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Top Russian Diplomat Explains Reasons for Syrian Arms Sales
In the past two weeks, the U.S. and its allies have done just about everything short of getting down on their collective knees and begging Russia to stop...
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...
Why the U.S., Russia, and Iran Can All Agree To Wrestle
Diplomatic relations may be frayed among these nations. But in New York City, they can together to try to save a sport
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...
Putin, Japanese Leader Step Up Peace Treaty Effort
(MOSCOW) — The leaders of Russia and Japan have instructed their diplomats to intensify efforts to work out a peace treaty between the two nations. Russia and...
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Vlad the (Insect) Impaler: LIFE With Nabokov and His Beloved Butterflies
On anyone’s list of the 20th century’s greatest writers never to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov will likely appear at, or very...
Time.com Specials
London 2012: 50 Olympic Athletes to Watch
From Qatar to South Africa, Russia to the U.S., TIME takes you around the globe to meet the extraordinary men and women you'll be seeing this summer at the...
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?
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Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles
Antiship cruise missiles could make it more difficult for the United States and its allies to impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out airstrikes in support of...
Russia Hints That Spy Case Won't Disrupt U. S. Ties Russia summoned the American...
Russia summoned the American ambassador, Michael A. McFaul, to discuss the arrest of a man it said was a C.I.A. officer, but officials suggested they were...
Russia protests to U. S. over alleged spy
MOSCOW -- Russia's capture of a purported U.S. spy made the news for a second day here Wednesday, as the Foreign Ministry handed the U.S. ambassador a formal...
CEO of SocGen Russia Detained Over Suspected Bribe
The chief executive of French bank Societe Generale's Russian unit, Rosbank, has been detained on suspicion of receiving illegal payments. ...
