Russia
Moldova renames street after late Polish president
November 11, 2010CHISINAU -- A street in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, has been renamed after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia exactly seven months ago, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Today's ceremony in downtown Chisinau...
Blast At Vladikavkaz market kills at least 14
September 09, 2010More than a dozen people have been killed in an explosion in the Russian republic of North Ossetia that officials say was the work of a suicide car bomber. The midday explosion took place in a busy central market in the local capital of Vladikavkaz....
Russia's humanitarian assistance for moldova
September 06, 2010On Friday, a heavy-duty IL-76 freight airplane of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations delivered a 20-ton humanitarian assistance worth nearly US$1 million. The consignment includes mobile power stations, rescue boats, emergency and rescue items...
A ‘Kondopoga at the gates of Moscow’
August 26, 2010By Paul Goble Following a clash between gastarbeiters from Central Asia and ethnic Russian residents on Saturday night, residents of the city of Kalyazin, some 150 kilometers from Moscow, assembled on Monday and demanded that all non-Russians...
Russia reports fires are shrinking
August 13, 2010Russian officials are reporting that the devastating wildfires have shrunk by nearly 150 square kilometers within 24 hours. A Russian emergency ministry official said Friday that the fires are being put out and that the situation is under control in...
One Russian in five ready to change place of residence
August 11, 2010By Paul Goble Slightly more than one Russian in five – a total of nearly 30 million people -- is ready to move to another location, with the share prepared to do so ranging from more than half in parts of the Russian Far East to fewer than one...
Russia in 2030 will be very different from what most expect
August 05, 2010By Paul Goble Unlike the citizens of most countries, Russians cannot say what their country will be like only 20 years from now, what will be the names of the rulers, what will be the nature of the political system, what will be the borders of...
GONGOs returning in force in Russia today
August 05, 2010By Paul Goble GONGOs – “government organized non-governmental organizations” – are increasingly being used by the powers that be in Russia to elbow aside genuine NGOs just as they did in the late Soviet period, thus contributing...
Moscow Patriarch’s visit to Ukraine proving counterproductive
July 26, 2010by Paul Goble Patriarch Kirill’s current visit to Ukraine is having the opposite effect he intends. Instead of generating pressure for an end to the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Russian church leader’s latest visit is in fact...
Russians, Ukrainians ‘Not simply fraternal peoples but a single people’
June 16, 2010by Paul Goble Russia’s ambassador in Kyiv says Russians and Ukrainians “are not simply fraternal peoples – [they] are a single people. With their own nuances, with their own special features but a single people,” a statement that...