Solnechnogorsk may not always live up to its sunny name in terms of weather. But even on a gloomy Tuesday morning while the clouds gathered for the impending icy rain, there were bright spots to be found in unlikely places — at garbage containers outside buildings all around the city.
More than 500 people gathered on downtown Moscow's New Pushkin Square on Tuesday, the official "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions," to protest what presenters dubbed the continuation of political repression in the country.
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A senior State Duma deputy has called on Europe to ban Texas' top prosecutor for refusing to allow election observers from Russia and other OSCE member states to monitor the presidential vote.
The Federation Council on Wednesday passed amendments to the law on treason that could make it possible for law enforcement officials to target people collaborating with international organizations.
When the Navy's blue-and-white St. Andrews flag goes up on Wednesday above its new headquarters in St. Petersburg, the landmark Admirality building, the military's top brass will mark the end of a historic struggle that has cost at least one admiral his job.
A State Duma deputy has called on veteran television journalist Vladimir Pozner to apologize for saying on national television that Russian courts are unfair and that the prosecution of an opposition activist is being carried out KGB-style.
There's a high likelihood that hairs recovered during a state-sponsored expedition in a southern Siberian cave came from a yeti.
There were many familiar faces at the Federation Council's opening session on Wednesday, but that of long-time senator Lyudmila Narusova wasn't one of them.
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Two high-ranking professors were caught accepting a million ruble bribe for a pupil to enter a graduate school program then defend his dissertation at the prestigious Moscow State University.
The co-owners of Norilsk Nickel have resumed talks to settle the long-standing dispute over control of the nickel and palladium giant, in a move that could result in replacing the company’s management.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pledged Wednesday to give "maximum support" to the country's fledgling next-generation technology ventures, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin inked two deals with venture-capital firms.
Bread prices in Russia are a historically touchy subject, one that politicians and businesses prefer to tread carefully.
President Vladimir Putin has identified the year 2017 as the date to start the development of the Shtokman natural gas field, in the latest change for the huge international offshore project.
Russia placed 39th on a list of global financial systems compiled by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, with no improvement on last year's position and three places lower than 2008.
British tycoon Richard Branson and Rusnano chief Anatoly Chubais have launched a $200 million investment fund to back green growth and energy-efficiency projects in Russia.
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A woman injured in last year's Domodedovo Airport bombing on Wednesday filed a $1.6 million lawsuit against the airport.
Deep in the Champagne region, on a stud farm surrounded by vineyards lain fallow and turning to mud in the autumn rain, Pavel Moshchalkov sits silently. An imposing presence — huge, with a tanned, hewn face — he sits with his head lowered.
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The Federation Council passed a bill Wednesday that would introduce compulsory Russian-language tests for foreigners working in certain sectors.
A Russian venture-capital fund and an American investor have agreed to invest $2 million in VitaPortal, an online medical startup aiming to improve Russians' access to information on doctors, medicine and healthy living.
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Russia's upper house on Wednesday approved a bill drastically toughening punishments for treason, a news report said.