Officials in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria said some 2,000 Syrians have arrived in the Caucasian territory and are seeking asylum.
Russian opposition politicians have been targeted in an apparent smear campaign linking them to U.S. diplomats in an effort to portray them as American puppets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be sending troops and hardware to Syria.
NATO has expressed concern after a news report that Russia is building a large military base near its border with Ukraine.
The migrant crisis is in Europe. But judging by the Internet, Russians are the most upset about it.
The Russian military put on a show of military hardware at the Arms Expo-2015 exhibition in Nizhny Tagil, in the Sverdlovsk region, on September 10. Helicopters, tanks, jets and parachutists put on a display for the crowds. Representatives of more than 60 countries are attending the four-day event.
The prime ministers of Ukraine and Slovakia have condemned a recent deal to expand the current Nord Stream pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Western Europe.
A Moscow court on September 10 acquitted four people and found one guilty of hooliganism and vandalism for taking part in a pro-Ukraine stunt.
Russian-Syrian citizen Michel Mizakh went to Syria to fight Islamic State (IS) militants. But he didn't join the Kurds or an opposition group. He joined the "Shabiha," the pro-government militia the opposition blames for some of the worst atrocities of Syria's civil war.
German authorities have unearthed a massive, granite head of Bolshevik Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin from a forest on the outskirts of Berlin, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Russia’s slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and imprisoned Ukrainian military pilot and parliament member Nadiya Savchenko are among the nominees for the 2015 Sakharov Prize.
EU lawmakers have urged Russia to immediately release the Estonian police officer Eston Kohver, Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov, and civil activist Olexandr Kolchenko.
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