MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev goes on trial on Tuesday in a case he portrays as President Vladimir Putin's revenge for criticizing the Kremlin and a warning to other rich businessmen.Full story
Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy 36-year-old lawyer overcame a state-imposed national media blackout and minimal funds by exploiting his blog and Twitter account to reach hundreds of thou Full story
A Greenpeace activist wearing a polar bear costume paddled outside the Kremlin in protest of oil exploration in the Arctic. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov looks on before the state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow in this December 22, 2011 file photo. Surkov, who was once Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief political strategist and dubbed the Kremlin's puppet master, resigned on May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Se
Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov speaks before the state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow in this December 22, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after talks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin in Moscow April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool
