Putin asks Russians to name puppy

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gets a mixed reaction after asking Russians to help him name his new puppy. - 19/11/2010, Asia

Prisons: 'Execution yard' is lost in translation

A prison exercise area was described as an "execution yard" in a handbook for Russian inmates, inspectors said yesterday.- 18/11/2010, Crime

Russian troops finally leave South Ossetia border post

Russian troops have pulled out of a village on the Georgian border, just outside breakaway South Ossetia, which had been occupied in spite of Georgian and EU objections for more than two years since a brief war over the breakaway region.- 20/10/2010, Europe

Russia honours Anna Chapman and fellow spies

The Russian spies deported from the United States in July have received top state awards in a ceremony at the Kremlin.- 19/10/2010, Europe

Ecclestone completing Russian Grand Prix deal

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is in Sochi with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to sign a five-year deal for a Russian Grand Prix from 2014, government sources said today. Ecclestone's office confirmed to Reuters that the Briton, who has made a Russian Grand Prix top of his agenda, was in the country. The Black Sea resort of Sochi is also...- 14/10/2010, Motor Racing

Spy waves off Russian rocket

A Russian rocket with an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on board blasted off successfully yesterday for the International Space Station, with the Russian spy, Anna Chapman, making an unexpected appearance at the launchpad.- 09/10/2010, Asia

Russia launches new train from Moscow to French Riviera

A new luxury train began running Thursday between Moscow and Nice in the south of France, in a flashback to the tsarist times when Russian aristocrats flocked to the French Riviera.- 25/09/2010, News & Advice

Parasailing donkey stunt shocks Russian beachgoers

Cruel? Yes. Funny? Yes. Here’s what’s tickling the newsroom today - 20/07/2010, Europe

Album: Various artists, Rough Guide...Russian Gypsies (World Music Network)

"Russian Romance" has a fascinating history, having been a staple of both Russian and Russian-gypsy cultures for two centuries, and having had a big boost from the Soviets.- 27/06/2010, Reviews

Russian president cuts gas supplies to neighbour

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbour Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. Mr Medvedev's order today follows his warning to Belarus last week to start paying off its 200 million US dollar debt or face cuts. Belarus challenged the Russian claim an...- 21/06/2010, Europe

Russians 'stole' from President's plane

Four Russian soldiers are reported to have been detained on suspicion of stealing credit cards from a victim of the plane crash that killed Poland's President and 95 others.- 08/06/2010, Europe

Russian boys become men later

A new study published in the May print edition of the journal Pediatrics, found Russian boys with high levels of lead in their blood experienced a delay in puberty.- 18/05/2010, Health & Families

Russian coal mine death toll rises to 60

The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 60 today when rescue workers found eight bodies, Russian officials said. Thirty other people were still missing three days after explosions ripped through the Raspadskaya mine in the city of Mezhdurechensk, about 3,000 km (1,850 miles) east of Moscow. News agencies have quo...- 12/05/2010, Europe

Cuba attracts Russian visitors with sun, nostalgia

Cuba hopes to attract some 45,000 Russian tourists this year, officials said Monday, targeting nostalgia for the communist island's long-running alliance with the former Cold War superpower.- 08/05/2010, New Articles

Russians free ship held by pirates

Russian forces freed a hijacked Russian oil tanker and rescued its 23 crew in a helicopter-backed operation yesterday that killed a Somali pirate. - 07/05/2010, Africa