Russia to fight smoking with price increase
May 18, 2012 Anastasia Dulenkova
Cigarette prices might increase fivefold by 2018
Russia heads to Euro 2012
May 18, 2012 Ilya Zubko
From June 8-July 1, the European Football Championship will take place in Poland and Ukraine. It is the first time that such a major tournament has been held in Eastern Europe
Russian observers go to Syria
May 18, 2012 Igor Kryuchkov, Moskovskiye Novosti
But small number of participants sends mixed signals to the international community
Opposition gone from Abai, but hasn’t surrendered
May 16, 2012 Dan Peleschuk, Russia Profile
Removed from the Chistye Prudy boulevard, the Occupy Abai activists found a new place near the Barrikadnaya metro station
Muscovites walked for control 
May 14, 2012 Russky Repoter
Thousands of people responded to a call by popular Russian writer Boris Akunin to march through the boulevards of central Moscow
Opposition and Nashi unite over forest
May 14, 2012 Tatyana Kasimova, Russky Reporter
The standoff over the Tsagovsky Forest brings together protestors from across the political spectrum
Russian and British veterans celebrate together on Victory Day
May 10, 2012 Eve Harris
Last week London’s Russian and British communities came together to salute the bravery of the sailors involved in the Arctic Convoys of World War II
A poem is an artifact constructed from carefully chosen words; changing the language can’t help but – in some part – destroy the original creation. RBTH literary critic Phoebe Taplin explores Russia’s resurgent poets — in English
Moscow is full of interesting spots that aren’t in any guidebooks – and many of them are an affordable way to spend an afternoon in one of the world’s most expensive cities
“Anna Karenina” seems to have been written according to a classic movie scenario. No wonder western directors, including Joe Wright of Great Britain, keep screening Tolstoy’s novel
Superjet – Down but not out?
Experts are divided over the prospects for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 after the tragic crash in IndonesiaMaking Russia a better place to live in six years
May 14, 2012 Maxim Tovkailo, Philip Sterkin, Vedomosti.ru
The fourth president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, plans to make the country a great place to live and do business within six years
Blue berets to meet green ones
May 16, 2012 Alexander Gasyuk
Russian Airborne Troops to experience joint military drills with American special forces in Colorado
SCO as a counter to NATO?
May 15, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
Although for many years the SCO treaded cautiously in making foreign policy statements, the organization is evolving
The street has turned to the left
May 16, 2012 Dmitry Oreshkin, Ogoniok magazine
What do the events of May 6-7 say about the future of the Russian protest movement?
A hundred steps upward to encourage business
May 16, 2012 Alexei Kvasov, Vedomosti.ru
Vladimir Putin has determined his main economic goal for his new presidential term – for Russia to rise 100 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, from 120th to 20th
Cultural exchange builds relationships
May 15, 2012 Kim Palchikoff
In April, I interviewed former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, who is now senior vice president of communications and government relations for Harrahs Hotels & Casinos, which has its own circus show on the Strip. Absinthe, a tent circus show
Michael McFaul: The first 100 days in Moscow as an ambassador 
May 11, 2012 Michael McFaul
Several days ago, one of my Twitter followers pointed out that 100 days have passed since my family and I arrived in Moscow. I was quite surprised by that figure - glad someone is keeping track!
