A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the politics of the left so easily slip into the right
Food distributor Boris Akimov is on a mission to get Russians eating organic, local food, not pizza and burgers.
Russian authorities halted their search on Sunday for the meteorite that struck the Urals, leaving about 1 200 people injured.
The US is escalating the risks of a currency war, Brics nations say. <b>Matt Quigley</b> explores the consequences if the US doesn’t "knock it off".
A Soyuz capsule with two Russians and an American on board has touched down safely in mild weather on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan.
The rising profile of the Brics has reshaped the geopolitical economy and this has given rise to the idea of setting up a development bank.
A twin-engine ATR-72 plane with 43 people aboard has crashed in Siberia, killing at least 16 while 12 survivors were rushed to hospital.
South Africa’s inclusion into Brics has been a political triumph, but the real challenges are about to start.
Brics members — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are expected to begin cross-listing financial products.
Leaders of the emerging world will discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests against the Chinese president.
President Jacob Zuma intends to position SA as a global force representing emerging African economies in international platforms at the Brics summit.
South Africa’s ambassador to Russia believes the African powerhouse should be used as a gateway to create business opportunities on the continent.
Syrian forces sent shells crashing into a rebel Homs neighbourhood for a seventh straight day, hours after Russia warned Damascus to avoid civil war.
A leading investment banker says South Africa’s gate-crashing of the political bloc defies logic because of the country’s lack of economic clout.
The United States has delegated Russia to talk some sense into Iran in order to avoid military strikes from Israel.
Was it fear, was it rage – or was the ex-KGB tough guy exploring his feminine side when he wept during during his victory speech?
A female suicide bomber who was the widow of an Islamist militant killed five police officers when she blew herself up at a checkpoint in Dagestan.
Russia’s opposition is worried that Vladimir Putin is resorting to old tactics to crush dissent after riot police detained hundreds of protesters.
Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained among those arrested after one of the biggest protests in Moscow for years.
A journalist infiltrated and followed a group of what he called "carousel" voters, people who are allegedly paid to vote for a specific candidate.
Vladimir Putin won a resounding victory in Russia’s presidential election, exit polls showed, securing a new six-year term in the Kremlin.
Vladimir Putin sought a convincing victory in Russia’s presidential election to strengthen his hand in dealing with the biggest protest of his rule.
Russian president’s growing popularity among the elite increased tension with the prime minister, Vladimir Putin.
The timing of news that the Russia’s Vladimir Putin was almost killed has attracted scepticism from those opposed to his bid for re-election.
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Saint Petersburg passed a controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests by gay rights groups.
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Moscow has announced plans to modernise the Kalashnikov — giving an new lease of life to the Soviet-era assault rifle.
Russians protesting against the likely return of Vladimir Putin as president in elections next weekend have forming a human chain around the capital.
Thousands have marched in Moscow to back Vladimir Putin’s bid to return to the presidency. And many of them weren’t paid or coerced into doing so.
Hacked emails suggest a youth group pays people to sing the prime minister’s praises
Syrian troops have sealed off the population of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs and bombarded it using tanks, helicopters and artillery.
Russia has stepped into efforts to resolve the deepening Syrian crisis, calling for an "Arab solution" to the anger against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Russia’s foreign minister says it vetoed the UN resolution on Syria due to Western powers’ failure to make additional effort for consensus.