We seem afraid to confront thepossibility that Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia is killing off its political opponents.

Russian president Vladimir Putin might be biting off more than he can chew with his aggressive stance toward the United States and other countries.

Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's rhetoric may portend a break with the policies of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin, but to prove he means what he says, Medvedev should begin redressing some of the most conspicuous miscarriages of justice that marked the Putin regime.