Miriam Elder

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What Russians Make of President Putin's Syria Op-Ed

Lawmakers in Washington have responded negatively to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times about the Syria crisis. But as for Russian citizens? Well, that's a different story.

What Russians Make of President Putin's Syria Op-Ed

Journalist Miriam Elder Reflects on her Past Seven Years in Russia

Journalist Miriam Elder Reflects on her Past Seven Years in Russia

Searching for Edward Snowden at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport

Searching for Edward Snowden at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport
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Snowden Still at Moscow Airport, Russia's President Vladimir Putin Confirms

Snowden Still at Moscow Airport, Russia's President Vladimir Putin Confirms

NSA Leak: Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum for Snowden

NSA Leak: Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum for Snowden

Alleged American Spy Caught in Russia with Old Fashioned Spyware

Russia's security services, the FSB, say they caught a US diplomat wearing a blond wig, as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent in Moscow. The diplomat, identified as Ryan Fogle, was detained and accused of being an undercover CIA agent.

Alleged American Spy Caught in Russia with Old Fashioned Spyware

What Was Boston Bombings Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Doing in Dagestan?

Whether Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev reached out to insurgents during his six-month stay in the Caucasus region last year is a key question for US investigators right now.

What Was Boston Bombings Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Doing in Dagestan?

Russia's Interest in Resolving the Financial Crisis in Cyprus

The Guardian correspondent Miriam Elder is in Cyprus' second largest city, Limassol, home to a large Russian expat community, and sometimes referred to as "LimassolGrad."

Russia's Interest in Resolving the Financial Crisis in Cyprus

Pussy Riot Trial: Putin Urges Leniency for Russian Punk Rockers

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russian punk trio Pussy Riot should not face tough sentencing for their protest against him in Moscow's main cathedral.

Pussy Riot Trial: Putin Urges Leniency for Russian Punk Rockers
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Moscow Wages War on Washington — via Twitter

The Kremlin has launched an online assault, blasting the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow Michael McFaul. The spat flared up after McFaul gave a talk to students at one of Russia's most prestigious universities, as Guardian correspondent Miriam Elder explains.

Moscow Wages War on Washington — via Twitter
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Soviet-Style Bureaucracy: One Woman's Battle to Get Her Clothes Dry Cleaned

The Soviet Union was a bureaucratic nightmare. Even the smallest task involved piles of paperwork and forms to fill out. Even now in modern-day Russia, that's still the case if you want to get clothes dry cleaned.

Soviet-Style Bureaucracy: One Woman's Battle to Get Her Clothes Dry Cleaned

Russia's Anti-Putin All-Girl Punk Band

The band "Pussy Riot" performs songs that criticize Russia's authoritarianism and in particular, president elect Vladimir Putin.

Russia's Anti-Putin All-Girl Punk Band

Doubts Over Putin's Mega-Rally in Moscow

Russia's Vladimir Putin held a campaign rally at a Moscow soccer stadium today, and 130,000 people showed up. Russia is holding a presidential election in ten days, and Putin is hoping to retake the office he held.

Doubts Over Putin's Mega-Rally in Moscow
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Moscow Protesters Defy Rally Ban

Police and elite interior troops have been patrolling Moscow a day after the biggest opposition rally in years in protest at alleged election fraud.

Moscow Protesters Defy Rally Ban

Taiwanese animators take on Putin's Army

Russia's upcoming election gets the Taiwanese animation treatment.

Taiwanese animators take on Putin's Army