His rock-star status among world leaders, at a time when America's reputation is in tatters, shows the former president is a major asset to Barack Obama.
By Joe Conason Feb 2, 2009
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With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran
By Juan Cole
September 25, 2009
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As the Russian prime minister escalates a "hot war" in the Caucasus, will Europe and the U.S. intervene?
By Jörg Himmelreich
August 11, 2008
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John McCain and his national security advisor both want to get tough with Russia -- but one of them got paid to say so. Does McCain have another lobbyist problem?
By Mark Benjamin
June 9, 2008
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A man who never sleeps, Marianne Faithfull turning tricks and a poisoned Russian spy headline this week's indie releases.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 21, 2008
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Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception.
By Dilip Hiro
August 22, 2007
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The fish Putin caught; the agreement Bush didn't get.
By Tim Grieve
July 2, 2007
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The president's trip was a pageant of disdain, delusion and provocation masquerading as a respite from his troubles at home.
By Sidney Blumenthal
June 14, 2007
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The White House backpedals on the president's illness.
By Tim Grieve
June 8, 2007
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Only a state with a highly sophisticated nuclear program could kill a person with a radioactive toxin.
By Alex Koppelman
December 1, 2006
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As the fallout from "Rathergate" continues, two CBS staffers resign -- and Russia's leader suggests that George Bush is to blame.
By Tim Grieve
February 28, 2005
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Fox News' Sean Hannity rips U.N. official over tsunami relief comment, wants him fired. Too bad his facts are wrong. And: Why is a right-winger singing from the same choir as Michael Moore?
By Mark Follman
January 6, 2005
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Two years ago Russia's Vladimir Putin was a celebrated champion of democracy. Now he's being called "the Mussolini of Moscow."
By Walter Mayr
December 23, 2004
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High ideals? Lofty rhetoric? As the Security Council debates the Bush campaign against Iraq, billions of dollars in oil and old debt are the hidden agenda.
By Eric Boehlert
October 14, 2002
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As Bush and Putin cozy up at the Crawford ranch, Russia is still blocking American moves against Saddam Hussein, because of billions to be made doing business with him.
By Eric Boehlert
November 15, 2001
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If the United States goes to war in Afghanistan, it will need the cooperation of former Soviet republics.
By Steve Kettmann
September 25, 2001
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Journalists jeered, but President Bush was right when he made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former KGB agent talks tough, but he can't afford to fight missile defense.
By Jeffrey Tayler
July 30, 2001
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A journalist who disguised herself as a Chechen woman talks about the atrocities of the war, the cowardice of Western journalists and the dim hopes for peace.
By Suzy Hansen
July 10, 2001
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"Survivor" runner-up wants to sell you his Pontiac; Ryan and Crowe: "Too much, too soon." Plus: Jack Nicholson takes tea with Vladimir Putin. Putin?
By Amy Reiter
June 29, 2001
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Russia's support for the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic reflects a desire to cut its losses, not a pro-Western change of heart.
By Jeffrey Tayler
October 9, 2000
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Tired of having their man labeled a liar, the Gore campaign asks why Bush can't "string together a coherent sentence."
By Jake Tapper
October 7, 2000
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In a rare interview, the former Soviet leader says glasnost is working, but globalization isn't.
By Mark Hertsgaard
September 7, 2000
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The botched, belated rescue mission rivets attention on the dismal state of the Russian military and the government's lingering love of secrecy.
By Vivienne Walt
August 21, 2000
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Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else.
By Jeffrey Tayler
July 20, 2000
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Russia's president wants to censor a TV show that portrays him as a playboy.
By Jack Boulware
June 5, 2000
Watching Bill Clinton work his magic at Davos
Obama undercuts Iran
Putin's dangerous power politics
John McCain's tough stance toward Russia
A Lynchian nightmare, a hooker grandma and more
Seizing American supremacy
The one that got away
Bush's European disaster
Who poisoned the KGB agent?
Right Hook
At the U.N., it's all about the money
"Nothing human left"
Mikhail Gorbachev explains what's rotten in Russia
Russians blast Putin as sub deaths are revealed
Guilty as charged
Putin's puppet prostitutes
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