MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Russians embraced the numbing cold and marched to a frozen river bank near the Kremlin Saturday, demonstrating their determination to keep up the pressure on Vladimir V. Putin for fair elections and honest government. Read full article > >

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Russians in thousands give Putin the cold shoulder

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has championed the exposure of government secrets, is getting his own TV show — on a network bankrolled by the Russian government. Assange will host a talk show on the Kremlin-backed RT news network starting in March, focusing on what the network said in an announcement Wednesday is “his favorite topic: controversy.” Read full article > >

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will host a talk show on a Russian TV network

The Kremlin announced a new role for Vladislav Y. Surkov, the “gray cardinal” who has overseen Russia’s domestic political scene for more than a decade.

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Architect of Putin’s System of Politics Is Reassigned

Tens of thousands of people rally in Moscow and other Russian cities, sending a defiant message to the Kremlin after allegedly rigged elections.

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Moscow rally calls on Putin to go

MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday cheered opposition leaders and jeered the Kremlin in the biggest show of outrage yet against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule. The Moscow demonstration was even bigger than a similar rally two weeks ago, signaling that the protest movement ignited by the fraud-tainted Dec. 4 parliamentary election may be growing. Protest were also held in dozens of other cities and towns across Russia. Read full article > >

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Moscow protest draws tens of thousands for biggest rally yet against election fraud

The billionaire Russian businessman Mikhail D. Prokhorov on Thursday said he has quit the pro-business party he headed for five months, condemning it as a “puppet Kremlin party.”

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Prokhorov Quits Pro-Business Party He Says Is Kremlin’s ‘Puppet’

MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia on Saturday and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev during his visit, the Kremlin said. North Korea’s state news agency did not specify a meeting with Medvedev but said that Kim’s visit was at the invitation of the Russian president. It is Kim’s first trip to Russia since 2002 and is the latest sign that North Korea is trying to reach out in an effort to secure aid and restart stalled nuclear disarmament talks. Read full article > >

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NKorean leader Kim Jong Il arrives in Russia, will meet with President Medvedev during visit

In a political climate of personalities, the Kremlin keeps up on public opinion with a check of what segments of the population are thinking.

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Before Voting, Russian Leaders Go to the Polls

A famous Russian ballerina has accused the Kremlin of pulling the plug on two TV shows about her life after she criticised the state’s ruling party.

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Russia’s ballerina in Kremlin row

A new Georgian television station which aims to offer Russian speakers news that is independent of the Kremlin is due to start broadcasting.

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Georgia’s Russian TV launches

Video of Clinton’s remarks; a cool response from the Kremlin; Turkey’s leader called the leak “suspicious.”

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The Lede: Reaction to the Leaks

Believe it if you will: Russian papers are reporting that the Kremlin has sent assassins to kill the man who betrayed Anna Chapman and 10 other Russian spies in the United States. The target, an unidentified official tells the Russian paper Kommersant,…

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Russia Spies to Get Revenge?

The Russian president solidified the Kremlin’s control over life in the capital less than three weeks after ousting a colorful, and more independent, politician from the job.

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Medvedev Names New Mayor of Moscow

The Kremlin formally bans the sale of S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran three months after new UN sanctions.

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