Owen Matthews

Moscow is flush with oil money. But the new President Dmitry Medvedev needs to do more than just redistribute it to bring his nation back to fiscal health.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to Owen Matthews about Islam, modernity and Turkey's role in Israel-Syria communications

They have piles of cash to spend but love to party to excess. Are they worth all the trouble?

In the battle for the heart and soul of Turkey, the lines are now being drawn by the judiciary.

The Kremlin has largely marginalized Russia's intelligentsia. But 'Girls of the Military' is a hit.

With one president stepping down and another on his way in, a battle for power and profits is underway.

Vladimir Putin's bellicose language and aggressive style has cost Russia friends in the neighborhood.

Dmitry Medvedev has toiled under Vladimir Putin's shadow. But the heir to the presidency will soon have to show his true colors.

Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor seems like a loyal nobody. But he could turn out to be a welcome surprise.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan just won't take no for an answer. In 2002 he and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power promising to get Turkey into the European Union.

After strong-arm tactics backfire, Moscow finds smarter ways to extend its influence abroad.

Putin wields gas as a weapon. But the reality is that Russia can barely meet its own growing demand.

Putin has killed democracy in the name of stability. How the tragedy of the latest election will haunt Russia in the years ahead.

Rivalries at the top threaten to tear Russia apart.

Forget democracy. The real Russian politics rages in the Kremlin.

Georgia's riots may be over, but for President Saakashvili it's also the end of his stint as the darling of the West.

In countries across Eurasia, high-end resorts and services are attracting the wealthy locals.

Russian and Chinese investors are battling for African resources to fuel their growing empires.

How the Bush-Erdogan meeting produced a solution that allows Turkey to step back from the brink of an invasion of northern Iraq.

Yandex dominates search with focus on local needs.

Turkey is risking ties to the U.S. and Europe for a simple reason: its eyes are on the eastern front.

A Turkish raid into Northern Iraq would be a diplomatic nightmare for Washington. What could happen next.

Vladimir Putin says he may lead United Russia when he leaves office. That will solidify his control, and turn the party into a new center of political might.

Russians take their place alongside the Chinese in a battle for resources to fuel their growing empires.

Vladimir Putin's surprise appointment of a political unknown as Russia's new prime minister has further complicated the question of who will succeed him as the country's president when Putin's second (and constitutionally last) term ends in March 2008.

Russian authorities are sending critics to psychiatric wards. Speaking out now seems evidence of madness.

Abdullah Gul's ascent was expected to trigger military unrest. so why is Turkey so quiet?

George Bush stood with his hand on Vladimir Putin's shoulder. It was November 2001, and the two leaders had just enjoyed Texas steaks personally barbecued by Bush at his family ranch, before heading to Crawford High School to address an audience of students. "It's my honor to welcome a new style of leader," Bush said as he introduced the Russian president. "A reformer, a man who loves his country as much as I love mine." Putin had been the first foreign leader to call in the hours after 9/11 to...

Washington and Moscow are once again vying for power.

To hear Turkey's opposition tell it, this weekend's parliamentary election represents nothing less than a battle for the soul of the country. On one side stands Ankara's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AK Party (AKP), a party that has its roots in political Islam and which opponents accuse of harboring a secret fundamentalist agenda to undermine Turkey's strict separation between religion and public life.