Activists claim Stalin-era bunkers in northwestern Russia that once served to keep the locals safe now present a serious danger -- radiation.
A North Korean defector who has lived in Russia for nearly two decades is facing a possibly deadly deportation.
Fabricated criminal cases, farcical trials, inhumane prison conditions. A new grassroots group in Russia's east tries to combat what it says are particularly egregious signs of a dysfunctional justice system.
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. has fallen gravely ill in Moscow for the second time in two years, and his wife has said doctors' preliminary diagnosis this week was the same as the first: "poisoning" by an unidentified substance.
Filmmakers in Russia say a State Duma deputy and Russian Orthodox activists are trying to prevent a romantic film about Tsar Nicholas II from being screened in Russia.
Paolo Macchiarini rode groundbreaking surgeries to global fame, but patients died anyway. With his methods still under fire in the West, he continues to work in Russia.
A century ago, Faberge produced its last legendary Easter egg. The following year, in 1918, in the early days of Russia's Bolshevik Revolution, the legendary Russian jewelry firm was nationalized and destroyed. The Faberge family and many of the firm's masterpieces found refuge in the West, where the firm's legacy is being preserved today.
As Ukraine's relationship with Moscow continues to suffer as Kyiv battles Russia-backed separatists in its east, theaters are preparing to screen a new film focusing on the Holodomor, the Stalin-era famine that left millions dead in Soviet Ukraine.
Moldova's pro-Russia President Igor Dodon has proposed a new flag for his country that would eliminate similarities the current banner has with the flag and coat of arms of neighboring Romania.
The outburst of violence since January 29 has shattered a monthslong relative lull in fighting, pushed the city of Avdiyivka to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, and heightened fears that full-scale warfare could reignite at any moment.
When U.S. doctors detected a return of her teenage daughter's lymphoma cancer, the transplanted Iranian family was in shock. The second shock came when the girl's 74-year-old grandmother was turned away from coming to help care for he and provide much-needed moral support.
Tajik couples might soon find themselves having to sign a prenuptial contract outlining their financial terms of endearment before marriage.
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