The Russian president cozies up to Muslims abroad, and takes a hard-line against them at home.

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.

Terrorist groups that pose a clear threat to the United States, including the group behind the Times Square bombing attempt, have been omitted from the State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list.

Vladimir Putin will likely run for president of Russia in 2012; Dmitri Medvedev faces a stark dilemma: be a Khrushchev or a Gorbachev?

The Internet is already a major factor in Russian politics--and its influence is growing almost daily.