A U.S. cyclist who pedaled across 50-plus countries for peace and charity was run over and killed in Russia by a drunken truck driver, ITAR-Tass news agency said Friday.
Canada said on Thursday it will impose sanctions on "a broad range" of Russian companies and banks to punish Moscow for "provocative military activity" in eastern Ukraine.
McDonald's burgers and shakes may become the latest victims of worsening ties between Moscow and Washington after a Russian consumer watchdog agency accused the U.S. chain of sanitary violations.
Mathematician Grigory Perelman, famous for solving a Millennium Prize Problem and turning down the award, has moved to Sweden, a Russian newspaper reported.
Russia's Central Bank raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points on Friday in an unexpected move and said it could raise rates further, citing concerns about geopolitical tensions.
Reindeer herders in Russia's Far North have discovered yet another mysterious giant hole about 30 kilometers away from a similar one found days earlier.
President Vladimir Putin's approval rating is currently at 83 percent, the highest it has been since he left office for the first time in 2008, according to a recent survey of Russians by the respected U.S. pollster Gallup.
Amid international indignation at Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, the English Football Association said that it would be premature to strip Russia of the right to host the 2018 World Cup.
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