Full Coverage: Russia
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Russia frees Georgian soldiers, tensions persist
AP - Thu Aug 28, 5:54 AM ETRUKHI, Georgia - Russian forces have turned over 12 Georgian soldiers at the border of separatist Abkhazia now under Russian control.
Off the Wires
- Putin: US orchestrated conflict in Georgia AP - 52 minutes ago
- Russia criticized at UN over S. Ossetia, Abkhazia AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
- Russian chicken ban more bad news for US producers AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
- Putin assails US over Georgia conflict AFP - Thu Aug 28, 4:19 PM ET
- Putin:19 US poultry producers barred from Russia AP - Thu Aug 28, 4:10 PM ET
News Stories
- Putin blames US for Georgia role at BBC - Thu, Aug 28, 2008
- Georgia War Shows 'Weak' Russia, U.S. Official Says at The Washington Post - Thu, Aug 28, 2008
- Georgia parliament votes to sever ties with Russia at RIA Novosti - Thu, Aug 28, 2008
- Russia Adopts Blustery Tone Set by Envoy at The New York Times - Wed, Aug 27, 2008
- Russia Backs Independence of Georgian Enclaves at The New York Times - Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Feature Articles
- Reaction to Russia's recognition of rebels at BBC - Tue, Aug 26, 2008
- Behind checkpoints, a look at Russian actions in Georgia The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon, Aug 25, 2008
- US Flexes its Muscle over Russia Time.com via Yahoo! News - Fri, Aug 22, 2008
- The Russians Are Coming...Or Going? Time.com via Yahoo! News - Fri, Aug 22, 2008
- In Ukraine, a pocket of Russia cheers on the troops Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri, Aug 22, 2008
- Ossetian crisis: Who started it? at BBC - Tue, Aug 19, 2008
Opinion & Editorials
- Russia trifles with genocide at Christian Science Monitor - Thu, Aug 28, 2008
- How to Confront Russia RealClearPolitics via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 19, 2008
- Who Started Cold War II? Tue, Aug 19, 2008
- How the West Fueled Putin's Sense of Impunity at The Wall Street Journal - Fri, Aug 15, 2008
- Russia's Ominous New Doctrine? at The Washington Post - Fri, Aug 15, 2008
- We are still fighting the Cold War at The Independent (UK) - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Related Web Sites
- Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington D.C.
- includes foreign policy news and a profile of the country and its leaders.
- Rich in Russia: How to Make a Billion Dollars
- examines the new Russian business class, from entrepreneurs remaking Moscow to the billionaire tycoons, or "oligarchs" that the Kremlin regards as rivals for power. From PBS' Frontline/World.
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Russia
- Includes facts-at-a-glance and sections on ethnicity, religion, culture, early to modern history, geography, government, and the economy.
- Dollar-to-Ruble Currency Rate
- from Yahoo! Finance.
- Amnesty International: Russian Federation
- updates and in-depth reports on the human rights situation in the country.
- Human Rights Watch: Russia and Chechnya
- bulletins and reports on human rights developments in the country.