Alexander Yakovlev, who advised Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on glasnost and perestroika, was buried this week. After the Soviet Union collapsed he devoted himself to documenting Soviet repression.

Russian sambo specialist Alexander Yakovlev took on 18-fight UFC veteran Demian Maia in his promotional debut, and the results were disastrous for the Octagon newcomer. Maia, who was ranked No. 8 in ...

Alexander Yakovlev died some days ago in Moscow. He was 81 and headed a commission engaged in vindicating the memory of the victims of Stalinism. Even inside Russia it's probable that very few people ...

Following two consecutive losses, No. 8 ranked welterweight Demian Maia stopped the bleeding of his recent skid with a unanimous decision win over debuting fighter Alexander Yakovlev in Brazil. In ...

Alexander Yakovlev, 81, a key architect of former Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev's political reforms of perestroika and glasnost that shook the final years of the Soviet Union, died Oct. 18 at ...

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Yakovlev, a former United Nations procurement officer who was convicted of fraud during the oil-for-food scandal, has gotten a brusque thumbs-down after he demanded that the U.N.