Moscow Bureau Chief, New York Times
Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times
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Clifford Levy
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Moscow Tycoon Convicted of Embezzlement In Moscow today, Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty on embezzlement charges. The former billionaire oil tycoon, who was once Russia's richest man, is already serving a prison sentence for tax fraud. The Khordokovsky trials are widely seen, both within and without Russia, as an indicator of who's controlling power behind the scenes. Clifford Levy is Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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A Good Old-Fashioned Spy Swap? In the biggest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War, ten alleged spies arrested in the United States last month may on their way to Moscow. Reports are emerging today about a possible swap, involving the ten suspects arrested last month on charges of being part of a Russian espionage ring. Clifford Levy is Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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A Good Old-Fashioned Spy Swap? In the biggest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War, ten alleged spies arrested in the United States last month may on their way to Moscow. Reports are emerging today about a possible swap, involving the ten suspects arrested last month on charges of being part of a Russian espionage ring. Clifford Levy is Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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Ethnic Violence Begins to Ebb in Kyrgyzstan The UN says a million people could be in need of food and other assistance in Kyrgyzstan, where ethnic clashes threaten the country with disintegration. In addition to the humanitarian crisis, Kyrgyzstan houses both American and Russian military bases. Clifford Levy, Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times , speaks to us from Osh, Kyrgystan’s second largest city.
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Deadly Bombings Hit Moscow Subway In Moscow today, two female suicide bombers set off huge explosions in two subway stations, killing more than three dozen people. No one has claimed responsibility yet, but many Muscovites blamed Chechen terrorists. Clifford Levy is Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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Deadly Bombings Hit Moscow Subway In Moscow today, two female suicide bombers set off huge explosions in two subway stations, killing more than three dozen people. No one has claimed responsibility yet, but many Muscovites blamed Chechen terrorists. Clifford Levy is Moscow Bureau Chief for the New York Times .
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Dmitry Medvedev Is Sworn In as Russia's Third President Russia's President is now Dmitry Medvedev , the first leader of a generation that did not come to power during the days of the Soviet Union. Medvedev, who has never before held elected office, was sworn in today inside the Grand Kremlin Palace. Clifford Levy, who reports from Moscow for the New York Times , has more on the new president--and the role of former president, Vladimir Putin .
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Russia's Presidential Election: Freedom Versus Stability From St. Petersburg to Siberia, Vladimir Putin has centralized Russian authority behind what the New York Times calls a " facade of democracy ." Elections of provincial governors were cancelled altogether. The results of next Sunday's presidential election have been known for weeks. Dmitry Medvedev will succeed Putin as President and Putin will become Prime Minister, a job he calls "the highest executive power in the country." We hear about what's called "managed democracy," which means less freedom but greater "stability." That could be great for western investors, but for Washington it's another story. Will Putin and Medvedev want better relations or a new kind of Cold War?
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?