Moscow police were on Tuesday holding several Russian opposition figures after breaking up an unprecedented protest against polls monitors said were slanted in favour of Vladimir Putin's ruling party.

Russia has sent interior ministry troops to Moscow and increased the alert level of security forces after a protest of thousands of people opposing Vladimir Putin, officials said on Tuesday.

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Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a surprise drop in support Sunday in legislative elections seen as a test of the Russian strongman's popularity ahead of his planned return to the Kremlin.

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The ruling party of Vladimir Putin on Monday won Russia's parliamentary elections but with a sharply reduced majority, in a blow for the strongman ahead of his planned return to the Kremlin in 2012.

Vote observers and bloggers said on Saturday they were under attack as Russia prepared for an election likely to slash the ruling party's majority ahead of Vladimir Putin's return as president next ye

Russia voted on Sunday in legislative elections set to see an erosion in the majority of Vladimir Putin's ruling party and marred by claims the authorities have engaged in foul play to ensure its domi

Russia plans to build a factory in Cuba to make ammunition for AK-47 assault rifles, an official said on Thursday.

"The components were taken to Cuba a few years ago. Now, it is just a matter of taki

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to be the ruling party candidate in 2012 presidential elections that he is certain to win and that will fix the country's political future.

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Russia's award-winning newsreader, Tatyana Limanova, has been taken off air after a video of her lifting the middle finger following a Barack Obama report went viral on the Web.

The clip shows Limano

Three astronauts today landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said.
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