Kyrgyzstan in the (cyber) crosshairs;

Immigration reform, Russian style

Russian journalists arm themselves;

The Orthodox Church's Soviet spy legacy

Russia's expanding Middle East presence;

An end to the gas crisis

NATO in search of a diplomatic "

thaw"

with Russia;

Tentative Russo-Ukrainian energy deal unravels

Plans for military reform on the skids;

Goodbye to Sevastopol?

Kremlin targets "

enemies of the state"

An energy crisis in the making

An energy takeover in the Balkans;

Nostalgia for Uncle Joe

Another Latin American ally for Moscow;

Russian counterintelligence works overtime

Russia's building boom collapses;

A chilly reception for the new "

Solidarity"