Russian election unfair and biased towards Putin, observers say
December 4: Report decries violation of international standards but president Vladimir Putin insists result reflects voters' trust in him, writes Luke Harding
A managed election
December 4, leader: Vladimir Putin under a hail of fire abroad for rigging the weekend's parliamentary elections
Putin's election meddling is baffling: it can only backfire
December 4, Anna Matveeva: The president's strength is such that manipulation of votes is sure to leave him weaker. But the west should bite its tongue
Putin win: It's not fair, say observers
December 3: International observers highlight flaws including the 'unprecedented' abuse of office by Putin
03.12.07: Comment: Russia hands Putin a blank cheque
03.12.07 Election monitors accuse Putin of manipulation
03.12.07, video: Opponents challenge Putin win (1min 20sec)
03.12.07, audio: Luke Harding on the victory (4min 55sec)
03.12.07: Intimidation and dirty tricks win massive landslide
03.12.07: Leading questions after Putin's huge victory
30.11.07: Intimidation and bribery as Putin prepares for win
19.11.07: Communists set to gain from Putin's squeeze
14.11.07: Putin: I have a moral right
31.10.07: Russians were ordered to attend Putin rallies
26.11.07: Anti-Putin protesters arrested
Putin says US is behind poll experts' boycott
November 27: Putin accuses US state department of being behind a decision by international experts not to monitor Russia's parliamentary elections on Sunday
26.11.07: US meddling in Russian elections, Putin claims
22.11.07: Putin accuses west of meddling in Russian poll
17.11.07: Kremlin fails to grant visas
10.11.07: European observer attacks Russian poll rules
01.11.07: Anger as Putin restricts election observers
Explainer: the electoral system
The shadow of Stalin that hangs over Mr Putin
December 2, leader: We must be under no illusions about the sort of state and the sort of man we are dealing with
An exile at home
November 6: Can a Russian writer who didn't leave the Soviet Union have that much to say as an artist? You better believe it, says Christopher Byrd.
16.09.07, Simon Tisdall: From Russia with pragmatism
15.10.07, Julian Borger: Unravelling the plot
12.10.07, Jonathan Steele: US out in the cold
11.10.06, Simon Tisdall: Keeping a lid on Putin's Russia
02.10.07, Sergei Khrushchev: How Russia lost the moon
28.09.07, Jonathan Steele: Stand firm on Kosovo
Balkan blues
December 1, leader: David Cameron is right to draw attention to Russia's increasingly obstructive policies in the Balkans
Fears grow as Kosovo talks fail
November 29: Tension rises in Balkans over independence plan
ˇ Plea for peace as Russia and Serbia resist change
US and EU try to avert breakaway by Kosovo
November 20: Russian backing for Serbia could bring crisis in weeks. Belgrade may encourage Serb secession in Bosnia
20.11.07: Bosnia still run like a feudal fiefdom
Russia pulls out of Nato arms pact
November 30: Vladimir Putin withdraws Russia from a key post-Cold War international arms treaty, paving the way for the deployment of Russian forces closer to Europe
Berezovsky jailed in absentia
November 30: Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for fraud by a court in Moscow
Faberge egg smashes record for Russian art
November 28: Rare pink and gold Faberge egg, adorned with diamond-studded cockerel and embedded clock, sells for Ł9m at Christie's
24.10.07: Russian museums are taking a risk
23.10.07: Question mark over art treasures
19.09.07: Detective tales of Tsarist era take Russia by storm
25.10.07: Museum director casts doubt on Russian show
12.10.07: No Paris trip for Russia's kissing policemen
Gazprom targets half of BP's Russian oil business
November 28: Gazprom yesterday made clear its interest in buying a half share of TNK-BP and any large UK power company that may come up for sale, while repeating its warning that wholesale gas prices could rise sharply in Europe next year
KGB 'killer' steps out of the shadows in crocodile shoes
November 25: The man accused of the polonium killing may become a Russian MP next Sunday, reports Luke Harding in Kursk
23.11.07: Putin accused on Litvinenko murder anniversary
23.11.07, audio: 'He says the cold war has never ended'
17.09.07: Alleged killer to start new career in politics
Timeline: The Litvinenko case
Vladimir Kryuchkov
