After several weeks of sporadic protests over new taxes, long-haul truckers from across the country threatening to shut down the capital city
Surviving airman of Russian jet downed by Turkish F-16s gives TV interview, but how much was just for show?
Russia's ability to escape international isolation depends on whether the Kremlin can distance itself from anti-Western rhetoric it has promoted in recent years
Russian President Putin has called for Russia and West to overcome their differences on Ukraine and Syria by joining in grand coalition to defeat Islamic State militant group
Crew of six Russian women have completed an eight-day experiment simulating conditions of long distance space travel
Norwegian officials express alarm over influx of migrants who see Russia's remote border with Norway as safer, cheaper alternative to Mediterranean route
Countering allegations of Russia’s role in downing of passenger jet over Ukraine, arms manufacturer says missile in question not used by Russia military
But with Moscow playing up renewed military might, some wonder whether its assertiveness will eventually backfire
Western news agencies say strikes took place around Homs; Assad forces have lost ground there, but it's not considered an Islamic State stronghold
Highly touted speech also seen as part of effort to show that Putin will not be sidelined on international stage
They'd ended direct talks, disagreeing over war in Ukraine and Moscow's support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
State media have broadcast images of bulldozers running over rounds of cheese, workers incinerating boxes of frozen bacon
Prosecutors determine activities of National Endowment for Democracy to be 'undesirable,' paving the way for it to be outlawed on Russian territory
But Russia's Putin says Western powers must also influence government in Kyiv if peace is to be achieved
Vladimir Putin says that reviving Russia’s military-industrial complex is Kremlin's current and future goal
Greek-born conductor takes to once-closed industrial city to rescue iconic Austrian composer from flawed compositional interpretations
Some say Moscow is playing games to prod Western officials to scrap similar restrictions on Russians that followed Crimea annexation
