Jessica PhelanNovember 25, 2011 10:19

Once the decision has been published later Friday in the official parliamentary paper, parties will be allowed to nominate their candidates and the presidential campaign will officially be on.

Russia: Vladimir Putin booed in Moscow (VIDEO)

News DeskNovember 21, 2011 10:39

The jeers were edited out of footage played on later TV bulletins.

Russia: Putin advances Eurasian Union

Fred WeirOctober 27, 2011 06:21

MOSCOW — Backers admire the speed of progress; critics see a dangerous move to the imperialist past.

Russian finance minister resigns over Putin, Medvedev job swap

News DeskSeptember 26, 2011 15:16

Medvedev said Kudrin's comments about the Kremlin's economic policy were "improper... and can in no way be justified."

Gorbachev worried about Putin's "return" to Russian presidency

News DeskSeptember 26, 2011 11:33

Former Soviet Union leader Gorbachev said that serious changes are needed in Russia.

Medvedev backs Putin to return as Russian president

News DeskSeptember 24, 2011 08:32

Putin was previously president from 2000 to 2008, but was barred by Russia's constitution from a third successive term in office.

Russians swarm "the front"

Miriam ElderJuly 23, 2011 11:21

MOSCOW — An overwhelming militarism has overtaken Russia’s political rhetoric.

See Vladimir Putin with two penises

Miriam ElderJuly 12, 2011 07:13

MOSCOW — The new addition to this capital's nightlife has already irked the authorities.

Russia's Medvedev holds his first press conference, says little

Miriam ElderMay 18, 2011 12:37

MOSCOW — It was Medvedev’s first-ever long-form meeting with Russia’s domestic and foreign press, three years after becoming Russia’s president upon being touched by the golden hand of Vladimir Putin.

Miriam ElderMay 12, 2011 12:19

Putin's new party?

Hints as to what the new "People's Front" might do.

Late last week, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came out of nowhere to announce he had created the All-Russia People’s Front, a nebulous political idea that reminded some more of a scene from Monty Python’s Life of Brian than a move of any significance. The “front,” announced notably during the Victory Day holiday weekend, would unite “political and social forces” as Russia readies for parliamentary and presidential elections.