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May 2008
- Murder Suspect Unrepentant in Moscow
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 21, 08 4:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - To Britain, he’s a wanted man, a murderer responsible for a diplomatic crisis. To Russia, he’s a respected, successful politician. So it was an unrepentant Andrei Lugovoi who sat down with the Guardian ’s Luke Harding. The ex-KGB man insists he did not poison dissident Alexander Litvinenko by placing radioactive polonium in his tea. Instead, he sees himself as a victim. More »
- Honeymoon Can't Last for Russia's Power Couple
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 17, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It may look like Vladimir Putin has kept Russia stable by sliding into the PM's chair; optimists even predict he'll share power politely with President Medvedev. But these lovebirds are actually destined to fight, writes Ivan Krastev in the Wall Street Journal: Eventually Medvedev will want to exercise power, and not as Putin’s “mini-me.” More »
- NATO Girds For Cyberwar
  
  ComputerWorld | May 15, 08 4:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - NATO is preparing for cyberwar, ComputerWorld reports. Sparked by a cyber attack on Estonia that took some financial systems off-line for hours in 2007, the Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence will open there next year. With the center’s help, NATO will be able to "defy and successfully counter the threats in this area," a commander said. More »
- Russia Parades Its Might, With Soviet Echoes
  
  New York Times | May 9, 08 1:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Russia marked the 63rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany today with a parade of Soviet-era of tanks, missile launchers, and columns of foot soldiers, the New York Times reports. President-turned-prime-minister Vladimir Putin and his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, looked on, surrounded by the contrast of communist ritual with symbols of modern Russia's cut-throat capitalism. More »
- McCain Takes Hard Line on Putin's Russia
  
  Bloomberg | May 6, 08 9:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain says he favors expelling Russia from the G8 and forming a "league of democracies" to confront Moscow about rights abuses. The Republican candidate has fallen in with hard-line advisers, spurning pragmatists who favor dialogue and taking a tougher approach than his Democratic rivals. As Dmitry Medvedev prepares to become president tomorrow, Bloomberg looks at what Russia can expect from a new American administration. More »
April 2008
- Gorbachev Plays the Hard Rock
  
  Miami Herald | Apr 16, 08 6:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An unlikely entertainer is taking the stage tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., the Miami Herald reports: former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, 77, will speak on peace in a venue where country crooner Reba McEntire and guitar legend Carlos Santana are also booked this month. More »
- Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact
  
  Reuters | Apr 6, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush and Vladimir Putin ended their last meeting as heads of state today by agreeing they like each other—and little else. Washington had hoped the Black Sea summit would yield a compromise over US plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. “We’ve got more work to do to convince the Russian side that the system is not aimed at Russia,” Bush said. More &raqu

Stories

Murder Suspect Unrepentant in Moscow

Honeymoon Can't Last for Russia's Power Couple

NATO Girds For Cyberwar

Russia Parades Its Might, With Soviet Echoes

McCain Takes Hard Line on Putin's Russia

Gorbachev Plays the Hard Rock

Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact