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Dagestan: Car bombs kill eight, injure nearly two dozen

Eight people were killed and nearly two dozen injured after car bombs went off Monday in the Russian region of Dagestan.

On Location Moscow: Exposing spies or suppressing dissent? (VIDEO)

The election monitoring organization Golos exposed the voter fraud that prompted widespread protests. Is it a coincidence that it’s the first to be fined under a controversial new law?

Shooting in Russia leaves six dead, including two teenage girls (VIDEO)

Russian police are hunting for a suspect involved in a mass shooting in the city of Belgorod.

Boris Berezovsky said his life had no meaning in Forbes interview

Boris Berezovsky, a former power broker for the Kremlin who was exiled from Russia, has been found dead in his home in Surrey.

Russian activists stagger under Kremlin crackdown

MOSCOW — Pumped up with enthusiasm and electrified with energy as recently as a year ago, Russia’s opposition has been hobbled by accusations of inaction in the year since President Vladimir Putin’s re-election, during which the authorities have jailed anti-Kremlin demonstrators and charged key activists with crimes. Despite the movement’s loss of momentum and dwindling numbers at public demonstrations, however, some ordinary Russians are continuing to hit the streets.

Putin, Hollande need vodka not wine to settle Syria

French President Francois Hollande met with Russia's Vladimir Putin Thursday to talk about the Syrian conflict.

Bolshoi ballerina flees to Canada after death threats

A ballerina at the famed Bolshoi in Russia has fled to Canada after receiving death threats.

Moscow plane crash: Terrifying amateur footage surfaces of the crash (VIDEO)

A terrifying amateur video taken from a car of the plane crash in Moscow Saturday has surfaced.

Russia threatens retaliation against Magnitsky bill

The bill, which was passed by Congress on Thursday, would blacklist Russians guilty of rights abuses by denying visas and freezing their financial assets.

Russia reset redux?

Moscow may be seeking own version of a reset in relations with the United States. Western countries must respond with care.
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Putin may soon get a frostier reception. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
The Kremlin appears to be easing its hard line toward Washington. The United States and its allies shouldn’t react naïvely by simply responding in kind, but by doing more to defend their common values.
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