What does this election mean for Russia’s relations with the United States?

When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...

Thank you, Madam Chairman.Among the very top priorities of U.S. foreign and security policies, I doubt there are many – if any – objectives more important than a free, democratic, stable, and prosperous Russia, at peace, in the long last, with its own people, its neighbors and the...

The reception in Moscow to U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul during his first few months on the job has been unusual, if not downright hostile, a lot more Cold War than Russian Reset.

"Elections” of this sort are never just about the outcomes.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Medvedev have widely contrasting visions of Russia's future, making it all but inconceivable that Putin would sit out the next presidential race.

The Kremlin will say there is a Russian minority to "protect" in Ukraine.

The choice to invade Georgia exposes the raw disdain for democracy that drives Moscow's authoritarian government.