The "spy crisis" between Georgia and Russia has brought relations between the former Soviet states to their lowest point in decades, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
On 27 September, Georgia announced the arrest of four Russian military (...)
Russia is well-prepared to host the G8 Summit and is aspiring to move into the spotlight of world politics, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
Russia will host the G8 Summit of industrialised nations in St Petersburg on 15-17 July. Buzzing public (...)
Hoping for a miracle, Ukraine is counting its votes again and again in the aftermath of exceptionally bungled parliamentary elections, writes Shohdy Naguib
Elections in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) -- crucial for the political future of the (...)
From Moscow Shohdy Naguib assesses the intricacies of the presidential elections in Belarus
Sunday's presidential poll in Belarus resulted in a landslide victory for the acting President Alexander Lukashenko who was re-elected with 82 per cent of (...)
The popular revolution in Kyrgyzstan that ousted the regime of President ushers in a new era of Central Asian politics, writes Shohdy Naguib
Kyrgyz President was the darling of the West and a popular personality in regional and international forums. (...)
First Bosnia, then Georgia. As orchestrated movements force change on their ruling elites, Shohdy Naguib examines Ukraine's chances of following suit
Pitched between the East and the West in the global game of political chess, Europe's (...)
The Beslan tragedy has prompted widespread public outcry over the Russian authorities' incompetence, writes Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
On the afternoon of 3 September the world media transmitted live coverage of a bloody massacre in the provincial (...)
The breathtaking victory of a Western-educated leader in Georgian pre-term presidential elections opens the way to brave reforms in an impoverished country, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
Georgia's electorate last week voted overwhelmingly for (...)
Putin's United Russia Party won Russian parliamentary elections on Sunday even as the country was reeling from a train blast which claimed the lives of 44 innocent people in southern Russia, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
Less than 48 hours (...)
The arrest of Russia's richest tycoon on charges of fraud and tax-evasion has raised hairs on many a head at home and abroad, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 39, head of the YUKOS Oil-and-Gas company, was arrested by a (...)
The suicide bombing at the Krylya rock festival challenges the Russian attempt to install a puppet in Chechnya, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
A pair of explosions at the entrance to a crowded open air rock concert in Moscow Saturday afternoon (...)
The Chechen civil war is corrupting the Russian state, writes Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
The nine-year Chechen conflict can be described as the Russian "black hole" which is sucking up funds, lives and hopes for a better life, while discharging at (...)
US President George W Bush came, saw, and conquered St Petersburg. Shohdy Naguib reports from Russia
The much-neglected cultural capital of northern Russia, the city of St Petersburg, is celebrating its tercentenary anniversary this week with a (...)
Russia's solid diplomatic manoeuvering keeps the ground firm under Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister took the spotlight this week, voicing Russia's discontent over US determination to (...)
With a few "Satans" in its own closet, Russian diplomacy is making steady gains against the backdrop of the current disarmament crisis, Shohdy Naguib reports from Moscow
Former Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov's visit to Baghdad on (...)
The blasting of the pro-Moscow Chechen administration in Grozny highlights Russian incompetence in containing the Chechen struggle for independence, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
On the afternoon of 27 December a truck and an off-road vehicle (...)
Hydar Jemal (or Geidar Jemal as he is known in Russian transcription) is a philosopher, public figure, ideologist of political Islam and chairman of the Russian Islamic Committee. He talked to Shohdy Naguib in Moscow of the Arab states' political (...)
Chinese and Russian versions of the little British magician may soon flood global markets, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
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The mind-boggling international success of the Harry Potter series by British author JK Rowling has, (...)
The October hostage crisis has spurred a muddy torrent of misinformation and is threatening to trample civil liberties in Russia. Shohdy Naguib, in Moscow, seeks answers from the chairman of the Russian Islamic Committee
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Russia's hostage ordeal has focused the world's attention on the plight of the Chechen Republic and the Russian response to its demands, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
The news of the Russian hostage crisis first came to me in an ICQ message from (...)
Shohdy Naguib is shocked by the massive misinformation campaign that Russia's powerful pro-Israeli lobby is spearheading
The passions and pains of the Middle East conflict have drawn a bloody curtain over the fact that, ever since 1934, Jews have (...)
A reggae festival in Cairo deserves applause, writes Shohdy Naguib, who also spoke to Serges Kassy, one of the stars of the show
Nuits du reggae, a nocturnal sun-splash on the shores of the River Nile, might be viewed as rather more than a tourist (...)