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A few hacker teams do most China-based data theft

By LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pedestrians pass the Google China headquarters in Beijing in March 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

A few hacker teams do most China-based data theft

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A protester with the words "no vote" covering her lips is one of more than 10,000 people at a St. Petersburg, Russia, rally Saturday after parliamentary elections that the throng claims were rigged to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Russia United party. (Associated Press)

Large Russian protests get a response

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (Associated Press/Presidential Press Service)

Medvedev orders probe into reported election fraud

Associated Press

Protesters light flares during a mass rally against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia’s stunning protests end with hint of change

By Jim Heintz and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of spending “hundreds of millions” of dollars to influence Russian politics. (Associated Press)

Putin accuses Clinton of encouraging vote-fraud protesters

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference during the annual gathering of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

NATO, Russia say still no agreement on missiles

By Anne Gearan and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Putin slams Clinton for encouraging protesters

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

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Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

GRISWOLD: Promoting U.S. exports and the rule of law in Russia

By Daniel Griswold - Special to The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (right), speaks during a conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Clinton calls Russian election unfair

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

Moscow police clash with anti-Putin demonstrators

By Mansur Mirovalev - Associated Press

Russian opposition members chant anti-government slogans during a rally in Moscow on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, to protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Thousands in Moscow protest against Putin

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

This photo from Feb. 11, 2009, shows an owner beginning to write a text message on his cellphone in Los Angeles. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Surveillance tools: Not just for spies now

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a United Russia party congress in Moscow on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at which he formally was nominated as the party's candidate for president in next March's election. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

EDITORIAL: The czar who bleeds

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at an award ceremony in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)

Free trade vs. democratic reforms in Russia

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

A Russian soldier casts his ballot as others stand in line at a polling station in Moscow on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)

Exit polls show Putin’s party losing support

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Catherine the Great’

By Sandra McElwaine - Special to The Washington Times

Bogomolov to represent Russia instead of US

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press