Twenty years after Mikhail Gorbachev initiated glasnost, it is clear that, like every fateful ""tipping point"" in human history, the change has furnished enough material for scholars to plumb for many years. It may be too early to appreciate what glasnost has contributed, its depth, its passions and, yes, even its significance.

None of my friends knows what to do about the upcoming State Duma elections. Some think that it would be wrong to vote for United Russia since it has turned the campaign into a Soviet-style farce.

The pelmennaya genre has been changing rapidly over the last several years.

Peter-Paul Speckert of Switzerland is the head chef at Sorry, Babushka and Prado Cafe.

A global group of travelers offers a cheap way to explore the world and to see foreign countries from a local perspective.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin warned on Wednesday that the arrest of his deputy Sergei Storchak on embezzlement charges was starting to harm the ministry's activities.

Sberbank's board of directors overwhelmingly voted in German Gref, the former economic development and trade minister, as the state-owned bank's new president Wednesday.

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Gazprom may increase gas supply to Europe by as much as 25 percent by 2020.

Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, opened a factory in Russia on Wednesday as it seeks to triple its share of the country's market over the next three years and joins rivals Ford and Renault in beginning production in one of the fastest growing car markets.

Ukraine told Russia on Wednesday that it could charge more for Russian gas transit to Europe if Moscow imposed steep gas price increases, raising the prospect of another gas dispute between the two countries.