Moscow - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday called for an investigation into who was behind the deaths of dozens of people in Kiev last month in attacks by snipers, saying the truth could no longer be "covered up".Lavrov's comments came after Es...

Moscow - Russia is open to having an "honest, equal" dialogue with foreign states on the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday, insisting that Russia bore no responsibility for the situation."We are open to an honest, equal and objecti...

Chereshnya - Paralympians set about turning the spotlight on to the sporting action as competition got underway in the Winter Paralympics on Saturday after an opening ceremony overshadowed by Russia's intervention in Crimea.Russian President Vladimir Putin had open...

Moscow - Russia is considering halting foreign inspections of its strategic weapons arsenal, including nuclear-capable missiles, in response to "threats" from the United States and NATO over the Ukraine crisis, the defence ministry said Saturday."The unfounded ...

Moscow - Russia is open to having an "honest, equal" dialogue with foreign states on the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday."We are open to an honest, equal and objective dialogue with our foreign partners to find a way to help all ...

Moscow - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday called for an OSCE investigation into who was behind the deaths of dozens of people in Kiev last month in attacks by snipers, saying the truth could no longer be "covered up".Lavrov's comments came aft...

Moscow - Russia does not want a new Cold War, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Friday, as tensions rose over Russian-backed demands by Crimea to secede from Ukraine.Dmitry Peskov was asked on a chat show on state television whether he could foresee ...

Moscow - Russian energy giant Gazprom on Friday warned Ukraine it could cut off gas exports if the new authorities in Kiev did not pay a bill for debt that now stands at $1.89 billion."Ukraine has de-facto stopped paying for gas...

Sochi - Russia opens its first ever Winter Paralympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, an opportunity for people with disabilities to triumph but which the crisis in Ukraine threatens to derail.

Moscow - Russia's lower and upper houses of parliament on Friday pledged to vote into law the result of a "historic" March 16 referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea on becoming part of Russia.The speakers of both the State Duma and Federation Council stro...

Moscow - Russia on Friday will open its first ever Paralympic Games, in Sochi, a chance to lift the stigma against people with disabilities in the country but already shadowed by Moscow's intervention in neighbouring Ukraine.President Vladimir Putin is schedule...

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to profit to the maximum from Ukraine's turmoil by implementing the de-facto annexation of Crimea at high speed to wrong foot an indecisive West, analysts said.The ousting of the generally pro-Russian Ukraini...

Moscow - A Moscow appeals court on Thursday cut the sentences for former Bolshoi soloist and two accomplices over an acid attack that nearly blinded the famed company's artistic director.Soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko had his six-year sentence in a strict-regime pe...

Moscow - Russia's state-controlled media has gone into propaganda overdrive to justify action in Crimea and raise fears over Ukraine's new leaders, in an offensive ridiculed by observers as a throwback to Soviet-era indoctrination.

Moscow - The Russian ruble on Thursday fell sharply in value against the euro after Crimea's pro-Russia authorities announced they wanted to join Russia and international talks failed to reach consensus.The ruble lost value to trade 50.06 rubles to the euro at ...

Moscow - Two members of Pussy Riot were left with chemical burns and head injuries after they were attacked by youths in a branch of McDonald's, the group said Thursday.

Moscow - Moscow appears to be presenting the West with a fait accompli. The Crimean parliament it controls says it is asking to join Russia.

Simferopol - Is the Cold War back in fashion? Judging by the overwhelming reaction of the media in the past week, one could feel themselves bang in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 60s.

Two days after one of her colleagues criticized Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, RT anchor Liz Wahl resigned on-air, citing the Kremlin-funded network's "whitewashing" of Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions.

Tensions between the United States and Russia on Earth will not affect operations on the International Space Station, NASA chief Charlie Bolden said Tuesday.