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Russian Polling Group Says It May Close

MOSCOW — In recent years, when public opinion turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center, a respected group of sociologists who broke off their ... Read more

Letter From Europe: In Litvinenko Case, Secrecy Wins Out Over Inquiry

LONDON — Ever since Alexander V. Litvinenko died, his supporters have nurtured a hope of one day learning answers to two critical questions: Did the Kremlin plan his poisoning in central London in November ... Read more

Obama and Cameron Press Putin on Syria

WASHINGTON — President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain expressed hope on Monday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would eventually join the global effort to pressure the Syrian ... Read more

Letter from Europe: One Man Against the Kremlin

LONDON — William F. Browder has succeeded in making the Kremlin very angry, which is perhaps the best he could hope for after a remarkable three-year campaign to hold Russian government officials ... Read more

Ex-Aide to Medvedev and Putin Out at Kremlin

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Wednesday announced the resignation of Vladislav Y. Surkov, in recent years a close aide to Prime Minister Dmitri A. Medvedev and one of the architects of Russia’s highly ... Read more

Boston Bombing Inquiry Looks Closely at Russia Trip

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — During a six-month visit to his Russian homeland last year, the parents of the Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev said, he spent his time reading novels and ... Read more

Vladislav Surkov, a Former Putin Aide, Is Ousted

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Wednesday announced the resignation of Vladislav Y. Surkov, a longtime domestic policy adviser and architect of Russia’s highly centralized political system, now under strain ... Read more

Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s Domestic Policy Aide, Is Ousted

World Briefing | Europe: Russia: F.B.I. Director in Moscow to Discuss Boston Bombings

The F.B.I. director Robert S. Mueller III met with Russian law enforcement and intelligence officials in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the bureau’s investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings, according ... Read more

White House Sticks to Cautious Path on Syria

WASHINGTON — The White House insisted Monday that it would not be thrown off its cautious approach to Syria, despite Israeli military strikes near Damascus and new questions about the use of chemical ... Read more