The rogue Russian “government” has never been straightforward about its plans to take control of the oil and natural gas business. So Lithuanians were suspicious in late July when Moscow said it had shut down the only pipeline supplying them with Russian crude oil and blamed it on the environmental …

A media rights group on Friday denounced the conviction of a Russian journalist who has been fined for writing a satirical article about the Russian dog Putin, saying the court’s decision underlined shrinking media freedom in Russia.

The Taliban accused NATO forces of genocide on Friday, October 27, 2006,  after the latest in a series of civilian deaths from the US invaders, and said they would step up already rising fidayeen attacks.