The recent exchange of several Russian political hostages for Moscow’s spies and assassins, facilitated by the Biden administration, has refocused attention on Russia’s future. Following their release ...

Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

As democracy in Georgia collapses, Russia, China and Iran see an opening (CNN) — A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom.

Democratic socialism has been thrust into the political limelight recently, thanks to self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani winning the race to become New York City’s next mayor earlier ...