Peter Finn

Articles by Peter Finn

Putin Chooses Cabinet, Retaining Key Officials (May 13, 2008)

Soviet-Style Display of Might Fills Red Square (May 10, 2008)

Putin Sets Plans for Tenure as Premier (May 9, 2008)

For Russia, a Second Center of Power (May 8, 2008)

U.S., Russia Sign Pact On Nuclear Cooperation (May 7, 2008)

Questions Consume Kremlin-Watchers As Putin Steps Aside (May 4, 2008)

Reacting to Sanctions, Belarus Expels 10 More U.S. Diplomats (May 1, 2008)

Russia's Moves Add To Strains With Georgia (May 1, 2008)

Aftermath of a Soviet Famine (April 27, 2008)

Illegal iPhones, Apple of Russian Elites' Eyes (April 26, 2008)

Moscow Killings Blamed on Racism (April 8, 2008)

Reprieve for a Russian College (March 22, 2008)

Russian Hospital Finds Push for Progress Blocked (March 21, 2008)

Dual U.S.-Russia Citizens Face Spy Charges (March 21, 2008)

U.S., Russia Politely Dug In Over Missile Defense (March 19, 2008)

In Response to Sanctions, Belarus Seeks to Oust U.S. Envoy (March 8, 2008)

Russia Pumps Tens of Millions Into Burnishing Image Abroad (March 6, 2008)

Russian Election Lacked 'Freedom,' Monitor Says (March 4, 2008)

Putin's Chosen Successor, Medvedev, Elected in Russia (March 3, 2008)

Despite Spotlight, Putin's Heir Still Shadowy (March 2, 2008)

Kosovo Independence Raises Hopes for Economic Revival (February 23, 2008)

U.S. to Move Some Diplomats Out of Serbia (February 22, 2008)

U.S. Embassy in Belgrade Overrun (February 22, 2008)

Serbs in Kosovo Set 2 Border Posts Afire (February 20, 2008)

Kosovo Gains Recognition By U.S., Some in Europe (February 19, 2008)

Putin Threatens Ukraine On NATO (February 13, 2008)

Putin, in Speech, Accuses U.S. of Setting Off 'New Arms Race' (February 9, 2008)

Russia to Move Ailing Yukos Defendant to Clinic (February 8, 2008)

Monitor Declines Role in Russian Vote (February 8, 2008)

A Rich Market for Russian Icons (February 5, 2008)

Jailed Russian Tycoon Fasts to Protest Colleague's Treatment (January 31, 2008)

Europe Election Monitors Might Forgo Russian Vote (January 30, 2008)

Prime Time for Putin's Anointed (January 30, 2008)

Election Officials Bar Putin's Ex-Premier From Presidential Race (January 28, 2008)

Kremlin Uses Military Draft To Curb Foes, Activists Say (January 26, 2008)

A Russian Candidacy In Peril (January 23, 2008)

British Unit Is Alleging 'Intimidation' By Moscow (January 18, 2008)

Russia Briefly Holds British Cultural Official (January 17, 2008)

British Agency Defies Russia (January 15, 2008)

Putin Names Nationalist to NATO Post (January 11, 2008)

2nd Aspirant To Russia's Presidency Quits Race (December 27, 2007)

Russia's Orthodox Church Rings In A Revival of Sacramental Sounds (December 22, 2007)

War Memoir Bares Harrowing Life of a Russian Grunt (December 21, 2007)

Putin Says He Would Accept Premiership (December 18, 2007)

Russia Ships First Lot of Nuclear Fuel to Iran (December 18, 2007)

Kasparov Ends Bid for Russian Presidency (December 14, 2007)

Russia Orders 2 British Offices Closed (December 13, 2007)

Probable Successor to Putin Backs Him as Next Premier (December 12, 2007)

Putin Anoints Successor To Russian Presidency (December 11, 2007)

Pro-Kremlin Party Chiefs Play Roles to Perfection (December 11, 2007)

Putin, Long Taciturn About His Future, Has Put Scenarios in Play, Analysts Say (December 9, 2007)

Russia Alleges U.S. 'Rollback' on Anti-Missile Plan (December 6, 2007)

Europeans Call Russia Vote 'Not Fair' (December 4, 2007)

Russian Voters Turn Out for Putin and United Russia (December 3, 2007)

Only Margin Is in Question in Russian Vote (December 2, 2007)

Putin Withdraws Russia From Major Arms Treaty (December 1, 2007)

Party Led By Putin Steamrolls Opponents (November 30, 2007)

Putin Accuses U.S. of Interference (November 27, 2007)

Russia Pursues Crackdown (November 26, 2007)

