Svetlana Babaeva

Svetlana Babeva is the U.S. bureau chief of the Russian News and Information Agency (RIA Novosti).


Commentary

Best friends. Better rivals?

Think the Kremlin will do everything in its power to prevent another terrorist attack? Don't bet on it.

Obama and Medvedev have been busy with their reset. Uncertainty about who really calls the shots may render it all meaningless.

The rise of social networks probably won't have a long-term impact on Russia's political future.

Follow The National Interest

May 25, 2012