In Russia, bribes drive up the cost of living
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA The Moscow construction company executive ticks off bribes typically paid by construction companies here for a long list of permits and inspections needed to build a residential…
Alexey Navalny
A look at recent politically tainted trials in Russia
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA The guilty verdict Tuesday for Crimean filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in a Russian maximum-security prison for an alleged terror conspiracy,…
PUSSY RIOT STILL WANT TO TOPPLE PUTIN
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian punk band Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Two Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova…
MOSCOW VOTES IN PIVOTAL MAYORAL RACE
By LAURA MILLS Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, with his wife Yulia, center, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar arrive at a polling station in Moscow’s mayoral election in Moscow, Russia,…