Kasparov Detained After Anti-Putin Rally in Moscow (November 25, 2007)

In a Russian City, Clues to Putin's Abiding Appeal (November 24, 2007)

Putin Links Rivals to West (November 22, 2007)

Scores Dead In Ukrainian Coal Mine Explosion (November 19, 2007)

European Group Won't Monitor Russian Vote (November 17, 2007)

Russia Casts A Selective Net in Piracy Crackdown (November 14, 2007)

Bus Blast Kills Eight In Russia (November 1, 2007)

Kremlin Seeks To Extend Its Reach in Cyberspace (October 28, 2007)

Kremlin-Backed Opposition Party Foundering as Elections Loom (October 26, 2007)

Russian Is Found Guilty In String of 48 Slayings (October 25, 2007)

'Chessboard Killer' Convicted of Murdering 48 in Moscow (October 24, 2007)

Russia Deliberately Delaying the Arrival of Election Observers, Critics Say (October 24, 2007)

Putin Finds Expedient Hero In Four-Term U.S. President (October 19, 2007)

Neighbors Join Call Against Attack on Iran (October 17, 2007)

Rice Avoids Criticizing Putin as U.S. Seeks Russia's Cooperation (October 14, 2007)

'No Real Data' on Iranian Nuclear Ambitions, Putin Asserts (October 11, 2007)

Russians Honor a Crusading Journalist (October 8, 2007)

Ukrainian Alliance Resumes Its Feuding (October 4, 2007)

Gazprom Warns Ukraine of Gas Reduction (October 3, 2007)

Putin Suggests He'd Be Premier (October 2, 2007)

President's Allies Ahead in Ukraine (October 1, 2007)

Protagonists of Orange Revolution Vie Again (September 30, 2007)

After 50 Years, Passions Persist Over the Publication of 'Doctor Zhivago' (September 28, 2007)

Russia Turns New Law Against Kremlin Critics (September 26, 2007)

Old Trade Losing Its Foothold in Moscow (September 25, 2007)

Murder Suspect to Run For Parliament in Russia (September 17, 2007)

Putin Nominee Speaks to Lawmakers (September 13, 2007)

Putin Nominates Obscure Official To Be Premier (September 13, 2007)

Russian Authorities Won't Renew Visa of U.S. Labor Organizer (September 11, 2007)

Russia, Indonesia Set $1 Billion Arms Deal (September 7, 2007)

Difficulties Arise in Probe Of Russian Reporter's Death (September 5, 2007)

Russia Challenges West With Nomination to IMF (August 23, 2007)

Local Property Dispute Grows Into International Issue for Kazakhstan (July 25, 2007)

Russia Calls Evidence in Poison Case Inadequate (July 24, 2007)

New Manuals Push A Putin's-Eye View In Russian Schools (July 20, 2007)

Russia Expels 4 British Envoys (July 20, 2007)

Family Fight Leaves Kazakhstan's Power Couple on the Outside (July 18, 2007)

Russia Halts Participation In Arms Pact For Europe (July 15, 2007)

Aral Sea's Return Revives Withered Villages (July 10, 2007)

Putin Sees Olympics Choice As Proof of Russian Progress (July 6, 2007)

Russian Probe Shuts Media Foundation (June 29, 2007)

Russia's Gazprom Purchases Siberian Gas Field From BP (June 23, 2007)

Puzzling Over Putin's Remarks on Succession (June 23, 2007)

Rights Court Says Russian 'State Agents' Killed Chechen Activist (June 22, 2007)

Accidental Allies in Russian Politics (June 15, 2007)

Moscow Panel Backs Rights Lawyer (June 9, 2007)

Russia's Champion of Hopeless Cases Is Targeted for Disbarment (June 3, 2007)

Poisoning Suspect Accuses British in Death of Litvinenko (June 1, 2007)

Bush Reaches to Putin as Relations Continue to Slide (May 31, 2007)

A Dubious Diplomat (May 27, 2007)

Agreement in Ukraine Appears to Resolve Political Crisis (May 27, 2007)

Siberian Mine Explosion Kills Dozens (May 25, 2007)

Russian Official Says Poisoning Case Won't Hurt Ties With Britain (May 24, 2007)

Britain Seeks Extradition of Ex-KGB Agent (May 23, 2007)

Cyber Assaults on Estonia Typify a New Battle Tactic (May 19, 2007)

Putin, Rice Resolve to Tone Down Harsh Rhetoric (May 16, 2007)

Sale of Building Seals Yukos's Demise (May 12, 2007)

For Estonia's Ethnic Russians, Ties to Moscow Fading (May 9, 2007)

Protesters in Moscow Harass Estonian Envoy Over Statue (May 3, 2007)

Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic (May 3, 2007)

Statue's Removal Sparks Violent Protests in Estonia (April 28, 2007)

Russia to Suspend Compliance With Key European Pact (April 27, 2007)

Kinder View of Yeltsin Emerges in Eulogies (April 26, 2007)

Thousands Mourn Founder of a New Russia (April 25, 2007)

News of Yeltsin's Death Stirs Mixed Feelings in Russia (April 24, 2007)

Russian Medical School Imposes Curfew for Hitler's Birthday (April 21, 2007)

Saints in Demand In Russia as Church Asserts Tie to State (April 20, 2007)

Kremlin Says Riot Police Overreacted (April 18, 2007)

Dozens Arrested as Riot Police Beat Anti-Kremlin Protesters in St. Petersburg (April 16, 2007)

Police in Moscow Overpower Opposition Rally (April 15, 2007)

Russia Charges Exiled Tycoon (April 14, 2007)

Corruption Stains Timber Trade (April 1, 2007)

Rights Group Challenges Assurances On Torture (March 29, 2007)

Russian Academy of Sciences Rejects Demand to Give Up Autonomy (March 29, 2007)

Auction Opens Final Phase in Dismantling Of Yukos Oil (March 28, 2007)

Infighting Fractures Russian Opposition (March 28, 2007)

Thousands Rally for Change in Belarus (March 26, 2007)

Seven Killed in Russian Passenger Jet Crash in Samara (March 17, 2007)

Russia Seeks More Control At Academy Of Sciences (March 13, 2007)

Dispute Halts Delivery Of Atomic Fuel to Iran (March 13, 2007)

Pro-Putin Party Builds a Wide Lead (March 13, 2007)

New Russian Party Faces 1st Electoral Test (March 11, 2007)

Antimissile Plan by U.S. Strains Ties With Russia (February 21, 2007)

Planned Tower Splits Venerable Russian City (February 19, 2007)

Putin Removes Chechen President, Appoints Ally (February 16, 2007)

2 Chechens Don't Show for Moscow Retrial in U.S. Editor's Slaying (February 16, 2007)

Russian Leader Expands Powers of a Possible Successor (February 16, 2007)

Turkmen President Installed After Vote Opponents Dispute (February 15, 2007)

Beyond Moscow, Dachas Make Way for Suburbia (February 14, 2007)

Jailed Russian Oil Tycoon Faces More Charges (February 6, 2007)

Turkmen Candidates Practice Pliancy (February 4, 2007)

Russian TV Shines Warmly on a Likely Successor to Putin (February 2, 2007)

The Plot Thickens (January 27, 2007)

Russian Court Backs Closing Of Chechen Rights Group (January 24, 2007)

European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured (January 19, 2007)

Russians to Take Poisoning Inquiry to London (January 13, 2007)

Russia-Belarus Standoff Over Oil Ends, Clearing Way for Accord (January 11, 2007)

Germany's Merkel Assails Russia Over Cutoff of Oil (January 10, 2007)

Russia Halts Oil Flow To Belarus in Dispute (January 9, 2007)

Poisoning Of Ex-Agent Sets Off Alarm Bells (January 7, 2007)

Russians Open New Probe of Oil Baron (December 28, 2006)

Turkmenistan Council Weighs in on Succession (December 27, 2006)

Beslan Massacre Probe Defends Russian Forces (December 23, 2006)

Saparmurat Niyazov; Turkmenistan Dictator (December 22, 2006)

Dictator's Death Spurs Tensions In Turkmenistan (December 22, 2006)

In Balmy Europe, Feverish Choruses of 'Let It Snow' (December 20, 2006)

From Russian Killer-Turned-Star, A Sequel to a Different Sort of Hit (December 15, 2006)

Russians Say Their Radiation Exposure Occurred During Earlier Trip to London (December 14, 2006)

Two Old Friends at Center of Poison Mystery (December 13, 2006)

In Russia, A Secretive Force Widens (December 12, 2006)

Germans Investigate Russian in Poisoning (December 11, 2006)

Poisoning Inquiry Extends to Germany, Where Radiation Is Found (December 10, 2006)

Russian Billionaire's Bitter Feud With Putin A Plot Line in Poisoning (December 9, 2006)

Russian Tied to Ex-Spy Also Ill From Radiation (December 8, 2006)

Poisoning Case Will Be Treated As Murder (December 7, 2006)

Moscow Restricts British Police Investigating Ex-Spy's Death (December 6, 2006)

British Police Take Poisoning Inquiry to Moscow (December 5, 2006)

British Find Radiation at 12 Locations (December 1, 2006)

