MOSCOW: Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And...
BEIRUT: Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow's...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday evening in St. Petersburg, but the question of...
MOSCOW: Maybe it was Islamist extremists who killed Boris Nemtsov. Or someone offended by his love life. Or agents of a Western power that will stop at...
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has said he won't remain Russia's president for life and will step down in line with the constitution no later than 2024, according to...
MOSCOW: Criminal charges were filed Thursday against the former Russian defense minister, who was accused of using servicemen and government funds to build a...
MOSCOW: A female suicide bomber blew herself up on a city bus in southern Russia on Monday, killing six people and injuring about 30, officials said. The...
MOSCOW: Three Russian naval ships were sailing toward Syria in the eastern Mediterranean on Friday and a fourth was on its way, the Interfax news agency...
MOSCOW: The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was "nothing specific" that could have...
MOSCOW: The way the United States and Russia view each other has changed fundamentally in recent years, a difference reflected in the words of several former...
MOSCOW: A masked assailant threw acid at the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater in an attack that colleagues said Friday could be a reprisal for his...
MOSCOW: It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter...
TBILISI, Georgia: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and the opposition both claimed victory Monday in a parliamentary election that is crucial to...
MOSCOW: Russia is working closely with the Syrian government to ensure that its arsenal of chemical weapons remains under firm control and has won promises...
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency on Monday will technically give him greater powers than he wielded as prime minister. The irony is that...
MOSCOW: A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 32 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said....
MOSCOW: Moscow and Beijing remain opposed to any foreign interference in Syria, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday as Russia worked to shore up international...
MOSCOW: Alexei Navalny has done more than any other opposition leader to lay the groundwork for the protest movement now challenging Prime Minister Vladimir...
MOSCOW: Russia Wednesday denied registration to a new political party created by three prominent opposition leaders, effectively barring them from...