Police are searching for two men who, in under a minute, robbed a Russian Post branch of 7.3 million rubles ($240,000).

The demonstrations in December were middle-class phenomena, but estimates vary as to just how big Russia's middle class is.

"The Admirer," a new movie that focuses on Anton Chekhov, is a subtle, quiet, though remarkably tense film about the gray areas of life.

Having finally becoming an adequate downhill skier—albeit after 16 years of bruises, strains and embarrassing falls on the flat—it was time to try the outdoor exercise of choice in Moscow.

A naturalist adopted three bear cubs in an effort to protect them from poachers, but his project ended tragically.

If you live in Moscow long enough, you get used to dreadful service. The scowling cashiers, the flippant waiters—everyone has their horror stories. But generally, you get over it.

Late last year, Russian government announced a multi-billion dollar plans to improve infrastructure, train specialists and launch major advertising campaign to attract tourists to Russia. This year the Moscow state government has taken the initiative and launched an international advertising and promotional program to promote Moscow as a tourist destination in various international markets.

Despite repeated promises by senior Moscow officials and the explicit provisions of several laws, Russian draftees are being sent to fight and die in the hotspots of the North Caucasus, a situation a major Moscow paper is calling attention to and one likely to spark both more resistance to the draft and more questions about Russia's policies in that region.

Enraged after a Gypsy woman saw a stint in the slammer in his future, a Kemerovo man stabbed two people to death.