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September 19, 2017

Moscow unveils monument to Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47

The new statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov cradling his signature AK-47 assault rifle unveiled Tuesday in Moscow commemorates one ...

September 18, 2017

Bolshoi opera singer Zurab Sotkilava dies at 80

Moscow's Bolshoi Theater has announced that renowned Soviet and Russian opera singer Zurab Sotkilava has died. He was 80.

September 18, 2017

Putin attends military drills that worry Russia's neighbors

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday attended the weeklong war games with Belarus that have demonstrated the Russian ...

September 16, 2017

Germany's Merkel: flexible in politics and modest in private

She's been named the world's most powerful woman, seen off a series of domestic rivals and led an unsentimental response to ...

September 15, 2017

The Latest: Russia condemns North Korea's missile test

The Latest on North Korean missile tests (all times local): 7:55 p.m. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has ...

September 14, 2017

Confusion hits consumer market over US ban of Kaspersky

Worries rippled through the consumer market for antivirus software after the U.S. government banned federal agencies from ...

September 14, 2017

Jitters in Europe as Russia-Belarus war games get underway

Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's ...

September 14, 2017

Kremlin condemns bomb hoaxes as 'telephone terrorism'

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that hundreds of bomb threats made by anonymous telephone ...

September 14, 2017

Kremlin condemns US ban on Kaspersky Labs software

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia regrets a decision by the U.S. government to ban federal ...

September 13, 2017

Infantino faces ethics complaint over FIFA leadership

Gianni Infantino's leadership of FIFA faced renewed criticism Wednesday when two former officials turned on the president ...

September 13, 2017

Critics want Poland's defense minister suspended over ties

Poland's main opposition party on Wednesday called for the suspension of Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz over allegations ...

September 13, 2017

Thousands evacuated as bomb threats sweep Russia

Dozens of landmark buildings and transport hubs in Russia have been evacuated because of fake bomb threats made by unknown ...

September 13, 2017

Putin meets Lebanon PM Hariri in Russia visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi.

September 13, 2017

Russia seeks to calm tensions over czar love affair film

Top Russian officials have sought to downplay the "hysteria" surrounding a new film depicting the love affair between ...

September 12, 2017

Olympic skating champion Lipnitskaya opens up about anorexia

She was Russia's golden girl at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 15-year-old skater with the "Schindler's List" theme tune who ...

September 11, 2017

High-ranking US diplomat arrives in Finland for Russia talks

A high-ranking U.S. diplomat has arrived in Finland for talks with his Russian counterpart to calm tensions between ...

September 10, 2017

Saakashvili's Ukraine gambit a typically headstrong move

Mikheil Saakashvili's brash attempt Sunday to enter Ukraine echoes the day he burst into the Georgian parliament with a crowd ...

September 09, 2017

New Moscow park brings 'wilderness' to the city center

With a visit from President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has inaugurated an innovative 32-acre (13-hectare) park that mimics ...

September 08, 2017

Chinese company takes stake in Russian oil producer Rosneft

A Chinese company will take a 14 percent stake in Russia's powerful state oil company for 7.5 billion euros ($9 billion), ...