All articles from Fred Weir
-
Global News Blog Opposition leader Navalny joins growing roster of jailed opponents of Putin (+video)
The five-year sentence meted out to Alexei Navalny has deepened doubts among many about the Russian justice system.
-
Global News Blog Lawyer: Edward Snowden could be free to walk Russian streets in days
But even if Russia grants Snowden asylum, his presence still complicates relations with the US.
-
Global News Blog Putin pays an underwater visit to Oleg
Russia's President Putin is burnishing his derring-do reputation by examining a shipwreck via submersible vehicle.
-
Global News Blog Putin acknowledges Snowden is 'trapped' in Russia (+video)
But he and Snowden agree on one thing: Snowden should leave Russia as soon as possible.
-
Global News Blog Snowden asks to stay in Russia until path to Latin America opens (+video)
In exchange, the former NSA contractor says he will not release any more US secrets.
-
Global News Blog Guilty: Russian court passes verdict on dead lawyer at center of row with the West
Sergei Magnitsky died in prison after uncovering evidence of a $230 million tax scam by officials.
-
As election nears, popular opposition leader arrested in Russia
The Kremlin says Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov solicited a massive bribe. He says he's being targeted for his anti-establishment views.
-
Global News Blog Rocket crash strains Russia's troubled space program (+video)
The $200 million explosion over a Kazakhstan launchpad is the latest in a series of expensive accidents involving Russian spacecraft over the past three years.
-
Has Putin changed his mind on hosting Snowden?
The Russian president has told Edward Snowden he can stay – but only if he stops hurting 'our American partners.'
-
Russia's 'majoritarian' crackdown on minorities rolls on with new anti-gay law
The anti-LGBT law Putin signed today is just the latest move to rein in 'aggressive minorities.'
-
Russia debates letting Snowden in from the cold (+video)
But would a Kremlin offer of asylum to the former NSA contractor be cynical or altruistic?
-
Kremlin's hammer falls on first 'foreign agent' NGO
Russian authorities ordered a six-month closure of independent election monitor Golos this week.
-
Why Russia evacuated its naval base in Syria
Now that Russian ships can stop in Cyprus, having personnel in Syria isn't worth the risk.
-
Snowden, stuck in Moscow airport, becoming headache for Russia
Most Russian analysts say the former NSA contractor's saga has ceased to be amusing for the Kremlin, which has multiple reasons to keep Snowden at arm's length.
-
Putin: Snowden, still in Moscow airport, is a 'free man'
While Edward Snowden is in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, he is technically not in Russia. Vladimir Putin said today he will not extradite him.
-
Global News Blog Whither Snowden? NSA whistleblower skips Moscow-Havana flight
Edward Snowden's decision to miss his flight to Cuba – and apparently stay in Russia, at least for the moment – may lead the US to push harder on the Kremlin to turn him over.
-
Global News Blog Snowden's stealthy exit: How WikiLeaks and maybe Russia helped
The NSA leaker is traveling to Moscow en route to a third country. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told journalists Sunday that he knows nothing of Snowden's travel plans.
-
Briefing How Russia views nuclear disarmament - and why it may resist
In his speech today in Berlin, President Obama called for the US and Russia to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by a third. But the proposal may meet a chilly reception in Moscow.
-
'G7 plus one'? Isolated Russia holds line on Syria.
The G8 summit ended today with Russia far from agreement with the West over how to resolve the Syrian civil war. Russian experts say the rift is probably permanent.
-
Land of KGB shrugs over US-British G-20 spying claims
Russians say few surprises in Guardian revelations; that tapping was aimed at Dmitri Medvedev not Vladimir Putin lessens impact in Moscow.
Become part of the Monitor community