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Russia`s presidential candidate Vladimir Putin won 64.39 percent of votes after half of the votes were counted, ...

Three policemen were killed in an attack on a polling station in Russia`s troubled Caucasus region of Dagestan after ...

Russians voted on Sunday in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record ...

At least 12 people were injured after a gas explosion damaged an apartment building in the Russian town of Astrakhan, ...

The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs ...

The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday ...

Russia has declined an invitation to take part in a meeting of the "Friends of Syria" group scheduled for Friday, the ...

Russia on Tuesday said it would not attend an international conference in Tunis this week aimed at seeking political ...

Iran has stopped oil exports to British and French companies, the Islamic republic`s oil ministry said on Sunday. ...

Russian troops suffered 17 dead and 24 wounded in a days-long battle with insurgents in the restive North Caucasus ...

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said the international community must respect Syria`s sovereignty after ...

Shutting Damascus out of talks to end the brutal crackdown in Syria would be a mistake, Russian Foreign Minister ...

Pop star Shakira was attacked by a sea lion in South Africa`s Cape Town while she was taking pictures of "cute" ...

Russia has signed contracts to sell 120 T-90C tanks to Algeria and 30 to Turkmenistan, Vedomosti business daily ...

The leader of Russia`s Islamist rebels ordered a halt to attacks on civilians, saying mass opposition protests showed ...