More than 15,000 Russians on Sunday endorsed the candidacy of Alexei Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging strongman Vladimir Putin in a March vote.
Thousands backing the charismatic 41-year-old lawyer met in 20 cities from the Pacific port of Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in the northwest to nominate him as aRead more
Sochi luge silver medallists Albert Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova were among a group of 11 Russians disqualified for doping and handed lifetime bans by the International Olympic Committee on Friday.
The announcement comes following hearings by an IOC commission into allegations of state-sponsored doping by hosts Russia at the 2014 Winter Games.
Demchenko and Ivanova were punished along with two speed skaters, three crossRead more
For Russians who fear that someone may be eavesdropping on their phone conversations, leading IT entrepreneur Natalya Kaspersky says she has a solution.
At a business forum in Moscow on Friday she presented "TaigaPhone", a brand new smartphone created by InfoWatch Group, her software development company, costing around 15,000 rubles ($260).
The TaigaPhone is entirely green to represent the RussianRead more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Russia on Wednesday to re-think its support for Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime, after it was blamed for a major chemical attack.
"There is no doubt in our mind that the Syrian regime under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad is responsible for this horrific attack," Tillerson told reporters at the State Department.
"And weRead more
A new big-budget television drama series gives an insider’s peek into the lives of the rich and famous in the oligarchs’ playground of the French Riviera.
“Riviera”, the brainchild of Paul McGuinness, the multimillionaire former manager of rock group U2, premiered Monday night at MIPTV, the world’s top TV gathering at Cannes.
Directed by Neil Jordan, the Oscar-winning maker of “TheRead more
The battlefield in northern Syria becomes more complicated with each passing week. Government forces, rebels, Russians, Americans, Turks and Kurds – all have their sights on ISIL’s self-declared capital of Raqqa in an ever more tangled web of overlapping alliances and enmities.
The ltest twist came on Monday when it was announced that Russian forces – who arrived in SyriaRead more
If B-grade monster movies are your thing, you’re in luck. Kong: Skull Island, which rears its giant head in cinemas this Thursday, makes full use of its king-sized budget and turns in a campy adventure that is, in equal measures, a classic Kong story, an anti-war cry, and a monsters-ensemble caper.
The film begins just when the Vietnam War has endedRead more
Thousands of Russians marched through central Moscow on Sunday in memory of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, two years after he was shot dead near the Kremlin.
The assassination of the former deputy prime minister on February 27, 2015 was the highest-profile killing of a critic of President Vladimir Putin since the ex-KGB officer took charge in 2000.
Five ChechenRead more
For Russians it is a sure sign that summer has really come — the annual, rolling switch-off of municipal hot water that hits homes across the vast country.
From Vladivostok on the Pacific coast to the European exclave Kaliningrad, millions of residents are forced each year to shiver through icy showers as authorities say they have to switch off theRead more
German Chancellor Angel Merkel will face an even broader Russian disinformation campaign ahead of elections this year, according to EU findings, a source close to the matter said Monday.
The source, who asked not to be identified, told reporters that France and the Netherlands were also likely targets as they too go to the polls with populist, anti-EU figures stronglyRead more