Putin Burnishes Image Online
By Francesca Mereu
With the G8 summit just around the corner, President Vladimir Putin took to the Internet on Thursday for a live chat in which he downplayed the threat of North Korean nuclear missiles and called U.S. President George W. Bush decent and honest.
Presidential Press Service / Itar-Tass
President Putin pausing between answers during a webcast Thursday. He responded to 40 questions in 130 minutes.
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An IPO Built on Greed and Ambition
By Catherine Belton
The multibillion-dollar sale will help Sergei Bogdanchikov strengthen his control over Rosneft.
Duma Deputies Pine for Paris and the Dacha
By Francesca Mereu
Paris, Sochi and shashlik await State Duma deputies as they wrap up their spring session Saturday and flee the dirty, sweaty, traffic-congested confines of the city for summer getaways.
Romance on the Runway
By Tom Birchenough
In the new film "Transit," Soviet and American pilots have some close encounters at a remote Chukotka airbase during World War II.
Klebnikov Family Complains Over Delay
By Nabi Abdullaev
The family of slain journalist Paul Klebnikov is accusing the Moscow City Court of preventing justice from being served.
Voyeuristic Bear Tops List of Online Queries
By Oksana Yablokova
President Vladimir Putin's Internet conference Thursday reflects the growing clout of the online community, even if that community cares more about robots and a fictional sea monster than nuclear missiles or the G8 summit.
State Seals Strategy for Space Industry
By Anna Smolchenko
The government on Thursday signed off on a strategy to consolidate the nation's space industry into three to four major holding companies.
Banks Ready for Mortgage Boom
By William Mauldin
Pioneer mortgage-backed bonds will allow banks to increase mortgage lending.
Porridge for Brains
By Michele A. Berdy
You know those days when you are wooly-headed, befuddled and just can't get your brain in gear?
Mauresmo Downs Sharapova in Semis
The Associated Press
Maria Sharapova is gone from Wimbledon, and Justine Henin-Hardenne is one victory away from a career Grand Slam.
Anarchist Pilgrimage
By Alexander Osipovich
Playwright Tom Stoppard and the cast of his play "The Coast of Utopia" explore the birthplace of 19th-century revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin.
A Fine-Tuned Legacy
By David Schiff
In the second volume of his biography of Igor Stravinsky, Stephen Walsh looks for the man the public did not see.
The Inside Scoop
By Anna Malpas
A longtime journalist for Komsomolskaya Pravda pens a novel about changing times at a Russian newspaper.
A Dutch Master, Remastered
By Brian Droitcour
A husband-and-wife team of Moscow artists pays tribute to Rembrandt in honor of his 400th birthday.
Theatrical Conspiracy
By John Freedman
A new play at the Mossoviet Theater interweaves the political intrigues of an election campaign with the backstage drama of a troupe of actors.
Image
By Anna Malpas
Earlier this week, Moscow hosted the HairWorld hairdressing championship at Expocenter on Krasnaya Presnya.
Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
The Supreme Court ruling has been hailed as the "light at the end of the tunnel"- but we have seen these lights before, and watched them fade.
