VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated PressJan 15, 2020
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns after the Russian president announces proposed constitutional amendments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
IRINA TITOVA /The Associated PressJan 27, 2019
The siege of the city, now called St. Petersburg, lasted nearly 2½ years until the Soviet Army drove the Nazis away on Jan. 27, 1944. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Robert Parry / ConsortiumnewsMay 9, 2017
The former national security adviser’s case is a disturbing example of how politicized law enforcement can destroy a U.S. citizen’s life in today’s new McCarthyism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity / ConsortiumnewsApr 11, 2017
Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officials urge the president to reconsider his claims blaming the Syrian government for chemical deaths last week and de-escalate tensions with Russia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Norman Solomon / TruthdigApr 10, 2017
Russia-baiting has given the president huge incentives to prove he is not Vladimir Putin's flunky and boosted the odds of a showdown between the world's two nuclear superpowers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 13, 2012
Dmitry Medvedev has called for the three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, recently sentenced to a two-year prison term by the Russian government for an anti-Putin protest in Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox Church, to be set free. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 27, 2012
When American politicians have flashbacks to a Cold War mentality, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is ready with a comeback and a friendly reminder to quit it with the ’70s nostalgia, as he did Tuesday in response to a comment Mitt Romney made the day before about Russia being America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2012
During what he apparently thought was a private huddle with his Russian counterpart at a nuclear summit meeting in Seoul, South Korea, President Barack Obama was caught in a hot-mic moment, giving Dmitry Medvedev an election-year pointer on the delicate subject of missile defense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ivo Mijnssen / TruthdigMar 14, 2012
His opponents in last week's presidential election did not stand a chance, but 12 years into the Putin regime, Russians are more demanding. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 2, 2012
If Vladimir Putin, the expected winner of Russia's upcoming presidential election, isn't careful, he may face the kind of upsurge in revolt that occurred a year ago in Tunisia, Egypt and other nations when the regional sea change we now know as the Arab Spring took hold. So says Putin's former ally and now rival, Sergei Mironov. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 28, 2012
Surprising no one, Russian strongman and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is looking like the clear front-runner to become Russia's next president, reclaiming the office from Dmitry Medvedev, who at times seemed mostly to fill the position of useful political backdrop to make Putin look good in his own office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 16, 2012
After a protest against the Russian government composed entirely of plush toys and figurines captured the attention of the press and local authorities in Barnaul, Russia, last month, government officials have gone so far as to specify that inanimate playthings can't assemble for public political gatherings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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