Claire Bigg covers Russia, Ukraine, and the post-Soviet world, with a focus on human rights, civil society, and social issues.
Moscow and Tbilisi have traded harsh words after Georgia revealed it had arrested a Russian man last year trying to sell weapons-grade uranium.
After two months, the mystery shrouding former intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko's death from radioactive poisoning is thicker than ever.
January 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Recent years have seen more and more cases from war-ravaged Chechnya pass through the European Court of Human Rights, as the court's first rulings in favor of abused Chechen civilians prompt a stream of applications.
More and more people across the former Soviet Union are taking national authorities to the European Court of Human Rights in search of justice.
Energy security and stalled negotiations on an EU-Russian cooperation pact were to take center stage at talks between Germany's chancellor and Russia's president.
Some analysts say Belarus is deliberately trying to draw Europe into its energy dispute with Russia.
2006 was a watershed year for Russia, with its status rising internationally, but also a number of bruising diplomatic rows and controversies.
Dictation has spread out of schools and onto the airwaves (ITAR-TASS) PRAGUE, November 29, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Ukraine is a pioneer of dictation in the former Soviet Union -- but that doesn't mean other ex-Soviet states are lagging behind. Most of them have developed their own contests aimed at promoting their native language following decades of Russian linguistic domination.
Experts say the sacking of the deputy head of the Russian gas giant may spring from his desire to make the group's oil unit independent.
Russia's quest to join the WTO appears to be nearing its end -- and what looks like a happy end after 13 years of stormy negotiations.
Regional governors may soon be able to eliminate the post of mayor in their provincial capitals.
Most people associate crowds chanting "Russia for Russians," shaved heads, and swastikas with People's Unity Day.
Three political parties have merged to more effectively challenge the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia party.
Scores of deaths from bootleg vodka and toxic alcohol-based substances may be connected to a government attempt to rid shops of counterfeit spirits.
Foreign nongovernmental organizations are rushing to meet an October 18 deadline to reregister with a state commission -- or face closure.
MOSCOW, October 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Anna Politkovskaya's death bears many trademarks of a contract killing. If it is determined that is the case, she will join a staggering list of 12 fellow journalists who are believed to have been slain by hired killers since Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000.
Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's bravest and most outspoken journalists, has been killed, leaving questions about who silenced her, why the Russian president took days to respond, and the authorities' willingness to protect journalists.
MOSCOW, October 5, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The release of the four Russian military officers arrested last week in Georgia over spying charges was expected to placate Russia. But Moscow's fury at Tbilisi shows no signs of ebbing.
MOSCOW, October 4, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Chechnya's Moscow-backed prime minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, turns 30 on October 5, thus lifting the last legal barrier preventing him from running for president of the war-ravaged republic.
Brussels has formally notified Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise that it may add the airline to its blacklist of carriers banned for safety reasons.
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