A woman convicted of planning to carry out a suicide bomb attack during 2010 New Year's Eve celebrations on Red Square has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, investigators said Friday. The plot was foiled after another suicide bomber was killed by explosives that accidentally detonated in her hotel...

Twin suicide car bombs killed at least 13 people and wounded just over 100 more in the Dagestani capital Makhachkala late Thursday, in what police are calling a terrorist attack. Twin suicide car bombs killed at least 13 people and wounded just over 100...

... about fuel deliveries to sue Vnukovo Airport. "It's too early to say much else. We hope they are objective in their investigation," she said. The airport was last investigated for alleged failure to ensure security at the airport following the suicide bombing in January 2011 that killed 35 people. Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Boeing planned to build up to 82 planes this year; in fact, that is only the number of planes of new model types the company...

... him as playing Robin to Putin’s Batman. It massively gained speed after he said in September that he won’t stand for a second term because Putin, his predecessor and longtime mentor, had higher ratings. The announcement was described as suicide by Kremlin-watchers, who now habitually call Medvedev a “political corpse.” It also led prominent liberals like Igor Yurgens and former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to publicly renounce their support for the president. Gudkov pointed...

... erupt and the ensuing rage envelops innocent victims — often children. While alcohol remains the main instigator of domestic violence, it also is the primary agitator for many other types of aggression and brutality: rape, fighting, homicide and suicide. The World Health Organization states that about 75 percent of Russians arrested for homicide have consumed alcohol shortly before the incident. Then there also are stories from my classes of present-day tragedies — and of triumphs over...

....4 million reported abortions — 2.74 abortions for every one live birth. Not until 2007 did live births and abortions in Russia reach near equal figures. The World Health Organization in 2006 reported that Russia is No. 2 in the world in male suicide. Nine of the top 11 countries in this category are from the former Soviet Union and former Warsaw Pact countries. The average Russian male life expectancy has risen in the past decade but still remains 10 to 20 years under other developed countries...