RUSSIA is using the global financial crisis to attack US policies and to try to reduce Washington's influence, but many countries are looking forward to Barack Obama's presidency and few are likely to follow suit.
Hours after Obama won the US (...)
The West's pillorying of Moscow over last month's invasion of Georgia has kindled a fierce Russian resentment that poses dangers for security in Europe and in trouble spots beyond.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lectured Russian counterpart (...)
rattling over two disputed regions of Georgia is driven by Kremlin hard-liners who want to push Russia's next president into an anti-Western stance, diplomats in both countries said.
Tension has risen sharply in the volatile South Caucasus since (...)
