Russia

There's a difference between communism and socialism

2013-05-18 09:30:00

Doesn't anyone in this country know the difference between communism and socialism? Russia had communism, or whatever it is called now, and Sweden has socialism. I have been to both places and they are not the same by any means. Sweden has its share...

Adoption ban elevates politics over protecting kids

2013-04-23 11:42:00

Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland recently met with the family of Sergei Magnitsky. The reasons for the meeting: In 2009, Mr. Magnitsky was jailed in Russia for exposing governmental corruption. While in prison, he died after allegedly being tortured. In...

Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer

2013-04-17 17:19:00

Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...

Pikesville-based Kalinka Russian Dance Ensemble turns 10

2013-03-12 05:56:00

With a step, a kick and an energetic stomp, a handful of children bring to life an old and beloved part of their families' Russian culture as part of the Kalinka Dance Ensemble. The Pikesville-based dance troupe, which celebrates its 10th anniversary...

Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky to give recital for Washington Performing Arts Society

2013-03-18 08:40:00

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the Russian baritone who will give a recital for the Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center Wednesday night, has one of the finest voices of our time. He doesn’t mind saying so himself. “It is still a...

Sequester reveals military excess

2013-03-06 09:45:00

If there is anything positive to come out of sequestration, maybe it will motivate us to take a good long look at what we spend on our military. Sixty percent of the 2013 discretionary budget proposed by President Barack Obama goes to the military...

U.S. and Russia can reduce nuclear threat

2013-02-22 12:45:00

The Sun observed in a recent editorial that President Barack Obama's call to reduce the threat of nuclear war "could not have been more timely" ("Avoiding Armageddon," Feb. 18). It would be impossible to agree more with that sentiment. Since the Cold...

There's a high-spirited 'Fiddler on the Roof' at Toby's

2013-02-22 08:46:00

Jewish villagers facing religious discrimination in Czarist Russia in 1905 provide "Fiddler on the Roof" with very serious subject matter for a Broadway musical, but these villagers possess a sharp sense of humor that helps them carry their burdens....

Cardin stands up for rights

2012-12-12 09:19:00

This month's passage of a new U.S.-Russia trade law has done more than showcase Senator Ben Cardin's dedication to international human rights. By sending the shock to the Kremlin — that the U.S. values prosecuting rights abusers as much as it...

Cardin moves human rights forward, but will U.S. eventually retreat?

2012-12-22 12:30:00

Neil Simon's commentary, "Cardin stands for rights" (Dec. 13), correctly depicts U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin's steadfast pursuit to hold accountable violators of human rights in Russia with the killing of attorney Sergei Magnitsky. Our concern is that the U.S....

60 Minutes serves the president some softballs

2013-02-02 03:00:00

In the days of the late Mike Wallace, "60 Minutes" was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the powerful accountable. The Jan. 27 program on which Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama...

Obama returns to arms control -- just in time

2013-02-18 06:14:00

President Barack Obama's call during the State of the Union address to reduce the threat of nuclear war could not have been more timely. The day before the president spoke, North Korea tested a primitive nuclear device, and the following day reports...

Flowers rise outside the headquarters of Russia's gas giant Gazprom in Moscow, on May 21, 2013, a month ahead of the world biggest gas company's annual meeting. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEVKIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:

2013-05-21 00:00:00

TOPSHOTS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY BENOIT FINCK A picture taken on May 3, 2013, shows Vladimir Kouklatchev performing with a cat during a show in the Moscow Cat Theatre, founded by his father, famous Russian clown Yuri Kouklatchev, shortly before the fall of the USSR.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Agata (right), a three-year-old female white African lion, licks male Almaz inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 18, 2013.

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