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Japan’s government said two Russian fighter jets entered the country’s airspace Thursday, to which it responded by scrambling its own aircraft.

The Russian parliament is considering a new bill that would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 amid a nationwide campaign to cut down on alcohol consumption.

Sochi, the city where Russia will hold the 2014 Winter Olympics, is allegedly controlled by gangsters.

Former Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin remains a polarizing figure in the vast and boundless motherland that is Russia.

Russia's defense industry is growing, thanks mostly to increasing sales in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Depardieu was detained in Paris in November after he was found to be three times over the legal alcohol limit.

Gerard Depardieu, who left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate, was extended a warm welcome in Russia.

France proposes a 75 percent tax rate next year for the super-wealthy, while Russia has a 13 percent income tax.

The FBI has labeled Mogilevich as the “most dangerous mobster in the world.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed a bill into a law that bans U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children.

UNICEF released a statement scolding Russia for banning U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children.

Moscow and New Delhi signed new arms deals worth billions of dollars Monday, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to India since he began a new six-year term in May.

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen confirmed that Syria was using Scud missiles against the rebels, and its own people.

NASA's “Ask an Astrobiologist” feature has been dominated by queries about planet-wide blackouts and mysterious rogue planets in recent weeks.

In the first State of the Nation speech of his third term, Putin urged Russia to make babies and maintain national sovereignty.

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is believed to have been working with the British secret service when he was murdered in 2006, according to new evidence presented in a preliminary inquest into his death in a London court.

British authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy killed by radiation poisoning in 2006.

When Communism ended, Russia's mortality rate shot up. Three professors say they have figured out why.

Conspiracy theorists all over the world perked up Friday when Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev joked that Russian leaders were in possession of secret files on aliens.

Meeting with Turkey's Erdogan on Monday, Russia's Putin draws on Chekhov to explain why he still opposes Patriot missiles near Syria.

The group wants German Chancellor Merkel to pressure Russian President Putin into easing the crackdown on political dissent.