How are South Ossetia and Abkhazia any different than the Falklands?

Britain and Argentina have renewed their unhealthy diplomatic exchange over the ownership and sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, which Argentineans call the Malvinas.

// Mar. 05, 2010 - 17:47 GMT


Ian Bremmer: Iran is ultimately likely to go nuclear as North Korea did

Ian Bremmer is the president of the Eurasia Group, a New York based think-tank. He is one of the leading American experts on Russia, the Post-Soviet states and Asia. Mr.Bremmer is also the author of “The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?” He gives his assessments of the situation around Iran, the problems in negotiating a new agreement to replace the START Treaty between Russia and the United States as well as his point on the political and energy turf wars in Europe, in an interview with RIA Novosti New York Bureau chief Dmitry Gornostaev.

// Mar. 05, 2010 - 08:54 GMT


Dalai Lama and memories of the CIA

The Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is probably the most interesting part of his visit to Washington D.C. because the Department of State is involved in concrete politics, even if the spiritual Tibetan leader is largely a symbolic figure and does not concern himself too much with Tibetan emigration.

// Feb. 19, 2010 - 21:43 GMT


How real is the threat of laser weapons?

On February 12, 2010, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) used the Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) mounted on a Boeing B-747 jumbo jet to shoot down a liquid-propellant and a solid-propellant target missile.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 09:02 GMT


The modern world was born in Yalta

The Yalta Conference was unique. The week from February 4 to 11, 1945, at the Grand Livadia Palace more than changed the world – it created a new world order.

// Feb. 04, 2010 - 09:10 GMT


Interview : McFaul On U.S., Russian Stereotypes And His Controversial Co-Chair

The first meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commissionâ™s Civil Society Working Group was held in Washington on January 27. </p>

// Jan. 29, 2010 - 08:54 GMT


McFaul On U.S., Russian Stereotypes And His Controversial Co-Chair

The first meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commissionâ™s Civil Society Working Group was held in Washington on January 27. </p>

// Jan. 29, 2010 - 08:54 GMT


What Does Bandera Mean to Us?

Outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has used his last days in office to elevate Second World War guerilla leader Stepan Bandera to the status of a national hero. But Bandera, a nationalist who fought both Nazis and Soviets in his quest for an independent Ukraine, is seen in Russia as a Nazi collaborator and a war criminal.

// Jan. 26, 2010 - 10:04 GMT


RIA Novosti choice: The top ten events in the Russian judiciary and legal system in 2009

Every year, the Russian judicial system hands down a number of unexpected rulings and dramatic judgments on interesting issues and cases, and 2009 was no exception. The death penalty was de facto abolished and individuals involved in several high-profile cases were released from prison, one of the countryâ™s senior investigators was indicted, the investigation into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was halted and a second case against former Yukos heads Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev was opened. </p>

// Jan. 04, 2010 - 06:39 GMT


RIA Novosti Highlights: Top ten events in Russian economy in 2009

RIA Novosti presents the ten most significant events of 2009 in the Russian economy.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 07:29 GMT