Russia

Theater review: Life and art boundaries blur in fluid 'Neva'

2013-06-14 15:10:00

Six months after her husband's death, Olga Knipper, famed actress and widow of Anton Chekhov, is gearing up to face an audience again. In a dimly lighted rehearsal hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, with two other actors, she prepares to resume her life...

Getting U.S. weapons to Syria rebels will take weeks

2013-06-14 18:04:00

WASHINGTON — Delivering weapons and ammunition to beleaguered Syrian rebels will take weeks, White House officials acknowledged Friday as the administration's decision to supply arms set off a debate about how far, and how fast, President Obama's...

White House: Arms to Syrian rebels due 'in the weeks to come'

2013-06-14 13:58:00

WASHINGTON- -The White House said Friday that it will take weeks to deliver weapons and ammunition to Syrian rebels despite the rising death toll in the civil war and pleas for speedy assistance from anti-government forces. The United States has created...

Russia not convinced by U.S. claims of Syrian chemical weapons use

2013-06-14 09:56:00

MOSCOW – Russia on Friday said it was not persuaded by U.S. assertions that Syria has used chemical weapons in the country’s civil war and called the decision to send arms to some rebel groups unhelpful. Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian...

Congress, don't ban the bomb's national park

2013-06-11 12:58:00

They pulled a bit of history out of the English Channel on Monday. Experts from the Royal Air Force Museum lifted a rare Dornier Do 17 bomber from the seafloor near Kent. The plane, shot down during the Battle of Britain in 1940, is believed to be the...

'The Americans': Join a live chat with star Matthew Rhys today

2013-06-11 10:00:00

He's a Soviet spy tempted by the American dream, a master of disguises, a loving father and a husband learning to love the�woman he was forced by Mother Russia to marry. Today at 11 a.m. Pacific time, join Matthew Rhys and Times staff writer Glenn Whipp...

Snowden's dilemma: What are the possibilities for asylum?

2013-06-11 05:00:00

If Edward J. Snowden, who says he leaked National Security Agency secrets, wants to stay out of the clutches of U.S. judicial authorities, his choices for seeking asylum are few and, literally, far between. Only Iceland would seem to meet the conditions...

McManus: Obama's foreign policy reset

2013-06-09 00:00:00

The appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...

Monday's TV Highlights: 'Defiance' on Syfy

2013-06-09 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES The Voice The contestants perform in a...

China's Xi Jinping appears more Maoist than reformer so far

2013-06-08 00:00:00

BEIJING — With his photogenic wife at his side and a willingness to make eye contact and engage in small talk, Xi Jinping looks more like an American politician than the gray suits who populate the upper ranks of Chinese politics. One of his first...

Russian lawmakers move to keep information on homosexuality from kids

2013-06-11 13:19:00

MOSCOW – Despite opposition from human rights activists, Russia’s lower house of parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban providing children with information on homosexuality. The lower house, or State Duma, voted...

Syrian rebel stronghold pounded by government shelling

2013-06-03 13:00:00

Heavy shelling pounded the besieged Syrian town of Qusair on Monday, killing at least three civilians and injuring several more, as government forces made another attempt to storm the strategic junction, according to opposition activists in and near the...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin reportedly is being accused by Patriots owner Robert Kraft of pocking Kraft's Super Bowl ring.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Serena Williams celebrates match point against Russia's Maria Sharapova in the women's singles final at the French Open at Roland Garros arena in Paris, France, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Williams defeated Sharapova, 6-4, 6-4.

2013-06-11 11:10:36

Serena Williams celebrates match point against Russia's Maria Sharapova in the women's singles final at the French Open at Roland Garros arena in Paris, France, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Williams defeated Sharapova, 6-4, 6-4.

2013-06-11 11:10:36