Pope Francis, Snowden, Malala tipped for Nobel Peace prize

Despite a year seemingly filled with gloom and near constant reminders of humanity’s failings, the Nobel Peace prize will reward a person, or organisation, who’s worked tirelessly for......

What is Putin up to?

'Like everyone else addicted to Kremlin politics, I too have a thesis.''Foreign policy is known to be Putin's forte -- and Russia's stability his obsession.''As we enter the 2020s, it is clear that......

Second female Moscow bomber was an IT teacher

Russia's top anti-terror agency on Tuesday confirmed Maryam Sharipova, a 28-year old IT teacher from a Caucasus village as one of the two suicide bombers, who blew herself up at Moscow's metro......

Moscow court rejects plea to defend Stalin

A Moscow court has rejected a libel suit filed against a newspaper, by the grandson of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, to protect his grandfather's name. In his plea, Stalin's grandson Evgeny......

Pussy Riot protest members detained by Sochi police

Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said they were detained on suspicion of theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi on Tuesday, less than two months......