Putin finds opportunity in Libya…

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has criticized the UN Security Council resolution on Libya for allowing foreign military intervention in a sovereign state. Putin called the resolution “defective and flawed,” adding that “it allows everything and is reminiscent of a medieval call for a crusade.” Putin noted that Russia, which abstained on the UN. resolution

Anna Chapman: Agent provocateur

Anna Chapman, the “sultry Russian secret agent” who hit the headlines last year after being exposed as a deep-cover operative in the United States, says she bears no ill will towards the man who betrayed her. And why should she? Since being freed as part of a dramatic spy swap deal in Vienna in July

Kremlin moves to save Arctic oil deal with BP

Kremlin-controlled oil group Rosneft insists it is pressing ahead with its controversial alliance with BP, after the venture was blocked by a Stockholm court. Igor Sechin, Rosneft’s chairman and Russia’s deputy prime minister, declared he intended to proceed with the alliance and claimed the court had merely extended an existing temporary injunction on the project