Turkmenistan's president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has made it clear that the pipeline was a snub to Russia and that his country wanted closer ties with China.

In the wake of the fire in Perm that killed at least 146 people, inspectors are shutting down scores of Moscow clubs.

The way that Gazprom prices its gas will remain unchanged despite flagging demand from Europe, the company's deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said.

The head of the region’s Dmitrov district said Paramonovo already has a world-class facility ready to host major international events, and building winter sports venues would be cost-effective.

The late human rights campaigner Andrei Sakharov was commemorated in Moscow on Monday on what would have been his 90th birthday.

The European Security Treaty advanced by President Medvedev is mostly a trap to engage NATO and the West in years of pointless negotiations.

Russia has always had a plethora of bad news that ruins its image, and it hasn’t realized that you can’t create good PR on bad news.

The blaze at a cafe in Mytishchi, a town 20 kilometers northeast of Moscow, injured four workers at a nearby market and caused traffic jams at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and Ostashkovskoye Shosse, Interfax reported.

Two Moscow dance schools have begun offering classes in English with expatriates in mind.

Some traders fear that Transneft might cut or reduce supplies to the Black Sea's largest port.