Medvedev to host quadrilateral summit on Wednesday

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host a quadrilateral summit with leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the volatile Af-Pak region. Afghan......

Russia: 10 killed, several injured in blast at metro station

At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured on Monday when an explosion ripped through a subway train in St Petersburg, Russian media reported. IMAGE: An injured person is helped by......

Search widened for Russian plane crash victims

Investigators probing the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula that killed all 224 people on board on Sunday widened their search and combed the wreckage for clues to find......

Dr Singh to visit Russia on December 16

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will arrive in Moscow on December 16 to attend the annual Indo-Russian summit. The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who arrived in......

India to get more nuke reactors from Russia

India and Russia will take new steps to reinvent their strategic partnership when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Kremlin on December 7, with a civil......

Russian hooligans see themselves as Kremlin foot soldiers

Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with......

PIX: Russian President Putin scores eight goals in all-star hockey game

The 66-year-old helped his side to an emphatic 14-7 win in the Night Hockey League. IMAGE: Russia's President Vladimir Putin in action during a Night Hockey League match in Sochi. All Photographs:......

For Putin, World Cup shows Russia cannot be caged by hostile West

In the Russian president's eyes, it sends a message of defiance to the world and his own people which fits his favoured storyline: Russia is succeeding despite Western efforts to hold it back.......

Russian doping's first casualty

Russian PM suspends sports ministry official named in doping report IMAGE: Russian Deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh, left, and cross-country skier Alexander Legkov attend a news conference......

Dozens dead in Russian hockey team plane crash

A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave......