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Who is behind the attempt to kill the Abkhazian president?

February 22, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines, Combined report
An attempt to assassinate President of Republic of Abkhazia Aleksandr Ankvab turned into the political scandal. Georgian pundits relate the incident to FSB's behind-the-scene activity

Skolkovo makes its pitch in the UK

February 20, 2012 David Lennon
In its best-attended roadshow event to date, Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation promoted itself in mid-February in London

Russia and Europe to meet on Mars?

February 13, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
The Russian space agency Roskosmos and its European counterpart are expected to take another step towards a joint exploration of Mars

Russia drilled into lake at the South Pole

February 13, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Russian scientists finally make their way into an Antarctic lake that has been sealed under the frozen surface of the continent for the past 20 million years.

Struggling to heat freezing Europe

February 8, 2012 Nikita Dulnev
Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom struggles with increased demand as Europe suffers through a cold snap

U.S. police to buy Russian rifles

February 7, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Deal between the Izhmash factory and American police departments will increase the presence of Russian-made weapons in the United States

In defiance of the UN

February 6, 2012 Kommersant FM
Russia and China once again blocked the UN resolution condemning Syria and have been severely criticised by the West

Looking for an economic renaissance

February 2, 2012 Oleg Tsyvinsky, Sergei Guriyev, Vedomosti.ru
The discussions at Davos focused not so much on how to resolve any current crisis, but rather how the future looks 10, even 20, years down the road

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

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

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

Skolkovo begins exchange with MIT

January 24, 2012 Alexander Vostrov
The Skolkovo Institute of Technology hopes to learn from the American institution's experience encouraging innovation

Lavrov picks a fight over trade

January 19, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
Russia’s foreign minister tells the U.S. to lift the Jackson-Vanik amendment or face economic retaliation. Is this the best move for U.S.-Russian relations?

What brought down Phobos-Grunt?

January 18, 2012 Andrei Kislyakov
The cause of the Phobos-Grunt failure lies not in the stars, or in U.S. radars, but within the Russian scientific community

Phobos-Grunt's fall resulted in controversial statements of Russian officials

January 18, 2012 The Moscow News, RIA Novosti
The failure of Russia’s first major interplanetary mission in 15 years raises additional questions about the source of transport to the International Space Station

McFaul Arrives to Keep 'Reset' Alive

January 16, 2012 Nikolaus von Twickel, The Moscow Times
Will the architect of the U.S.-Russia reset Michael Mcfaul be able to resolve the growing differences between the U.S. and Russia?

Another war in the Middle East?

January 16, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
Recent actions between the U.S. and Iran show that neither side is willing to back down – or afraid to engage in armed conflict

More questions than answers in North Korea

January 11, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko
As Kim Jong Un succeeds his father, political experts around the world wait to see if he will bring about new dialogue with the North Korea’s neighbors or if he will continue the isolationist policies of his predecessors
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