
Congressmen in Russia to investigate Boston attack
A U.S. congressional delegation is spending a week in Russia meeting with high-level government and security officials to investigate whether more ...
Russia's top court to hear Khodorkovsky's appeal
Russia's highest court on Wednesday set a date for hearing appeals by jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner.

Moscow's top court rejects Pussy Riot appeal
Moscow's highest court has rejected an appeal by punk group Pussy Riot against their sentence for a protest against Vladimir Putin. Moscow City Court ...

Sochi Olympic head pledges games will be safe
Russian authorities are working intensively with Olympic officials to ensure a high level of security for the 2014 Sochi Games, the head of the local ...

Pussy Riot member on hunger strike hospitalized
A jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was hospitalized Tuesday on the seventh day of a hunger strike she declared to protest what she ...

Israel warns Russia against giving Syria missiles
Israel's defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a "threat" and signaled that Israel is ...
Capsules of 8 sports bidding to make 2020 Olympics
Capsules of eight sports bidding for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board on Wednesday is expected to ...
Russia says US missile defense offer insufficient
A senior Russian diplomat says Washington's latest moves aimed at easing Moscow's concern about NATO's U.S.-led missile defense plans are insufficient
Wrestling, IOC presidential race and 2020 in focus
Call it the perfect storm of Olympic politics. With sports leaders gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia, this week for a global convention, three ...

AP Interview: Israel deputy FM proud to be settler
Zeev Elkin has faced a wave of criticism since he was made the de facto chief of Israel's Foreign Ministry two months ago: He isn't prepared for ...
Wrestling's Olympic hopes in focus at SportAccord
Sports officials from around the world are descending on St. Petersburg for a major industry convention, where wrestling will bid to remain an Olympic ...

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally
Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine ...
Interpol rejects Russia bid to locate UK investor
The international police agency Interpol has rejected a Russian push to locate and arrest a Britain-based investor who is a vocal critic of President ...

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in ...
Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been ...

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ...
Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'
Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law ...

Ratings firm warns of economic slowdown in Russia
Russia faces harsh times ahead for its economy unless the government improves the country's poor investment climate and implements long-delayed ...

US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case
A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they ...

US, Russia and Iran to wrestle in New York
The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds. Americans and Iranians rarely see eye to eye on anything. But the ...