Is Russia's outgoing President really the world's fourth richest man?

Yabloko and SPS performed so poorly in the recent Duma elections that both are on the verge of extinction. They face a stark choice of merging, or dying.

Garry Kasparov has announced that he will withdraw from the race for the Russian Presidency. Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, says he was forced into his decision because Other Russia were not able to find a...

After literally years of speculation, it is now clear that Dmitry Medvedev will be Russia’s next President. Medvedev was nominated by United Russia and endorsed by Vladimir Putin – an endorsement so powerful...

Much as everyone expected, Putin’s United Russia party won a massive victory in yesterdays’ Russian elections. As I write, 97.8 % of the votes have been counted, and 64.1% of these went to United Russia...

Got a few sparepennies burning a hole in your pocket? Then you might want to head on down to London auction house Christie’s next Wednesday – as a part of Russian Art Week, they’re holding an auction...

Well, well. After Russia slipped up in Israel, we all thought it was over. Surely there was no way England could slip up in their last game against Croatia, no hope left for a demoralised Russia. After all, England were...

With just a couple of weeks to go until Russia’s parliamentary elections on 2nd December, it’s looking increasingly as though United Russia are set for a massive victory. However, depressingly, only two of...