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Russian court to consider Pussy Riot's appeal
Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin.


Satellites watch Siberian volcano erupt
All was calm on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula when NASA's Terra satellite passed over at noon local time on Oct. 6. Or so it seemed.


Russia's singing granny finds her father's grave
To find her father's World War II grave, Natalya Pugachyova had to become a celebrity.


Iraq has USD4.2b weapons order from Russia
(MENAFN) A Russian government document unveiled that Iraq has signed over USD4.2 billion contracts to buy weapons from Russia, Reuters reported. The document was issued at a meeting between Prime ...


Moon mission aims to retrieve samples
Europe and Russia are working together to bring samples of frozen moon dirt to Earth in the next decade. The unmanned mission, called Lunar Polar Sample Return, aims to bore into the moon's surface at either the north or south pole, where nearly permanent sunlight would allow a robot to operate in manageable conditions.


Slap Shot: Kovalchuk Takes Scoring Touch to Russia
Ilya Kovalchuk is off to a hot scoring start for SKA St. Petersburg.


'An artistic statement': Vandal defaces Rothko painting
LONDON -- British police are investigating the defacing of a painting by Russian-American artist Mark Rothko at London's leading contemporary art museum.


'An artistic statement': Vandal defaces Rothko painting
LONDON -- British police are investigating the defacing of a painting by Russian-American artist Mark Rothko at London's leading contemporary art museum.


Man claims responsibility for defacing Rothko
A Russian man has claimed responsibility for scrawling graffiti on a mural by modern American master Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern.


Russia Marks Putin’s 60th Birthday
For leaders of the Kremlin, turning 60 is a milestone heavy with history and symbolism, sometimes marked by elaborate ceremony and sometimes not.