Moscow has to take some of the blame. But it is the West’s policy of liberal interventionism that has fuelled war in Georgia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of fighting.
Towering figure of Russian literature and politics who revealed the true horrors of Stalin’s labour camps.
Russia paid tribute to former Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday with all the hallmarks of an official lying-in-state.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn opened the eyes of the world to the brutality of labour camps with writings that brought him the wrath of the authorities.
South African mining contractor Shaft Sinkers has landed its first multibillion-rand contract in the Russian Federation, the company said on Monday.
The Russian shareholders at war with BP claim to have seized majority control of the core board of joint venture TNK-BP.
The G8 was not created because countries liked each other but because of the world’s economic problems, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has arrived in Moscow, kicking off a European tour with visit to Russia expected to focus on arms purchases.
The Soviet-era connections between Russia and some African states have collapsed into low levels of economic engagement between the former partners.
Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas.
A Russian town plans to unveil a monument that shows a man’s hand gripping a nubile female breast.
A Russian woman in St Petersburg killed her drunk husband with a folding couch, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
Russian warned on Wednesday it would consider countermeasures if the US goes ahead with a plan to build a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s President, has called for a new era of relations with Britain following a torrid two years.
An explosion tore through an apartment building early on Wednesday, killing two people in the southern Russian city of Sochi.
For Europe’s top officials, there was a surprise on Friday. Arriving at their hotel, EU bureaucrats found a signed gift from host Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has told his players to enjoy themselves in their Euro 2008 semifinal clash against Spain on Thursday.
BP’s reputation in Russia came under attack on Monday when a billionaire oligarch accused BP of ”arrogance” and Nazi-style behaviour.
Russian historians have tracked down a mass grave on a remote front in World War II believed to contain the remains of 1 000 German and Soviet soldiers, a researcher said on Wednesday.
Listed beverage giant SABMiller has agreed to acquire Russian brewer LLC Vladpivo, the company said on Tuesday. Vladpivo will become SABMiller’s third production facility in Russia.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday the United States was not strong enough to solve the world financial crisis alone.
Grigory Romanov, a Politburo member who had been seen as the chief rival of Mikhail Gorbachev to become Soviet leader in the mid-1980s, has died.
Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit. Interfax news agency reported the birth of 30 healthy descendants of the pioneering cockroach Nadezhda (Hope).
Russians have long used drink to take the edge off workplace stress: lately one man’s senses were so dulled he failed to notice a knife stuck in his back by a colleague, newspapers reported on Thursday. A factory electrician in the town of Vologda was stabbed by the building’s security guard as they were having a drunken argument.
United States President George Bush’s attempts to patch up the US’s battered relationship with Russia failed on Sunday when Vladimir Putin said he continued to oppose the US’s European missile defence plans. Bush and Putin held talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It was their last encounter before Putin steps down as president.
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/ 14 January 2008
Russia announced on Monday it will not issue new entry visas to staff working in the British government’s cultural offices in two regions, sharpening a row that has soured already-poor relations. Russia ordered the British Council to halt work at the two regional offices from January 1 in a move both sides have linked to a diplomatic feud.
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/ 3 December 2007
International observers declared on Monday that Russia’s parliamentary elections failed to meet widely accepted democratic standards, saying President Vladimir Putin and his government abused their power to favour the dominant Kremlin-backed party while opposition forces were harassed.
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/ 29 November 2007
Former chess champion turned Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov was freed from jail on Thursday and warned that Russia is sliding toward dictatorship under President Vladimir Putin. Kasparov complained that he had been denied access to a lawyer during the five days that he spent in a Moscow prison.
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/ 12 November 2007
Russian rescue helicopters and ships searched for five missing seamen on Monday after a storm in the northern mouth of the Black Sea, while oil spilt from a sunken tanker coated birds in a black sludge. The storm killed three people and sank a small oil tanker and at least four freighters, leaving other ships stranded on the shoreline.
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/ 12 November 2007
The leaders of veteran allies Russia and India agreed on Monday to launch a joint unmanned mission to the moon, as well as to intensify deals on weapons and energy. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin called during Kremlin talks for boosting their countries’ traditional ties.
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/ 11 November 2007
A Russian fuel tanker broke in half during a storm on Sunday, spilling about 1 300 tonnes of oil in the Kerch Strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, a Transport Ministry spokesperson said. The spill is an ”environmental disaster”, the deputy head of the state Rosprirodnadzor agency said.