Mar 18th, 2010 · Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's new Russian-built nuclear reactor will begin operating this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to delay the startup. Clinton, in Moscow on an official trip, urged Russia not to start up the plant until Tehran proves that it's not developing atomic weapons.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Dagestan is one of the most violent regions of Russia, squeezed in between Chechyna and the Caspian Sea. It is known mostly for negative things: economic deprivation, violent politics and a simmering Islamist insurgency. But the people of Sulak are trying to stay out of the conflict.
Mar 10th, 2010 · The 12 unusually well-preserved wrecks were found in a 30-mile-long corridor by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. Experts say the oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years old.
Mar 9th, 2010 · World War II ended more than six decades ago, but one Russian village on the Baltic Sea is still coming to terms with its role in the Holocaust. In Yantarny, Russia, then part of East Prussia, thousands of Jews were killed in 1945. Even now, some villagers are still unaware of what happened.
Mar 6th, 2010 · Canadians are still basking in the glow of the Winter Olympics. But in Russia, which will host the next winter games, the mood is grim. Russian athletes performed like the Chicago Cubs in Vancouver, and the accusations are flying like shots into Ryan Miller's knee pads. Host Scott Simon talks to Tom Goldman about the week's sports news.
Mar 4th, 2010 · The Russian government shut down all casinos in the country last year but stipulated that some could be reopened — but only in four outlying areas. Can far-flung Kaliningrad become Russia's Las Vegas? Or maybe Atlantic City?
Mar 1st, 2010 · Proof that Russia has traveled far from its Soviet-era past was readily available Monday with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's open invitation for members of Russia's Olympic committee to resign after the disappointing showing by Russian athletes in the just completed Vancouver games. In the days of Stalin, for instance, the committee members wouldn't have been invited to resign. They would have just found themselves in labor camps. Or worse
Mar 1st, 2010 · Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says during a state visit to France that his country is ready to consider new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. He also noted that it would be "desirable" to avoid sanctions — and insisted they should not harm the Iranian population.