Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called on Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he seeks a new term as Russian p

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday filled an avenue in Moscow to protest against the alleged rigging of parliamentary polls, in a new challenge to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's authority.

India has approached top Russian authorities to appropriately resolve the move to ban Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, saying it is not merely a religious text, but one of the defining treatises of I

President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday is expected to vow a revamped reform drive in Russia after protests rattled the authorities, in his final annual address to the nation as head of state.

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The funeral of former Czech president Vaclav Havel, who died Sunday morning at the age of 75, will take place on Friday, the CTK news agency said.

The former president, a former chain smoker with chr

Thirteen people from a sunk oil rig off Russia's far eastern Sakhalin island were confirmed dead as searches for survivors went into a second day amid mounting fears that another 40 missing were dead.

Three Russian journalists covering riots in western Kazakhstan were detained without any reason on Sunday, Russia's Kommersant business daily said on its website.

A Russian court on Monday suspended its verdict till December 28 on the demand for banning Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, which a group linked to the Christian Orthodox Church has described as 'ext

The Bhagavad Gita, one of the holiest Hindu scriptures, is facing a legal ban and the prospect of being branded as “extremist” literature across Russia. A court in Siberia’s Tomsk city is set to deliver its final verdict Monday in a case filed by state prosecutors.

Clearing uncertainty, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced here on Friday that the first unit of the Koodankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu will be operationalised in a “couple of weeks”, but India and Russia did not sign any agreement on the construction of the third and fourth units, which was earlier expected.