The Russian government is trying to make amends to the victims of the sinking of The Bulgaria
An overcrowded Russian boat was in dire need of repairs when it sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board, officials said Monday, the death toll rising to 58 confirmed dead.
A 50 year-old cruise ship in Russia's Volga River capsized Sunday, killing at least 50 people
Officials take stock of the conditions that led up to the accident as the death toll continues to mount.
A Russian double-deck cruise cruise ship that sank in Volga River on Sunday claimed more than 100 lives, with several people still missing.
Krokodil or Crocodile in Russian is a homemade substitute of heroin, which is casting deathly shadows over the lives of thousands of Russia's drug addicts. It has a reptilian name because the users' skin starts developing crocodile-like unpleasant scales, over repeated use. And that is arguably the least this deadly drug can do to your body. The scales would give way to decaying sores and gray skin. The flesh would soon start to degenerate and would peel away leaving bones exposed....
The Russian Prime Minister promised that his party will run a harsh and forceful presidential campaign.
Who is this guy to hold the reins of a country if he cannot even drive a car, commented a user in YouTube named BalticStatesAcademy
Krokodil or Crocodile in Russian is a homemade substitute of heroin, which is casting deathly shadows over the lives of thousands of Russia's drug addicts. It has a reptilian name because the users' skin starts developing crocodile-like unpleasant scales, over repeated use. And that is arguably the least this deadly drug can do to your body. The scales would give way to decaying sores and gray skin. The flesh would soon start to degenerate and would peel away leaving bones exposed....
Dmitry Medvedev sat down with Financial Times for an extensive interview. What was he asked immediately? Not surprisingly, his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguably the most intriguing one in the modern political world.
Russian President Dimitry Medvedev would love to have a second term in the Kremlin but would not run against Prime Minister and mentor Vladimir Putin if the latter wanted to have another go at the top post. Medvedev made it clear there was nothing inhibiting him from wanting a second term as president, except perhaps the fact that heavy eight Putin is angling for the same job.
Russian internet firms are winning the capital of foreign investors due to their ability to bypass country-specific risks while attracting users and advertising revenue.
Armenia is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without any pre-conditions, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
Similar to last year's disastrous wildfires, the Russian wilderness is again ablaze.
Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was transferred from Moscow to a prison camp in an undisclosed location, his lawyers said on Friday, decrying the move as an attempt to block his parole hearing.
Low-flying NATO jets have reportedly conducted a rare daytime bombing campaign on Tripoli, Libya, setting off huge explosions and also striking the military barracks and compound of Moammar Gaddafi.
The owner of the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is seeking the leadership of the Right Cause party in Russia.
In a desperate attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the brutal civil war in Libya, the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has arrived in Tripoli for talks with Moammar Gaddafi.
In a surprise move, Russia took the side of Britain and France over Libya for the first time yesterday, calling for the Middle-East despot to leave office.
As NATO air-strikes hit Tripoli for the fifth straight night and Russia teaming up with Western powers in demanding his exit, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is feeling the heat of tightened military and diplomatic pressure, Reuters reported.
Even as the United States and Russia work to implement a nuclear treaty to reduce their total number of nuclear weapons, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev touched upon the highly sensitive issue of missile defense on Thursday as he met with President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit in France.
President Barack Obama will depart from Ireland to London earlier than planned on Monday after concerns of volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland.
