
Russia: Sochi security tight after Boston bombs
The naming of two Chechen brothers as the suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing is reviving fears about security at the 2014 Winter Games in ...
Gov't sources: Boston bomb suspect went to Russia
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later, government officials told ...

Rally in Georgia backs embattled president
About 10,000 supporters of Georgia's embattled pro-Western president gathered in the capital Friday for a rally testing their strength before ...
US congressman: Bomb suspects had explosives cache
A member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee says the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects had collected pipe bombs, grenades and improvised ...

Slovakia pick Hantuchova for Fed Cup semis
Slovakia chose the experienced Daniela Hantuchova over the higher-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova to back up Dominika Cibulkova against Russia in their ...
7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected. The Japan ...
Russian sanctions author joins Magnitsky family
The author of sanctions against Russians over human rights violations said Thursday there would be no need for punishment if Russia focused on holding ...
Russian nurses charged with beating orphans
Russia's state investigative agency has filed charges against two nurses accused of severely beating three small children at an orphanage, one of them ...

Putin: Boston bombings "disgusting" crime
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has called the Boston Marathon explosions a "disgusting" crime. Putin has offered assistance in investigating ...
Russia cracks down on illegal building in Sochi
Russia imposed a ban on all new building in Sochi on Wednesday to fight the illegal construction of apartments and hotels in the city preparing to ...

S&P warns Russia on high costs for 2018 World Cup
Many of the Russian cities hosting the 2018 World Cup will have trouble finding the money to build soccer stadiums and improve transit links and other ...

Russian opposition leader's trial adjourned
The embezzlement trial of a Russian opposition leader was adjourned for a week shortly after it started Wednesday in a northwestern city besieged by ...

A glance at Kremlin's top foe, Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy ...
CAS sets date for Zenit St. Petersburg appeal
Zenit St. Petersburg will challenge the Russian Football Union at sport's highest court after a punishment for fan violence affected its league title ...

Sochi chief vows to make games 'safest in history'
The head of Sochi's Olympic organizing committee says authorities will do everything to make the 2014 Winter Games the "safest in history." Dmitry ...

Russian govt under attack from pro-Kremlin party
The leader of the main Kremlin party in Russia's parliament said Wednesday that he hopes some government ministers will resign because they are unfit ...

Boston bombs raise worries for Olympics, World Cup
From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major sports events ...
US: Russian mob ran celebrity poker games in NY
Nearly three dozen people were charged on Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime operation that included illegal, ...

Boston Marathon bombs put world's cities on alert
With two high-profile events in the days ahead — Margaret Thatcher's funeral and the London Marathon — British officials are looking anew at security ...

Russia ponders sports security lessons from Boston
Russian officials gave mixed signals Tuesday over whether they needed to increase security at key sporting events like the World Athletics ...