Russia will maintain some level of tension with the West for domestic political reasons, one analyst notes, but it's different from friction during the Soviet era
Mustafa Dzhemilev, who heads Ukrainian president’s commission for Crimean Tatar people, denounces move by new Crimean authorities
Propaganda, money trail point to covert efforts by Moscow to ‘divide and split Europe,’ some analysts say
In VOA interview, prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny assesses possible repercussions for Russian elites of potentially incriminating financial leak
Alexei Navalny tells VOA in exclusive interview why transfer of $2 billion from country’s wealth fund to company with ties to President Putin’s son-in-law triggered lawsuit
Investigation concludes that President Putin 'probably' approved dissident former agent's poisoning with radioactive polonium-210
Opposition party official talks with VOA about ‘autonomous political regime’ led by Ramzan Kadyrov that ‘threatens national security of the whole country’
Strategy, observers say, reflects recent deterioration in relations between Moscow and West
As in Soviet period, she says human rights groups subjected to state persecution; offices of some human rights groups targeted with arson attacks, activists beaten, sometimes murdered
Russian media notes that President Putin says that Moscow does not want bad relations with Washington
Concerns are rising about the future of Crimean Tatars, after the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula by Russia earlier this year. Despite promises of inclusion, Tatar leaders say their minority community is facing persecution. Bill Rodgers narrates this report from VOA's Danila Galperovich.
Recruitment websites proliferate as fighters, weapons flood battlefield
