The trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky--former CEO of the YUKOS oil company and Russia’s richest man--begins this month in Moscow. Part of a broader, yearlong judicial assault by the Russian government on YUKOS, Russia’s largest oil exporter, the Khodorkovsky case is certain to have repercussions far beyond the courtroom--foremost in its...

Hundreds of civilians have been murdered in the past month across Russia by Islamist terrorists, who have effectively hijacked Chechnya’s struggle for independence and transformed it into a nihilistic, endless jihad. In the aftermath of the downing of two civilian airliners and the massacre of schoolchildren in Beslan, President Vladimir...

On January 10, 2006, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a bill that will limit and regulate the activities of NGOs operating in the Russian Federation. This new legislation requires all Russian NGOs to disclose their finances and sources...

Is Russia reverting to state control of enterprise, as exemplified by the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky?

After the financial crash of 1998 and the political disintegration of president Boris Yeltsin, the question in foreign policy circles was, "Who lost Russia?"

Will democracy ever be achieved in the Middle East?

This letter to the editor responds to letters commenting on Aron's original piece "Is Russia Going Backward?" from Commentary.

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