The report says one in five men die from alcohol-related causes in the Russian Federation and neighboring countries.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

For example, one American astronaut on a four-month long mission on the Russian space station Mir saw a vision of his dead father.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Russian rock star Yuri Shevchuk was one of several cultural leaders invited to meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Is she a sleeper Russian spy, one who has spent a lifetime in the United States waiting to fulfill her mission?

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Last July President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev,agreed to work on a follow-on treaty to START-One.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

David Kramer was a former senior State Department official in the Bush administration He also sees the U.S.position moving towards the Russian one.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

One current prominent Russian leader does not agree with Dzhugashvilli's lawsuit against the Novaya Gazeta newspaper.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

One of the most high-profile prisoners involved in the exchange is Russian arms expert Igor Sutyagin.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Marshall Goldman, from Harvard University, says the U.S.position has moved closer to the Russian one.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"The Obama administration touts the U.S.-Russian relationship as one of its major foreign policy successes."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

In one tragic case, six children at a summer camp drowned because camp counselors were following a Russian summer tradition of trying to cool off by drinking alcohol.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

In an effort to battle Russia's rampant alcoholism, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced restrictions barring the sale of beer in cans or bottles larger than one-third of a liter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

During his brief stay in Prague, Mr.Obama will also have a one-on-one meeting with his Russian counterpart, and will have dinner with the heads of state of 11 Central and Eastern European countries.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Shops are open; people are at work. But many Poles are also asking questions such as why so many of the country's political leaders were traveling on one plane and why, if as Russian authorities say, the pilot ignored warnings against trying to land in poor weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12