President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced the makeup of the new Cabinet answering to Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, with three-fourths of the members having been replaced. President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed a Cabinet that has a strikingly...

... (Fei): Ronan Cheneau’s play about contemporary society as staged by David Bovee with young Russian actors. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Heat (Zhara): Natalya Moshina’s play about a group of romantic terrorists as staged by Vladimir Ageyev. Praktika. 7 and 9 p.m. New La Grande Magia (Velikaya Magiya): Yevgeny Pisarev directs and stars in Eduardo de Filippo’s play about theatrical illusion and obsessional delusion. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m. Nearby City (Blizhny Gorod):...

Live updates on Vladimir Putin's presidential inauguration and his first actions as president, as well as on opposition demonstrations in central Moscow that began Monday morning. Vladimir Putin's presidential inauguration ceremony was held in the Kremlin on Monday...

Russia's hockey team blasted its way past Slovakia's goalkeeper in the 2012 IIHF World Championships to earn a 6:2 victory and a telephone call from President Vladimir Putin, who was eager to heap praise on the team. Russia's hockey team blasted its way past Slovakia's goalkeeper in the 2012 IIHF World Championships to earn a 6:2 victory and a telephone call from President Vladimir Putin, who was eager to...

Vladimir Kolokoltsev, named as interior minister on Monday, has drawn criticism for supporting Soviet-era residency registration rules and overseeing crackdowns on anti-Kremlin protesters during his two years as Moscow’s police chief. Vedomosti Kolokoltsev...

Live updates on the competing opposition and pro-Kremlin demonstrations planned for Sunday. Two major demonstrations are planned in Moscow for Sunday ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president on Monday: the opposition "March of Millions" from Kaluzhskaya Ploshchad to Bolotnaya Ploshchad with a rally at Bolotnaya; and a pro-Kremlin event sponsored by the All-Russia People's Front across town...

... number of officials entitled to use flashing lights to skirt through traffic, several incidents of alleged abuse involving high-profile figures have come to light. A video posted online earlier this week of a Maybach and a BMW belonging to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky cutting through oncoming traffic on Tverskaya Street. In the wake of President Vladimir Putin’s order to cut the number of public officials entitled to use flashing lights to skirt through traffic, several incidents of alleged...

... Russia when its subsidiary won an offshore-services contract from LUKoil. The subsidiary, Saipem, on Saturday signed a deal to lay pipelines that will carry oil and gas from an offshore Caspian Sea field. Saipem and LUKoil, which plans to launch the Vladimir Filanovsky field by the end of 2015, haven't named the price of the contract. Eni owns 43 percent of Saipem, whose shares trade on the Milan Stock Exchange. For Eni, the deal was the third stroke of good fortune in this country last month. The...

... Founded own law firm Neva-Yust; deputy head of Leningrad city executive committee legal department; head of City Council; co-founded law firm Konvent 1994: Chairman of St. Petersburg legal committee under Governor Anatoly Sobchak, where he became close to Vladimir Putin 1998: Deputy governor of St. Petersburg; returned to Neva-Yust firm at the end of 1998 1999: Deputy director of legal affairs in the presidential administration. After Putin's appointment as prime minister on Aug. 19, 1999, he became a...

... Over: The interview with Dmitry Medvedev has come to an end after precisely two hours. 1:55 p.m., Medvedev on Elections Officials: Medvedev said elections officials should not be demonized, apparently referring to Central Elections Commission head Vladimir Churov, whom the opposition has vilified for what they call his role in alleged falsifications in December's State Duma vote. Medvedev said elections officials are simply “counters” of votes. 1:50 p.m., Medvedev on Daylight Savings...

Vladimir Lenin once said, "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the entire country." Today, that slogan would read: "Communism is fair elections plus Internet access for the entire country."...

... efficiently solving all conflicts. The director agreed to the changes, but when he filmed the final scenes he stuck to his original plan that provided no answers or closure to the film's conflict. Such is the backstory to what we witness onstage in Vladimir Ageyev's production of Simonov's play. We actually enter the tale when the director (Vladimir Mishukov) is on trial for embezzlement of funds. Everyone but his girlfriend (Alisa Grebenshchikova) has turned against him for refusing to play by...

Buryatia President Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn and Leningrad Governor Valery Serdyukov resigned Friday, the Kremlin said. This follows Thursday's resignation of Samara Governor Vladimir Artyakov as well as three other regional bosses last week, in what many are seeing as a Kremlin ploy to remove unpopular leaders before gubernatorial elections in October. Nagovitsyn, who led the autonomous Buryatia republic since 2007, will...

The usual sunny weather was absent and fewer soldiers than last year took part Wednesday in the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, where President Vladimir Putin spoke about Russia's role in the world. The usual sunny weather was absent and fewer soldiers than last year took part Wednesday in the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, where President Vladimir Putin spoke about Russia's...

... we’ll do it,” Navalny said, adding that he would take part in the next large rally, scheduled for June 12. Both congratulated opposition activists, who have maintained a small, roving protest camp despite frequent police raids since shortly after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration on May 7. The two also announced plans for scaling up the protests. Navalny called for activists to prepare for nationwide demonstrations in the beginning of September, while Udaltsov said protesters should stage a...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to consider allowing Russian Railways to recoup its investments through higher cargo rates. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to consider allowing Russian Railways to recoup its investments...

President Vladimir Putin is leaving his influence group in power at three agencies, while Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chose new people for all other places in the government. President Vladimir Putin is leaving his influence group in power...

Foreign investors praised the new Cabinet on Monday as a sign of economic stability, but said it reflects that Vladimir Putin is firmly in charge and no significant policy changes are in the offing. Foreign investors praised the new Cabinet on Monday as a sign of economic stability, but said it reflects that Vladimir Putin is firmly in charge and no significant...

The regal inauguration of President Vladimir Putin last Monday offered a creepy scene: Putin's motorcade traveled along dead-quiet, deserted streets from the White House to the Kremlin, while on nearby Moscow streets ordinary citizens were being beaten by police...

Whatever the reasons were for dispatching Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the Group of Eight summit over the weekend as a stand-in for President Vladimir Putin, one thing is clear: Medvedev was not given an independent role on foreign policy, nor is he part of a dual-key arrangement with Putin to manage the country's foreign affairs. Whatever the reasons were for dispatching...