Topic: Center for Political Technologies

At Kerry-Putin meeting, US-Russia relations thaw – a little

Secretary of State John Kerry sought to ease diplomatic tensions with Russia in preparation for meetings between Putin and Obama later this year. But Syria remains a major sticking point.

US and Russia take tentative positive step amid blacklist battle

'Close your foreign accounts or be fired,' Putin tells Russian officials

Russian beauty queens offer opinions beyond world peace, making people mad

A ballet villain gone bad? Bolshoi dancer accused of planning acid attack

Newly Russian, Gérard Depardieu tours his adopted homeland

Is Russia's Orthodox Church privileged or persecuted?

For Vladimir Putin, winning Russia's presidency may be the easy part

Why opposition is urging voters to sabotage ballots in Russia election

Seat warmer: Russia's Medvedev stepping aside for 'more popular' Putin

Why half of Russians regret the 1991 August Coup

In Russia, a blogger takes on powerful Putin

Russia's only war criminal Yury Budanov assassinated in Moscow

Medvedev slams Putin's 'inexcusable' Libya 'crusade' comments

To ease investment jitters, Medvedev allies float Khordorkovsky release

After Khordokovsky verdict, taking stock of business and corruption in Russia

Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown

Chechen parliament attack a threat to Kremlin strongman

In shift, Kremlin reopens cases of Russian reporters' unsolved murders

Why Russia wants 'Enemy No. 1' Akhmed Zakayev back

Russia bombing: Jihadis or sign of other trouble in north Caucasus?

Pragmatism spurs Russia and Georgia toward smoother relations

Medvedev pitches economic – but not political – changes for Russia

Global News Blog In Russia, Putin's democracy looking more like a facade

Ten years on, Russia's Putin has gone from 'nobody' to unshakeably powerful