This past weekend's long anticipated summit meeting between Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin proved in many respects to be longer on symbolism than substance. As expected, the two men did sign a strategic arms cut agreement that will reduce their countries' respective operationally... MORE

During a meeting on Friday (May 24) at Spaso House, the U.S. ambassador to Russia's residence in Moscow, U.S. President George Bush said that the U.S. counterterrorism operation in Afghanistan should serve as an example to Russia in carrying out its military campaign in Chechnya.... MORE

An interview with Shamil Basaev, the Chechen rebel field commander whose death has been proclaimed by some Russian officials and doubted by others, was published last week by the Prima news agency. In the interview, which Basaev gave to Aleksandr Podrabinek, the veteran human rights... MORE

Meeting in Moscow on May 24, U.S. President George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin of Russia paid considerable attention to the problems of the post-Soviet area, in the context of both U.S.-Russia relations and the antiterrorism campaign. The two presidents' Joint Declaration on the New... MORE

President George W. Bush arrived in Moscow yesterday for summit talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin that many believe could mark an historic transition point between the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. The centerpiece of Bush's visit to Russia--and of his longer six-day European... MORE

Aleksei Lebed, who heads the government of the Khakasia Republic and is the brother of late Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor Aleksandr Lebed, has been officially nominated to be a candidate in Krasnoyarsk's gubernatorial election, set for September 8 of this year. Aleksei Lebed's name was put... MORE

On May 23, Ukraine's presidency announced that it has decided to adopt a strategy of close integration with NATO and seek the alliance's support for this Ukrainian goal. President Leonid Kuchma termed that goal, and the decision itself, "crucial for the fate of Ukraine." The... MORE

On the eve of a potentially historic Russian-U.S. summit meeting, Moscow this week played host to two of the three countries--Iraq and North Korea (the third is Iran)--Washington singled out as comprising an "axis of evil" that threatens U.S. security and international peace. On May... MORE

General Gennady Troshev, commander of the North Caucasus Military District, said yesterday he was "completely sure" that Shamil Basaev, the infamous Chechen rebel field commander, is dead. Troshev said that federal forces in Chechnya had detained a rebel who was a member of Basaev's unit... MORE

Russian stonewalling in Transdniester has, at this point, succeeded in compromising the scrapping and withdrawal schedule for ammunition, weaponry and troops from that part of Moldova. The Chisinau mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) had been warning for some months... MORE