Russian media say French actor Gerard Depardieu has flown to Russia, where he may meet with President Vladimir Putin and receive a Russian passport.
Six Russian tourists have been killed in a snowmobile accident in the Italian Alps.
French former actress and animal-rights activist Brigitte Bardot has threatened to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the scheduled euthanasia of two sick circus elephants.
French actor Gerard Depardieu has reportedly confirmed that he requested the Russian passport that he was granted on January 3.
Alexander D'Jamoos began life as an orphan with deformed legs in Russia but now lists a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro among his accomplishments. He says his U.S. adoption was the key to his success and has pledged to fight Russia's newly imposed ban.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to French actor Gerard Depardieu.
If 2012 was the year that everything changed and yet nothing changed in Russia, what can we expect in 2013? RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore takes a look at some trends to watch.
Russian police have detained a prominent opposition figure and two dozen other activists for staging unauthorized demonstrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In addition to Armenian, Circassian, Chechen, and Ossetian minorities, Syria is also home to an estimated 7,000-9,000 people whose ancestors settled there after leaving Daghestan following the Caucasus wars of the mid-19th century.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial new law on education.
The international peace envoy for Syria has urged the global community to accept a proposal for ending the brutal 21-month conflict.
Emergency workers say bad brakes may be to blame for the December 29 plane crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport that killed four crew members and left four others seriously injured.
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