<table cellspaceing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0"> <tbody> <tr><td><b>Last position:</b></td><td>Research Assistant</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Experience:</b></td><td>5</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Citizenship:</b></td><td>USA</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Date of Birth:</b></td><td>11/07/1989</td></tr>...

<table cellspaceing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0"> <tbody> <tr><td><b>Last position:</b></td><td>Intern at the Department of international relations and cross-border cooperation</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Experience:</b></td><td>1</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Citizenship:</b></td><td>Russia</td></tr>...

&quot;By the time I get a chance to think about my decisions, I've already made them in my gut,&quot; Jan-Wilm Rovers said, crossing under the inflatable Father Frost that sits above the door to his office — one of 25,000 products sold by Koopman International RUS, the trading company where Rovers is chief executive. "By the time I get a chance to think about my decisions, I've already made them in my gut," Jan-Wilm Rovers said...

With the presidential election only a few weeks away, a new exhibit of campaign materials at Moscow's State Public Historical Library sheds light on popular tactics used to appeal to voters. With the presidential election only a few weeks away, a new exhibit of campaign materials at Moscow's State Public Historical Library sheds light on popular tactics used to appeal to voters. Organized thematically the exhibit — "From the History of Russian...

The protest rallies in December were a response to two domestic events: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's crude declaration on Sept. 24 that he plans to seek a third presidential term and blatant fraud in the Dec. 4 State Duma elections. The protest rallies in December were a response to two domestic events: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's crude declaration on Sept. 24 that he plans to seek a third presidential term and blatant fraud in the Dec. 4 State...

Three parties won entry to Kazakhstan's parliament, election results showed on Monday, a small concession to democracy by President Nursultan Nazarbayev after deadly clashes in a mutinous oil town shook the Central Asian state's image of stability. ASTANA — Three parties won entry to Kazakhstan's parliament, election results showed on Monday, a small concession to democracy by President Nursultan Nazarbayev after deadly clashes in a mutinous oil town...

The end of the Troika financial services brand, founded by two Americans and one Armenian in the early 1990s, was signaled Monday as Moscow's largest brokerage and state-owned giant Sberbank announced the completion of their merger. The end of the Troika financial services brand, founded by two Americans and one Armenian in the early 1990s, was signaled Monday as Moscow's largest brokerage and state-owned giant Sberbank announced the completion of their merger...

Architectural preservation group Arkhnadzor said Monday that demolition at the constructivist-era Dynamo football stadium as a part of ongoing building work was against the law. Architectural preservation group Arkhnadzor said Monday that demolition at the constructivist-era Dynamo football stadium as a part of ongoing building work was against the law. The iconic sports venue controlled by state-owned banking giant VTB is undergoing a $1.5 billion redevelopment that will...

Nonviolent revolutions do not always remain nonviolent, as the examples of uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Syria in the Arab Spring have shown. But peaceful movements for regime change often do succeed. For example, they have toppled illegitimate rulers, as with the post-Soviet Color Revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine, and ended apartheid in South Africa. Nonviolent revolutions do not always remain nonviolent, as the examples of uprisings...

Perhaps the central message of the collapse of Soviet communism can be summed up as follows: If it is to survive and flourish on the world stage, Russia needs to develop a different kind of realpolitik. Perhaps the central message of the collapse of Soviet communism can be summed up as follows: If it is to survive and flourish on the world stage, Russia needs to develop a different kind of realpolitik. Unfortunately, Russia's rulers have often been drawn...

The architect of U.S. President Barack Obama's Russia policy arrived in Moscow this weekend to become the new U.S. ambassador at a critical time for the nations' "reset" of relations. The architect of U.S. President Barack Obama's Russia policy arrived in Moscow this weekend to become the new U.S. ambassador at a critical time for the nations' "reset" of relations, which has grown imperiled by bitter election campaigns in both countries. Michael McFaul, 48, took up his duties...