http://dir.salon.com/topics/russia/?source=rss&aim=russia en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Janine R. Wedel Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/08/berlin_wall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/08/berlin_wall/index.html?source=rss The aftermath of Wall Street's meltdown reminds me of the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall. Not in a good way By Glenn Greenwald Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html?source=rss A soldier with the Russian army in Afghanistan recounts what they believed about their mission By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) By Andrew Leonard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/kalashnikov_copycats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/kalashnikov_copycats/index.html?source=rss The USSR never made a priority of protecting Kalashnikov rifle intellectual property. Oops! By Michael Lind Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/obama_pax_americana/index.html?source=rss Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman By Glenn Greenwald Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/01/georgia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/01/georgia/index.html?source=rss A new investigative report from the EU reaches conclusions squarely at odds with the dominant claims last year. By Juan Cole Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran By Juan Cole Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation By Juan Cole Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/cole/index.html?source=rss As U.S. allies look for the exit, Russia, perhaps because of problems with Afghan heroin at home, gets in deeper By Gabriel Winant Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/11/russian_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/11/russian_obama/index.html?source=rss Vasily Ivanovich would be the first black public official in racism-plagued Russia By Alex Koppelman Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/06/obama_russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/06/obama_russia/index.html?source=rss In his first visit to Russia as president, Obama begins talks on reducing nuclear arsenals By Jill Weinberger Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/online_video/2009/01/31/activisions_viral_campaign_for_singularity_starts_with_a_bang/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/online_video/2009/01/31/activisions_viral_campaign_for_singularity_starts_with_a_bang/index.html?source=rss By Michael Lind Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/22/new_contract_three/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/22/new_contract_three/index.html?source=rss If the Democrats will stop trying to out-hawk the Republicans, the Obama administration can begin rebuilding America's economy and military -- and international image. By Michael Klare Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss The price may fall still farther in 2009. Be careful what you wish for. By Andrew Leonard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/20/chavez_putin_and_ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/20/chavez_putin_and_ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss For Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sub-$50 oil is a disaster. But don't cheer too loud By Andrew Leonard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/19/wall_st_campaign_day_in_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/19/wall_st_campaign_day_in_review/index.html?source=rss Economic chaos, internecine warfare in the GOP, and the bailout to end all bailouts? Just another day. By Andrew Leonard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/climate_change_and_south_ossetia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/climate_change_and_south_ossetia/index.html?source=rss When Russia and Georgia rolled out the tanks, Europe's effort to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions may have gotten blitzed By Juan Cole Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/14/bush_putin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/14/bush_putin/index.html?source=rss Russia's escalating war on Georgia reveals the consequences of the Bush administration's long assault on the international rule of law. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2008/08/14/bateman_bushgeorgia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2008/08/14/bateman_bushgeorgia/index.html?source=rss The president is deeply concerned about Russia's recent (that's a tongue twister!) actions. By Nathalie Gorman Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/13/caucasus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/13/caucasus/index.html?source=rss An expert on Russian politics talks about what's behind the military assault on Georgia, and how the U.S. and Europe failed to prevent it. By John Hudson, Nana Naskidashvili Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/12/georgia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/12/georgia/index.html?source=rss A Russian invasion has left besieged Georgians angry at their government -- and at the Bush administration -- for failing to defend them. By Jörg Himmelreich Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/11/putin_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/11/putin_politics/index.html?source=rss As the Russian prime minister escalates a "hot war" in the Caucasus, will Europe and the U.S. intervene? By Der Spiegel staff Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/09/caucasus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/09/caucasus/index.html?source=rss As Russian planes and tanks clash with Georgian forces, Washington has even more to worry about in a crucial oil region. By Andrew Leonard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/imperial_energy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/05/imperial_energy/index.html?source=rss China and India battle for a London-based energy company pumping oil in Siberia and Kazakhstan. That's globalization, folks. By Alexander Nazaryan Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn/index.html?source=rss Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died this week, was instrumental in bringing the Soviet Union to its knees, and he never wavered from his belief in a writer's moral responsibility to truth and beauty.