VLADIMIR PUTIN

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.

Russian Cossacks will don throwback uniforms and take to the streets in Moscow to enforce security alongside police.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ousted his Defense Minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, after a criminal probe. Russian Chief of Staff Nikolai Makarov was also dismissed.

Rumors flew in Russia as Vladimir Putin fired a staunch ally and ruthless reformist, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is injured, but some think his health is more precarious than the Kremlin is letting on.

Lena Dunham’s latest video for the Obama campaign has caused plenty of uproar from the right, but one Minnesota Republican has stated that not only is the video inappropriate, but that it is also the personal work of the dark lord himself, Satan.

Russian opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov was charged with plotting riots on Friday, and he could face 10 years in prison if convicted.

The United States criticized Russian security officials for their treatment of Leonid Razvozzhayev, an allegedly tortured opposition activist.

A lawyer for the two jailed Pussy Riot band members says they have been transferred to prison colonies hundreds of miles from Moscow.

Russian authorities launched a criminal investigation against Sergei Udaltsov, a left-wing activist, on Wednesday.

Turkish jet fighters intercepted a Syrian passenger airplane on Wednesday night, which they claim had weapons on board.

Nearly two months after Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich and two of her bandmates were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism, Samutsevich has been released from the Moscow prison, though the two other Pussy Riot members remain behind bars.

A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal on Wednesday but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin, who said they had got the jail terms they deserved.

“It’s clear that the risk of conflict in the [Middle East] region is higher now than when the president took office,” Romney said.