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A court in Lithuania has sentenced a Russian citizen and a former Lithuanian military officer to prison on charges of spying for Russia.
Taisia Osipova, a Russian opposition activist arrested in 2010 on drug charges she says were fabricated, has been released on parole after more than six years in prison.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has wrapped up a three-nation tour of Central Asia with a visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he touted a Russian air base as a key to stability in the region.
Soviet-era ice-hockey star Vladimir Petrov has died at the age of 69.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will not support new sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, warning that imposing new punishments would hurt efforts to end Syria's six-year-old civil war.
The Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives says he has seen no evidence of inappropriate contacts between Russian officials and President Donald Trump's election campaign, prompting an outcry from Democrats in the lower legislative chamber.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has introduced legislation to name the street in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington "Boris Nemtsov Place" in honor of the slain opposition politician.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to serve as commerce secretary, despite questions about his possible ties with Russian oligarchs.
Former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, who exploded to international fame during the 1972 Munich Olympics, sold off her five Olympic medals and other trophies through a U.S. auction house for $333,500.
Speaking to journalists after he was freed from prison on February 26, civil-rights activist Ildar Dadin said he would continue to "fight against the system" and seek criminal action against a warden he accuses of widespread abuse.
On the second anniversary of his assassination, meet the volunteers who protect the memorial to slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
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