Six months after Russia annexed Crimea, residents of the Black Sea peninsula cast their first votes in a Russian election - an election many of them are calling unfair and undemocratic.
Ukraine's defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and "stop" Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukrainian forces on Wednesday of responsibility for the "barbarous" killing of a Russian photojournalist and demanded an investigation.
'Welcome to the center of the universe," yelled Russian TV star Yana Churikova during the pre-show at the 2014 Winter Olympic Ceremony, which are held in Sochi. The 22nd Winter Olympics, which will last for 17 days, features 98 winter sporting events, including figure skating, skiing and hockey. Sochi was selected as the host city in July, 1997, and marks the first time the Olympics will be held in the Russian Federation. Moscow hosted the Summer Olympics in 1980.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot would be freed under an amnesty bill, The Associated Press reported. The bill will also enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against arctic oil drilling to avoid trial. The moves come just a couple of months before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics in February.
A Moscow City Court judged dismissed the jury in the murder trial of five men who have been suspected of being involved with the murder of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Three of the accused failed to turn up for a hearing Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked as the world's most powerful leader in a 2013 Forbes list for 'most powerful leader' list released on Wednesday, reported Agence France Presse. It marked the first time in three years that U.S. President Barack Obama dropped to second place on the magazine's list.
In an effort to capitalize on his country's achievement in averting a U.S. strike on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin penned an article in The New York Times on Wednesday, chiding America about its history of military intervention, and that a strike would not be wise
Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany was released one day after a court in the city of Kirov found him guilty of misappropriating about $500,000 in a lumber deal when he was an advisor to the region's governor. The 37-year-old is one of Russian's President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics. He predicted he would be convicted to prevent him from running for mayor of Moscow, but denies any kind of wrongdoing. His conviction, some claim, is Putin's attempt to silence another critic of his presidency
