A Different Russia Meets Putin's Third Term
May 5th, 2012
But the mass media are not free in Russia, and people like Shevtsova and Piontkovsky are banned from appearing on television. The government's control of television is near absolute. The long list of complaints about Putin rarely reaches a mass audience.
For A Third Time, Putin Returns As Russia's President
May 8th, 2012
It was the kind of scene that encouraged critics of the protesters, such as Peter Lavelle, a pro-Putin commentator for Russia Today, the Russian government's English-language satellite TV channel. He called Putin's victory a landslide by any measure.
Russia says goodbye to a car and an era
May 3rd, 2012
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ending its long love affair with a car that ... Jeremy Clarkson, host of the British TV car show Top Gear, memorably called the Lada 2107 "simply the worst car ever". Style-conscious young Russians would not be ...