The spy case that has gripped the media deflected attention from the FBI arrest in Pennsylvania, following a years-long operation, of five Russian men who trafficked Ukrainian nationals into the U.S. more>

Immigrants from the former Soviet Union who settled in Brighton Beach are believed to be responsible for improving the standards of living there. Now the neighborhood is becoming more and more expensive. more>

The elderly Vladmir Ruskin and his wife arrived in the United States from St. Petersburg in 1997 and settled in Queens, fully believing that they would spend their golden years living the American way. They received Social Security benefits that let them make ends meet. But, caught in the web of naturalization procedure, Ruskin’s citizenship was not approved within the requisite period to continue his benefits. Now, he can’t pay the bills, through no fault of his own. more>