November 30: A former KGB chief, he masterminded the failed 1991 coup against Gorbachev
Aleksandr Feklisov
November 20: KGB officer linked to the Rosenbergs, Klaus Fuchs and the Cuban missile crisis
Arsenal's suitor denies allegations of murky past
November 19: In a frank series of emails to the Guardian, controversial Arsenal shareholder Alisher Ismanov has denied serious criminal allegation including rape
19.11.07: Usmanov's responses to Guardian questions
19.11.07: The colourful life of football's latest oligarch
Sect members wait in Russian cave for world to end
November 16: Children among 29 barricaded inside refuge
ˇ Believers threaten to blow themselves up
15.11.07: Russian doomsday sect threatens mass suicide
Dying birds are first victims of Russian tanker leak
November 13: Hundreds of birds covered in oil washed up near where a Russian tanker broke up on Sunday in heavy seas
12.11.07: Environmental disaster as Russian tanker sinks
State of emergency declared in Georgia
November 8: President points finger at Moscow over unrest
ˇ Teargas and water cannon used to disperse crowds
09.11.07, leader: A faded rose
Putin dictating agenda to EU, report says
November 8: Europe has lost the plot in trying to cope with a resurgent Russia under Putin, who is dictating the agenda in his dealings with European capitals, according to a new study.
Poison claims are 'fantasy', insists Russian federation
November 8: Russia's tennis federation has dismissed allegations that Tommy Haas was poisoned during Davis Cup tie as 'fantasy'.
Gorbachev's subliminal advertising
November 3: In August Mr Gorbachev became the unlikely face of Louis Vuitton, following in the rather more elegant footsteps of Uma Thurman.
Bomb on Russian bus kills eight and injures 56
November 1: Eight people were killed and 56 injured in Russia yesterday when a bomb exploded on a bus during rush hour.
'Chessboard killer' jailed for life
October 29: A Russian man convicted of 48 murders that he marked off on a chessboard was today jailed for life.
29.10.07, video: Serial killer sentenced
25.11.07: Russian 'chessboard' killer guilty of 48 murders
24.10.07: Court convicts 'chessboard killer'
14.09.07: 'Chessboard killer' goes on trial in Russia
26.04.07: The real Yeltsin legacy
25.04.07, David Boaz: A toast to Yeltsin
24.04.07, John Morrison: Not-so-bad Boris
24.04.07, Nina Khrushchev: The hero of his time
24.04.07: Opinions from the streets of Moscow
Putin: US risks new Cuban missile crisis
October 27: Bush 'apeing Soviet Union with missile shield' plan
ˇ Tactic may scare off EU states from hosting bases
26.10.07: Putin warns of new Cuban missile crisis
24.10.07: US bids to placate Moscow with missile delay
19.10.07: Putin uses TV phone-in to escalate nuclear 'war'
We will dump nuclear treaty, Putin warns
October 13: Missiles deal 'must cover China and India'
ˇ Threat issued at talks with Rice and Gates
12.10.07: Putin threatens withdrawal from cold war nuclear treaty
UK risks Putin row as dissident oligarch said to be in London
October 26: Britain's relations with Russia faced another downturn after fresh reports that missing billionaire oligarch Mikhail Gutseriyev has fled to the UK.
14.10.07, Nick Cohen: Getting into bed with Vladimir
11.10.07: Bribery, blackmail and Bond-style gadgets. What the FSB says Britain is up to in Russia
Protests mark anniversary of Russian journalist's murder
October 8: Thousands of people across Russia held protests and vigils to mark the first anniversary of the death of Anna Politkovskaya.
With love for the more exclusive side of London life
April 13: The influx of the Russian super-rich into Britain and how they are making an impression on the capital.
13.04.07: Number of spies in UK at cold war levels
12.04.07: Russia's power play in Europe
11.04.07: Back to the future with Putin
11.04.06: Who will Putin anoint as successor?
11.04.07: Moscow signals place in new world order
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February 26: Fifty years ago Nikita Khrushchev shocked the Soviet Union by denouncing Stalin in a special address to Communist party comrades. The text, detailing the dictator's crimes, was smuggled out of Moscow and later published in full in The Observer. John Rettie recalls his part in the mission and reflects on a pivotal episode of the 20th century.
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