Europe; Asia
Here's what more than a month’s worth of snow in Moscow looks like
It's being called “the snowfall of the century.’’
Why these two women are hitchhiking with a sofa through Europe
Why a small city in Pakistan supplies the world with Scottish bagpipes
In eastern Ukraine, you don't want to be caught speaking English these days
Does the Kremlin now control the Facebook of Russia?
Meet the hard-charging Russian diplomat pushing Putin's assertive foreign policy
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov likes to drink, smoke, wear Italian suits, and foil the US. And the world should take him seriously, says Politico's Susan Glasser.
Where's Transnistria? And why do people there hope Russia will annex them next?
Between Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova lies the breakaway region known as Transnistria. The region is made up of a majority of ethnic Russians, and many want to be part of Russia. So why not, after Crimea?
It's getting harder to find independent media in Russia
The Kremlin is tightening its grip on media, making it much harder for anyone but "official," state-sanctioned media to do work in Russia.
The Crimea crisis is making American investors in Russia very nervous
Relations between Russia and the US and Europe may be at their worst level since the Cold War — and that's not good news for American companies doing business in Russia.