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.

More friction over missile defenses in Europe;

A more independent role for the Russian Duma?

Kremlin targets social vices with new taxes;

USTR takes aim at Russian intellectual property threat

U.S. Congress seeks human rights penalties on Russian officials;

Amnesty for at least some political prisoners

An unlikely champion for Russia's opposition;

Kremlin jitters over post-Coalition Afghanistan

Still no justice for Sergei Magnitsky;

Term limits for future Russian presidents...just not Putin

New U.S. envoy to Russia receives chilly reception;

Orthodox church "

under attack"

for political views

Domestic opposition on the decline...or still kicking?;

Oil retarding Russia's economic growth