Russia's fierce reaction to Twitter's decision is rooted in the country's own painful experience with censorship and propaganda.

Even as the Soviet Union withered and declined, the KGB and the GRU seemed both more competent and, oddly, cleaner than the current security forces.

Political centralization has historically served as a major impediment to Russia’s democratization.

There will be many young people on the streets today. And at least one history professor.

The news that the former U.S. schoolteacher Jennifer Fichter was sentenced to 22 years in prison for multiple counts of sex with minors caused an uproar...

Thirty years ago, on March 24, 1982, Leonid Brezhnev made a speech in Tashkent that would set in motion the process of rapprochement between Moscow...