Simon Mraz, Austrian cultural attache, director of the Austrian Cultural Forum and tireless promoter of the rising stars of Russian art, compares his adopted country to a treasure box.

A member of Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights intends to call on the country's civil and military investigative bodies to look into the 159 army deaths reported in ...

Activists have prevented Ukrainian repair crews from relaunching one of the four power lines supplying Crimea with electricity from the mainland, Russian and Ukrainian media reported Monday.

The Moscow city government has blocked an opposition demonstration planned for Dec. 12 — a decision deemed unlawful by the organizers, who say they are prepared to lodge a court case, Russian ...

Russian tour operators have seen increasing demand for tours to India, Thailand, and the UAE following restrictions on travel to Egypt and Turkey — Russians' two preferred destinations in the first half ...

The Islamic State released a video Wednesday showing the beheading of a man whom the terrorist group identified as a Russian spy, international media reported.

Western election observers may be required to report their findings to Russia's Central Election Commission during the next Russian parliamentary election in September 2016.

Russian officials have expressed sharp disapproval of Ankara's handling of Russian-Turkish communications after a Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by Turkish forces on Tuesday, Russian media reported.

Russia may speed up its construction of a “power bridge” supplying electricity to Crimea after the peninsula was plunged into darkness Sunday.

A Syrian mother of four who has been staying in Sheremetyevo Airport's transit zone along with her family while they sought political asylum in Russia has been fined 5,000 rubles ($77) for ...