Former US NSA contractor Edward Snowden has failed to secure permission from Russia to leave Sheremetyevo airport.
One of the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot has asked again to be released on parole after serving almost a year in prison.
Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to five years in jail for theft, a sentence condemned as dictatorial by his supporters.
The Pussy Riot punk band has taken aim at President Vladimir Putin – and how he runs Russia’s oil industry – in its first video in almost a year.
Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the US on espionage charges, has requested temporary asylum in Russia, says a Russian lawyer.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden, who has been stuck in a Moscow airport for weeks, will leave Russia as soon as he is able to.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that Egypt risks slipping into civil war following the military overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi.
In his first public comments since Edward Snowden flew into Russia, Vladimir Putin has appeared to make light of the uproar over the fugitive.
US President Barack Obama has faced a showdown with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over Obama’s decision last week to arm the insurgents.
Instead of talking to the generally peaceful demonstrators, the prime minister ordered their removal by force.
Russia’s police have detained more than 20 gay rights activists involved in a "kissing protest" outside parliament.
The ban on foreign gay couples adopting has underscored a growing rift with the West over gay rights under President Vladimir Putin.
Maria Alyokhina, who was jailed over a protest against Vladimir Putin says she is starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing.
On the anniversary of his rise to power, Human Rights Watch laments Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on non-governmental organisations in Russia.
Miss Russia has contradicted President Putin by denouncing the jailing of members of punk band Pussy Riot, who performed a protest song in a church.
Russians reacted with amusement, disbelief and irony to the news that French actor Gerard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship.
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that bans Americans from adopting Russian children and imposed other sanctions in retaliation.
In this week’s Weekend 101 Gordhan warns against government spending, Pussy riot is sent to a forced labour camp and Eskom asks for more money.
Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps, where conditions are reportedly dire.
Two members of punk band Pussy Riot have been taken to remote Russian prison colonies, notorious for their harsh conditions, their lawyer said.
An appeal by three members of jailed rock band Pussy Riot has been postponed after one of them fired her lawyers.
China has sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy and urged countries gathering at an Asia-Pacific summit to protect themselves.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was obliged to protect the feelings of religious believers from Pussy Riot, slamming their antics as an "orgy".
A jailed member of the punk band has spoken out against the oppression of Vladimir Putin’s critics.
Pussy Riot’s lawyer says he has seen signs of a backlash against their Western support that may not bode well for softer sentences.
The marriage of the Kremlin and the church in the Pussy Riot affair shows how sinister matters are in Russia.
Russian women punk band Pussy Riot’s trial – which began on Monday – seems certain to become a defining moment in Vladimir Putin’s political career.
Russia has made no agreement to grant Bashar al-Assad asylum and is "not even thinking about" doing so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law which will tighten controls on civil right groups funded from abroad.
In his first major political announcement since his re-election, Putin unveiled his new government which critics have described as uninspiring.
Russian protesters have clashed with riot police in a violent demonstration against Vladimir Putin’s rule, on the eve of his return to the presidency.
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?