Articles
Plane Catches Fire Landing in Moscow; No Injuries
(MOSCOW) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of...
Russian and American Spies Square Off
(WASHINGTON) -- The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are...
Russia Says Alleged Spying Case Was 2nd This Year
(MOSCOW) — A Russian security services operative — his features bathed in shadows — went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was...
U.S. Diplomat Ordered to Leave Russia in Spy Case
(MOSCOW) — A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they...
Russian FSB Detains U.S. Diplomat Accused of Spying
(MOSCOW) -- The Russian security services say they have detained a U.S. diplomat they claim is a CIA agent that they caught red-handed. The FSB accused Ryan...
Photo Essays
A House Divided: Photos From Korea’s 1948 Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion
A few years before the Korean Peninsula erupted in the civil war that saw the North and the South (and the U.S. and China) engaged in a conflict that would help...
Denizens of the Deep: Alexander Semenov’s Pictures of Undersea Creatures
Growing up in Russia, Alexander Semenov was fascinated by the undersea world. For most of us, a few trips to the aquarium and the occasional scuba dive would be...
Time.com Specials
Georgia-Russia Crisis
Tired of being treated like a second-rate power, Moscow is out to prove it is still boss. How did the situation get to this point?
