The Kremlin's crackdown on the opposition continues;

Saudi Arabia turns the tables

New legislation takes aim at foreign-funded NGOs;

Business as usual with Syria

Magnitsky Act passes Senate, but still faces hurdles;

Fear and loathing toward NATO  

Rights council resigns en masse;

Former finance minister: economic problems on the horizon

Opposition parties unite to survive;

Magnitsky Act stalls in committee

Ahead of nuclear parlay, Putin and Ahmadinejad find common cause;

Battle lines drawn between Kremlin, opposition forces

Russian Orthodox Church backs the Syrian status quo;

The Duma take a stand against new assembly law - albeit briefly

NATO, Moscow up the ante in missile defense row;

Who's in charge of United Russia?

Hizb ut-Tahrir rising in Tatarstan;

New law raises the cost of protest

Caucasus Emirate sets its sights on Sochi;

Putin takes a more distant approach to the U.S.