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The director allegedly passed the letter to Eidinger with instructions to publish in the case of his arrest

“We call on the American authorities to come to their senses and immediately return Russian diplomatic facilities.”

First bitcoin case, San Francisco consulate search and other news

Two people have been killed.

“No need to worry. They are not electing a Pope.”

Rights advocates are reportedly calling for the state responsible for the safety of schoolchildren at playgrounds and schoolyards

From tango to break dancing.

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is dramatically scaling back its cultural exchange programs in Russia after hundreds of diplomats were forced from the country this week.

Putin’s executive office is reportedly considering between five and seven names

The Russian Consulate in San Francisco said its closure would “create certain difficulties.”

“The president has no plans to discuss the decision.”

Yevgeny Voronin made the comments after a 10-year-old St. Petersburg girl died from AIDS last week.

In honor of the centenary of Forbes magazine, the editors compiled a list of the 100 most influential Russians of the last 100 years.

“We warned earlier that every action will elicit a response.”

“We warned earlier that every action will elicit a response.”

Russia has been given until Saturday

The Malaysia Airlines plane en route to Kuala Lumpur was downed over eastern Ukraine on July 17 killing all 298 passengers on board.

Film director Alexei Uchitel’s studio in St. Petersburg was reportedly attacked with firebombs overnight

Both the channel’s former owner, stand-up comic Artur Chaparyan, and an anonymous buyer confirmed details of the sale of the “Byvshaya” (Your Ex-Girlfriend)

Ukranian security services employed “troubling and excessive” measures against Kurbatova, the OSCE said

Security camera footage of Dzhabrailov walking into a lift with a pistol prompted hotel security to contact the police

The main suspect in the murder of a St. Petersburg blogger in central Moscow’s Gorky Park has claimed he was acting in self-defense when he knocked his victim to the ground late on Aug. 13.

In the first interview since his appointment, Russia’s new Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov appeared to strike a conciliatory tone.

This year Moscow is celebrating its 870 th birthday with a big party – a really big, 10-day, 400-event bash.

Lavrov and Tillerson discussed North Korea’s latest missile launch, Syria, and the Persian Gulf region, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.

If you’ve been dreaming about a trip to Munich but can’t get away, we have some great news for you. Oktoberfest is coming to Moscow.

Nearly two-thirds of those polled said rising prices was the most pressing issue they faced

ACF’s drone footage of the alleged property on the Vyborg Bay depicts a lavish property, together with a helicopter pad and guest house

“Such theories are completely out of place and don’t have any bearing on purely financial issues,” Peskov said Wednesday

Russia’s top three clans retained their spots from last year’s ranking.

More than 1,500 Russian athletes across 32 disciplines were tested for doping last year

The 3D map of Moscow is also flush with “climatic domes,” inside which temperature and humidity are regulated

Online news outlets, including Life, claim the Chechen tycoon discharged an “honorary” Yarygin Pistol in the hotel

Prior to his death in 2013, Kalashnikov said he was haunted by the deaths his invention was responsible for

The FSB’s department tasked with protecting Russia from internal threats is overseeing a high-profile embezzlement case against prominent director Kirill Serebrennikov

Only 100 from the diplomatic staff facing cuts are U.S. citizens, RBC sources estimated.

A video of the incident appears to show the victim being knocked to the ground with a single blow to the head

Otkritie Bank, one of Russia’s largest private lenders, has been saved from collapse by the country’s Central Bank

A nuclear storage facility in Kazakhstan is a timely reminder of why Russia and the United States must cooperate

Former deputy finance minister Sergei Aleksashenko has said he will not return to Russia, after being spooked by fake reports of his detention

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has bought around 20 Tesla electric cars that are not yet available on the Russian market and handed them out to friends and partners

Not far from Moscow are vast, peaceful fields. But this is Borodino, where the course of history was decided — twice.

A taxi driver in the Far East city of Khabarovsk who forced two young women who couldn’t pay their fare to smear a green antiseptic on their faces has reportedly become a target himself

U.S.-Russia relations have sharply deteriorated since Washington brought fresh sanctions against Russia in early August

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office says forecasters are partly responsible for the deaths of 16 people during a May storm in Moscow

The docking dates coincide with Russia’s Zapad 2017 military exercise in Belarus, prompting security analysts to speculate whether the request was intended to provoke Finnish authorities

The Pacific island of Sakhalin has partially disappeared from Russia’s Yandex map service

Vyacheslav Nikonov called for an expansion of the Eurasian Union and an increase in educational programs abroad to foster the Russian language

“The issue of retaliatory measures, including mirror measures, will be raised in all its magnitude and will loom large.”

Yagofarov is the sixth Orenburg native to have reportedly died fighting in Syria in the past two years

Yagofarov is the sixth Orenburg native to have reportedly died fighting in Syria in the past two years

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said Russia won’t retaliate against the U.S. Embassy’s plan to restrict visas for Russian citizens, saying that would be tantamount to “genocide.”

More than thirty-five international cultural figures, including movie actress Cate Blanchett, have signed a petition in support of prominent Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov who has been accused of embezzlement

Kolobkov replaced Vitaly Mutko as sports minister last October after an independent investigation named the ex-minister as a person of interest in Russia’s state-run doping scheme

Igor Chaika came to the public’s attention after opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused him and his brother of corruption and harboring links to organized crime

The 10th International Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival takes over Red Square from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3.

It may look like Moscow’s ties with Budapest are strong. But looks can be deceiving

A police officer has been gunned down and two assailants killed during a shootout in the restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan

The federal transport watchdog Rostransnadzor said on Saturday that faulty brakes were the cause of the accident

This weekend in Sokolniki Park: a Thai Festival, retro car show, free dance classes and more. Enjoy your last summer weekend!