History of Russian-Ukrainian Relations
In the 9th-12th centuries, most of the Kievan Rus lands were part of the early feudal Russian State.
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 08:48 GMT
The history of Slavophiles and Westernizers in Russia
In the 1840s and the 1850s, two intellectual movements, namely, the Slavophiles and the Westernizers, emerged in Russian society and philosophical thought. The Slavophiles advocated Russiaâ™s unique way of development, whereas the Westernizers insisted on the need to follow in the wake of Western civilization and imitate the Western socio-political system, civil society and culture. </p>
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 08:29 GMT
History of Russian-Polish Relations
Polish history is closely intertwined with the history of Russia.
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 08:23 GMT
Moscow's International Financial Center: Form and substance
Creating an international financial center in Moscow features high on the Russian government's list of priorities, along with a large-scale program to modernize the Russian economy.
// Sep. 01, 2010 - 07:00 GMT
Mother Teresa: "Life is an adventure"
The biography of larger-than-life characters, such as Mother Teresa, always contain seemingly insignificant facts that give us a clue as to what makes them exceptional. But often these clues are hard to notice.
// Aug. 27, 2010 - 08:42 GMT
Gorbachev's quest for historical justice
Twenty years ago, on August 13, 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, signed a decree exonerating all the victims of Stalin's repressions.
// Aug. 17, 2010 - 08:08 GMT
The Kursk tragedy: Causes, theories, aftermath
Ten years ago to the day, August 12, 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 crewmembers on board.
// Aug. 12, 2010 - 07:57 GMT
Donor countries endorse Afghan handover plan
At their latest conference in Kabul, international donors for Afghanistan chose the right option of not wasting time trying to root out corruption in the country, as this seems to be a no-win situation, and to focus instead on restoring stability in the war-torn nation. Toward this end, they endorsed President Hamid Karzai's plan to have Afghan forces take responsibility for security across the country in 2014.
// Jul. 22, 2010 - 08:58 GMT
The Soul on the Sleeve
The notion of the existence or lack of a Russian soul has been a feature of the past 500 years of Russian history. The Russian soul in foreign policy stems from the time of Tsar Ivan III, who declared Russia, after the fall of Constantinople, the true inheritor of the Byzantine Empire, or the Third Rome.
// Jul. 19, 2010 - 08:17 GMT