Investigation Of Spy's Death Finds Radiation On 2 Jetliners (November 30, 2006)

Orange Revolution's Foe Transformed in Ukraine (November 28, 2006)

Probe Traces Global Reach of Counterfeiting Ring (November 26, 2006)

Radioactive Poison Killed Ex-Spy (November 25, 2006)

Kremlin Inc. Widening Control Over Industry (November 19, 2006)

Russia Reaches Trade Deal With U.S. (November 11, 2006)

Around the Globe, Relief Over U.S. Vote (November 10, 2006)

U.S. Hit 'Borat' Won't Be Seen in Russian Theaters (November 10, 2006)

New Trial Ordered in 2004 Killing Of American Journalist in Moscow (November 10, 2006)

European Court Rules Against Russia (November 10, 2006)

In Russia, a Gadfly Stings In Both Politics and Art (November 7, 2006)

Russia's State-Controlled Gas Firm Announces Plan to Double Price for Georgia (November 3, 2006)

Tainted Vodka Kills Dozens as Russians Turn to Bootleg Liquor (November 2, 2006)

Deportation Of Uzbek By Russia Is Criticized (October 27, 2006)

Putin Says He'll Retain Influence In Russia After Term Ends in '08 (October 26, 2006)

Europe's Long Legal Tether on Russia (October 23, 2006)

Russia Halts Activities of Many Groups From Abroad (October 20, 2006)

Russian Officials Arrest 3 in Slaying of Banker (October 17, 2006)

Crowds Bid Farewell to Russian Reporter (October 11, 2006)

Moscow Rally Memorializes Slain Reporter (October 9, 2006)

In Russia, a Checkerboard Field of Dreams (October 9, 2006)

Outspoken Putin critic shot dead in Moscow (October 8, 2006)

Unswayed by West, Russia Continues Georgia Blockade (October 4, 2006)

Georgian Vineyards Hit by Russian Frost (October 4, 2006)

Georgia Returns Four Russian Officers (October 3, 2006)

Putin and Georgia Officials Intensify Rhetoric in Dispute (October 2, 2006)

Dispute Between Georgia, Russia Escalates (September 30, 2006)

In Russia, Psychiatry Is Again a Tool Against Dissent (September 30, 2006)

Russia Recalls Envoy to Georgia (September 29, 2006)

In Russia, Cautious Generosity (September 22, 2006)

Aeroflot Investor Hopes to Salvage Boeing Deal (September 20, 2006)

Ukraine's Yanukovych Halts NATO Entry Talks (September 15, 2006)

Russia Shaken By Killing of Bank Official (September 15, 2006)

Madonna's Russian 'Confessions': Good for the Sale (September 13, 2006)

U.S. Officer Tells Of Being Abducted In Kyrgyz Capital (September 10, 2006)

U.S.-Russian Exercises Postponed by Moscow (September 6, 2006)

Georgian, Russian Relations Strained Anew by Shooting (September 5, 2006)

Russian Homeland No Haven For Ex-Detainees, Activists Say (September 3, 2006)

10 Sentenced in Killing of Kazakhstan Opposition Figure, 2 Aides (September 1, 2006)

Opposition Party Looks To Be a Putin Creation (August 30, 2006)

Flight Recorders Found at Ukraine Crash Site (August 24, 2006)

Ex-Yukos Executive Calls Russian Probe 'Retaliation' (August 23, 2006)

At Least 170 Die in Russian Plane Accident (August 23, 2006)

Oil Profits Help Russia Pay Off Soviet-Era Debt (August 22, 2006)

Bombing at Moscow Market Kills 10 (August 21, 2006)

Yukos Probe Widens To Include Westerners (August 18, 2006)

Kyrgyz Deportations Draw U.N. Rebuke (August 10, 2006)

Russian Physicist Given Suspended Prison Term (August 9, 2006)

Kremlin Sells Russia's Best Self (July 18, 2006)

At Carefully Staged G-8, Dissenters Kept in Wings (July 16, 2006)

In Russia, Putin, Bush Put On a Brave Face (July 16, 2006)

To Dismay of Some, Bush Takes Gentler Approach Toward Putin (July 15, 2006)

Putin Will Host G-8 In a Russia Under Ever Tighter Control (July 13, 2006)

Putin Critics Convene as G-8 Nears (July 12, 2006)

Chechnya's Separatists Weakening (July 12, 2006)

Blast Kills Leader of Separatists In Chechnya (July 11, 2006)

Brake System Is Focus In Russia Crash Probe (July 10, 2006)

Defeated Candidate Reemerges in Ukraine (July 8, 2006)

Russia's Signal to Stations Is Clear: Cut U.S. Radio (July 7, 2006)