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Bolshoi ballerina says she fears for her safety
A leading ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet says she wants to stay in Canada after receiving threats — a move that follows an acid attack on the dance ...
Cyprus president: Russia ready to help in bailout
Cyprus' president said Wednesday that Russia is ready to join the European Union in putting together a rescue package for the crisis-hit country.
Pussy Riot cathedral video banned for 'extremism'
Footage of feminist rockers Pussy Riot's irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral last year has been banned in ...
Peace envoy says Syria is 'being destroyed'
The international envoy to Syria told the Security Council on Tuesday that "Syria is being destroyed bit by bit" and his mediation effort cannot go ...
Russia likely to contribute to Cyprus bailout
Russia is likely to contribute money to a rescue package that Cyprus is trying to finalize with eurozone partners, the cash-strapped country's finance ...
FACT CHECK: The stretched case against Chuck Hagel
Republican-leaning groups opposing President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department have let loose a barrage of claims ...
Russia tries whistleblower, despite his death
Russia is preparing to put lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial, even though he died in 2009, an unusual twist in a case that has become a byword for ...
The dead aren't always excused from trial
Sergei Magnitsky died more than three years ago in a Russian jail but authorities are moving to put him on trial in a Russian court.
Lavrov: Iran and West need to set venue for talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Iran and the West should stop behaving "like little children" and agree on where to hold talks ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...
Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire
A fire ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot on Saturday, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been ...
Religion comes to Davos forum
Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion were rife at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos this ...
Russia, Kazakhstan spar over space launch pad
Russia stepped up efforts Friday to resolve a dispute with neighbor Kazakhstan over its demand to reduce the number of commercial satellite launches ...
Russian activist in intensive care after stabbing
A 63-year-old municipal legislator who opposed a construction project that would destroy a forest just outside Moscow was in intensive care Friday ...
20 detained at Moscow rally against anti-gay bill
Russian police detained 20 gay rights campaigners and militant Orthodox Christian activists Friday near the country's parliament as it overwhelmingly ...
Magnitsky's mother thanks Obama for legislation
The mother of a whistle-blowing Russian lawyer who died in prison thanked President Barack Obama Friday for a U.S. law targeting Russian officials ...
Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents fell by 7 percent last year, to the lowest level since 1994, and is likely to plunge further ...
Russian plane crash caused by equipment failure
Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people. The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 ...
Invest now, Russia says - but warning signs loom
Is Russia a haven of promise for the bruised global economy? Russian officials insist it is — and are bringing out the vodka in snowy Davos to change ...
Russia denies large Syria evacuation amid fighting
Russia acknowledged Wednesday for the first time that it pulled the families of its diplomats out of Syria long ago, and rejected suggestions that the ...
Russia shelves plan to shut child cancer clinic
The intention to turn a St. Petersburg clinic treating pediatric cancer patients into one that would exclusively serve judges and staff of Russia's ...
Pussy Riot members say they have no regrets
The imprisoned members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band say they feel no regrets about the irreverent "punk prayer" against President Vladimir ...
Russia: no plan for massive evacuation from Syria
Russia announced for the first time Wednesday that it has evacuated families of its diplomats in Syria some time ago but said it is not planning a ...
Russia starts evacuating nationals from Syria
Key Syrian ally Russia began evacuating its citizens from the country on Tuesday as the civil war gathered momentum in the capital Damascus with ...
Russia's Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad
The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about ...