Barack Obama And the Question of “Universal Rights”

Barack Obama made a bold move in participating in a “town hall” meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai. However, on the basis of the Al Jazeera English account of this meeting (taken from both wire sources and their own staff), he...

Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Releases Russian Love Songs Album

The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper has reported that Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has released a disc of Russian love songs in memory of the 10th anniversary of his wife’s death. Only a few copies of the disc “Songs for Raisa,”...

Irreverent English-Language Tabloid Closes Down in Russia

After 11 years of providing Moscow readers with investigative journalism, irreverent commentary, and sophomoric gags, the English-language newspaper the “The eXile” is closing down after investors fled in the face of a government inspection...

Ex-Soviet Leader Gorbachev Blasts EU, NATO Over Kosovo Status

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sharply criticized on Saturday attempts by the EU and NATO to decide the future of Serbia’s Albanian-dominated breakaway province of Kosovo.

Gorbachev Does Not Back Changes to Election Law

Former U.S.S.R. president, Mikhail Gorbachev, said he did not support the recent changes to election legislation adopted by the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.