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Cheese and other food items are rotting in Russian warehouses, to be destroyed as part of sanctions against the West.

Only about one-in-five people in the United States trust President Putin to make good decisions in world affairs — and the rest of the world seems to agree.

Tauric Chersonesos, a former Greek colony and nature preserve, will be run by a Russian Orthodox priest who does not specialize in the field.

The cub was shot “point blank” near a village in the southern region of Khabarovsky Krai.

At his wedding, Peskov donned a watch worth four times his annual salary.

His comments were made ahead of a congressional delegation trip he has been planning to the Arctic as a response to a rapidly growing Russian military presence off the coast of Northern Europe.

The trip will reportedly focus on the Great Silk Road and sunken ships in the Black Sea.

“I think I’d get along very well with Vladimir Putin, I just think so,” Trump said.

According to the Russian president, the Iran nuclear agreement will have a positive effect on the security of the Middle East.

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi set a world record for most expensive games, costing Russia about $38.93 billion — or about 10 percent of Russia's annual federal budget.

Suspect Dmitry Kovtun, who remains in Russia despite extradition attempts, has avoided in-person testimony during the U.K.'s ongoing inquiry into the death of Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko.

The trial of Gennady Kravtsov is one of many treason cases in Russia in recent months amid heightened tensions due to the conflict in Ukraine.

An expansive black market for cheese and other imported food products, complete with signals and back room haggling now exists in Russia.

Natalia Poklonskaya, the pro-separatist prosecutor general in Crimea, was designated an "action target" by the U.S. in December 2014 for "illegally seizing state power."

The Ministry for Crimean Affairs reportedly will be replaced by a special commission.

Putin's comments were in response to criticism of a law that would require online companies to store user data in Russia.

More than 22 million people now reportedly live below the poverty line in Russia.

In 2009, Iran already had 7,200 centrifuges, meaning that, even then, Iran could produce two nuclear weapons a year, weapons experts said.

France canceled the delivery of the two Mistral ships in November because of the Ukraine conflict.

Facebook banned several prominent Russian journalists and bloggers for using a slur for Ukrainians, leading many to delete their accounts.

The U.S. wants NATO allies to commit 2 percent of their GDP on defense to combat Russia, which is seen as the biggest threat to U.S. security by Air Force Secretary Deborah James.