Gays fear an influx of hate
Los Angeles Times, CA - 31 minutes ago
Authorities suspect he is on the run in Russia, and the FBI has joined the hunt. Meanwhile, a young friend of Vusik -- Alex Shevchenko -- faces trial next ...

Los Angeles Times
Russia's outdated healthcare mired in corruption
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 hours ago
By Alex Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune MALOYAROSLAVETS, RUSSIA -- Healthcare is supposed to be free in Russia, but Russians know that every hospital has its ...

LA Philharmonic searches the Russian soul
Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours ago
The score -- epic, valiant and seeminglystraightforward -- made him a hero to his people and to Russia's allies. In fervent anticipation of the symphony's ...

Citizen
Rice says Russia suggests greater openness on missile defense
Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago
By ANNE FLAHERTY, AP Writer SANTIAGO, Chile -- Russia has signaled a new openness toward a US missile defense program for Eastern Europe, US Secretary of ...

10 Killed in Russia's Caucasus Region
Los Angeles Times, CA - 16 hours ago
By AP MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- Russian forces on Friday raided a forest camp in the volatile North Caucasus province of Dagestan, leading to a shootout in ...

Russia's Evraz Buys IPSCO for $4B
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 hours ago
The company also has extensive holdings in Russia's coal mining sector. Last year, it took control of Yuzhkuzbassugol after two fatal mining accidents, ...

Russia Slams US Report As Biased
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 Mar 2008
By STEVE GUTTERMAN, AP Writer MOSCOW -- Year after year, the US issues a troubling assessment of human rights in Russia. Year after year, Russia lashes back ...

Russia Slams US Report As Biased
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 hours ago
By STEVE GUTTERMAN, AP Writer MOSCOW -- Year after year, the US issues a troubling assessment of human rights in Russia. Year after year, Russia lashes back ...

Blogger Charged in Russia
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 Mar 2008
"It would be good if in the center of every town in Russia ... an oven was built, like at Auschwitz, in which ceremonially, every day, and better yet, ...

Blogger Charged in Russia
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours ago
"It would be good if in the center of every town in Russia ... an oven was built, like at Auschwitz, in which ceremonially, every day, and better yet, ...

US Fears Russian Arms Flow to Abkhazia
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 Mar 2008
By JOHN HEILPRIN, AP Writer UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Georgia advised Russia on Tuesday against supplying arms to separatists in the breakaway ...

Putin: Off With Bribe-Takers' Hands
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 Mar 2008
By AP MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suggested a striking punishment for Russia's bribe-hungry bureaucrats: off with their hands. ...

Russia Approves Help for Chad EU Mission
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 Mar 2008
By ANGELA CHARLTON, AP Writer PARIS -- Russia has approved the deployment of helicopters to bolster an EU peacekeeping force along Chad's border with the ...

Russia Approves Help for Chad EU Mission
Los Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours ago
By ANGELA CHARLTON, AP Writer PARIS -- Russia has approved the deployment of helicopters to bolster an EU peacekeeping force along Chad's border with the ...

LEBANON: US warship draws Moscow's ire
Los Angeles Times, CA - 16 hours ago
The crisis in Lebanon continues to draw world powers into its vortex, this time Russia. A US show of force off the Lebanese coast has not only jolted US ...

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Polish Leader Says Missile Talks Moving
Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours ago
"Poland is a little nervous about Russia and they are looking at what happens in 2009," said Steven Pifer, a former US diplomat who is now an analyst at the ...
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Polish Leader Says Missile Talks Moving
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 Mar 2008
"Poland is a little nervous about Russia and they are looking at what happens in 2009," said Steven Pifer, a former US diplomat who is now an analyst at the ...

Putin says his successor won't shift foreign policy
Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 Mar 2008
NOVO-OGARYOVO, RUSSIA -- President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Saturday that it could expect no easing of Russia's foreign policy under his protege, ...

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Putin says his successor won't shift foreign policy
Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 Mar 2008
NOVO-OGARYOVO, RUSSIA -- President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Saturday that it could expect no easing of Russia's foreign policy under his protege, ...

Putin: Medvedev Won't Be Any Easier
Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 Mar 2008
By MANSUR MIROVALEV, AP Writer NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the West should not expect relations with Russia to be ...

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Abkhazia Appeals for World Recognition
Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago
No country recognizes their governments, though Russia has tacitly supported their autonomy from Georgia , which has infuriated Moscow by increasingly ...

Abkhazia Appeals for World Recognition
Los Angeles Times, CA - 7 Mar 2008
No country recognizes their governments, though Russia has tacitly supported their autonomy from Georgia , which has infuriated Moscow by increasingly ...

'The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture From Tolstoy to ...
Los Angeles Times, CA - 15 hours ago
Consequently, they argue, Russia's cultural priorities must be Eastern, not Western." In Russia, the intertwining of culture and politics is supercharged, ...

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Russian arms dealer linked to Colombian guerrillas arrested in ...
Los Angeles Times, CA - 18 hours ago
"At this time, Russia is awaiting investigation materials from Thailand," the news agency quoted a Russian law enforcement source as saying. ...

Russia's Medvedev May Be Junior Partner
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 Mar 2008
By DOUGLAS BIRCH, AP Writer MOSCOW -- When Dmitry Medvedev is inaugurated as Russia's president on May 7, he will formally inherit the considerable powers ...

Breakaway Regions Push for Independence
Los Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours ago
South Ossetia's legislature passed a resolution Wednesday that appealed to the United Nations , the European Union, Russia, and a loose grouping of former ...

Russian Teens Still Put Hopes in Putin
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 Mar 2008
Putin's hand-picked successor and Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, does not inspire the same awe or admiration in these teens as his mentor. ...

Putin: US, Russia Share Common Ground
Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours ago
By STEVE GUTTERMAN, AP Writer MOSCOW -- Russia's relationship with the United States is strained by plenty of disagreements, but the former Cold War rivals ...

Putin: US, Russia Share Common Ground
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 Mar 2008
By STEVE GUTTERMAN, AP Writer MOSCOW -- Russia's relationship with the United States is strained by plenty of disagreements, but the former Cold War rivals ...

Russia Tells Iran to Suspend Enrichment
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 Mar 2008
By EDITH M. LEDERER, AP Writer UNITED NATIONS -- Russia to neighbor and friend Iran: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering -- including ...