National
NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
World Jun 20, 2013
Obama to call for big cuts in nuclear arms
U.S. leader Barack Obama will Wednesday propose major cuts in American and Russian nuclear arsenals, making a pitch for his own place in history in an evocative open-air speech during his first visit as president to Berlin. Almost 50 years to the day since ...
Global-related Jun 20, 2013
West's tolerance of Putin emboldens oppressors
by Hannah Thoburn
With each step Vladimir Putin takes to restrict the freedoms of the Russian people, like-minded leaders see the weak U.S.-EU responses and are emboldened.
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 18, 2013
Leaders attending Northern Ireland G-8 meet divided over Syrian civil war
Deep differences over Syria’s fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. But there were ...
Social Issues Jun 13, 2013
Russia approves anti-gay legislation
A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia’s lower house of parliament. Hours before the State Duma passed the Kremlin-backed law in a 436-0 vote with one abstention, more than two dozen ...
Global-related Jun 12, 2013
Spotlight on Vladimir Putin's Potemkin love life
by Nina L. Khrushcheva
Whether a new woman will help to soften foreigners' perception of Russian President Vladimir Putin's cynical diplomacy and brutal rule is open to question.
Global-related Jun 12, 2013
Why Turkey's revolt will fail
by Leonid Bershidsky
In recent years, mass protests in authoritarian states have succeeded only where the rioters had little or nothing to lose. That isn't the case in Istanbul.
World Jun 7, 2013
Putins attend ballet and, after performance, announce they will divorce
President Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft Thursday, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife, then emerging smiling and announcing their marriage is over. The end of the marriage of the president and Lyudmila Putina less than ...
Global-related Jun 7, 2013
Russia's homophobic curse
by Andrey Borodaevskiy
With the general mood in Russia's populace favoring a ban on gay culture, homophobic mobsters of all colors feel cozy under an official umbrella.
World Jun 4, 2013
U.S. lawmakers in Russia find no Boston clues
The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was “nothing specific” that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that the two countries need to work more closely on joint security threats. Rep. Dana ...
World Jun 3, 2013
Russian forces seize Dagestan mayor in bid to tame North Caucasus
by Moscow
The mayor of Dagestan’s largest city, who has survived 15 assassination attempts and employs a large security force to protect him, was arrested on murder charges Saturday by heavily armed forces in armored personnel carriers and helicopters, Russian officials said. Said Amirov, the 59-year-old ...
World Jun 2, 2013
Russian, Iranian tech boosts Syrian forces
Sophisticated technology from Russia and Iran is giving Syria's regime new advantages in tracking and destroying its foes, helping to solidify battlefield gains.
World Jun 1, 2013
Massive corruption at Sochi Olympics alleged
Russian officials and businessmen have stolen billions of dollars during the years of preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, a prominent Russian opposition figure claimed Thursday. Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister who has become a critic of the Kremlin, and ...