Scientists discover 'new life' forms below Antarctic ice

Russia's scientists believe they have discovered new life forms sealed off for millions of years in a subglacial lake deep under the Antarctic ice.

Putin signs ban on US adoptions of Russian children

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that bans Americans from adopting Russian children and imposed other sanctions in retaliation.

Russia's Pussy Riot: Unmasked and on trial

Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, exposed as the women behind Pussy Riot, are on trial for hooliganism in Russia.

Jailed tycoon claims Pussy Riot trial torture

Russia's most famous prisoner has likened the Pussy Riot trial to a medieval inquisition and says their prison regime may amount to torture.

Can nuclear power plants float?

A tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant might give some countries pause over the risks of exposing reactors to the power of the oceans. Not Russia.

Crisis-hit Russian city fears total shutdown

Revda is a collection of apartment blocks that rise out of nowhere in Russia's far north, a town whose existence hangs by a thread.