a romantic. She was also absolutely crucial to the activities of human rights organizations and journalists in Chechnya, positioning herself as a representative for

One of the key results of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow last week was an agreement to form a U.S.-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission, which the two presidents will chair, while U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Russian

As the hype around the recent summit in Moscow subsides, the true extent of change in U.S. Russian relations and the problems that remain is becoming clear. Those problems are familiar: further tensions over missile defense, Iran, and the future

Andrei Gromyko and I were sometimes adversaries and sometimes partners. I had enormous respect for his competence, for his dedication. And with the passage of time I developed great affection for him. He was a man who was always prepared,

Recent launches of Sineva ballistic missiles by the Russian Navy were part of routine procedures to check the safety and effectiveness of the country's nuclear arsenal, a military analyst said on Wednesday.

A scheduled test of Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on July 15 was a failure, the Defense Ministry's press service said on Thursday.