Russian Railways plans international expansion
January 27, 2012 Tatiana Shadrina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
New gauge systems will allow Russian trains to travel more easily to Europe while Russian Railways explores development in other parts of the world
The Russian elite distances itself from Putin
January 27, 2012 Moritz Gathmann
Duma member Ilya Ponomarev is one of the leaders of the anti-government protests that have shaken the Russian capital. RBTH’s Moritz Gathmann talked to Ponomarev about the demands the protestors are making and what they hope to accomplish
Davos participants look for new economic model
January 26, 2012 Ekaterina Kravchenko, Mikhail Overchenko, Vedomosti.ru
The participants in the World Economic Forum think the global crisis will worsen and they intend to try to shape a new economic growth model based on the experience of developing economies
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At odds with society’s values
January 26, 2012 Irina Novikova, Moskovskiye Novosti
What political ideals are most highly prized in Russian society?
Medvedev takes more questions from students
January 25, 2012 Pavel Koshkin, Kira Tverskaya
The Russian President’s second visit to the to the journalism department of Moscow State University (MGU) gave students another chance to raise some controversial questions
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New technology aids adoption process
January 25, 2012 Anastasia Reznichenko, Itogi
A new system for matching potential parents with children awaiting adoption has turned out to be significantly more effective than traditional methods
Russian for immigrants
January 25, 2012 Alesya Lonskaya, Russky Reporter
There are 70,000 children of immigrants, most of them with little knowledge of Russian, attending school in Moscow
Tennis star vaults into the semifinals by defeating fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova
Russian director Dmitry Povolotsky remains connected to Moscow despite his two decades in New York
The story of Swiss financier Christopher Mouravieff-Apostol, a descendent of an illustrious Russian family who rented and renovated his ancestors’ Moscow mansion, is perhaps a first in contemporary Russian reality
Russian money for U.S. films
January 24, 2012 Sergei Sobolev, Seda Yegikian, Kommersant
Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky sets up a fund for making films for the American market
Venturing out
January 23, 2012 Yuliana Petrova, Secret Firmy magazine
Venture capital funds are springing up in Russia investing both money and know-how into innovative start-ups
U.S.-Russia Civil Society Working Group to get less civil
January 26, 2012 Andrei Kozenko, Ivan Safronov-Jr., Vladimir Solovyov, Yelena Chernenko, Alexander Gabuev, Kommersant
With co-chairs who have already expressed vastly different views of the world and of human rights, one branch of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Commission could suddenly find itself in the spotlight
Wikileaks founder will launch a talkshow on RT 
January 25, 2012 Russia Today TV Channel
Julian Assange, the man behind WikiLeaks, is going to host a TV program on the Russia Today TV Channel targeting foreign audience
Study Russia in London
January 24, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
King’s College London plans to open a Russian Institute in 2013. An addition to the school's three global institutes that deal with Brazil, India, and China, it is expected to be one of the leading international centers for the study of modern Russia
The Russian opposition’s bad date
January 26, 2012 Eugene Ivanov
Opposition leaders may think they have an ally in new U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, but the situation could still blow up in their faces
Roskosmos at a crossroads
January 25, 2012 Ilya Kramnik
Can the Russian space industry embrace the major reforms needed to bring about successful missions?
Russian clowns
January 11, 2012 Kim Palchikoff
What was once known as the classical Russian circus has now become something more akin to characters you’ll find in a theater – odd, creative, esoteric even.
Spending New Year's Day in Moscow
December 30, 2011 Lara McCoy Roslof
I grew up in the American south. It never snowed. Therefore it must be absolutely fabulous to spend New Year’s Eve in Russia!
