Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was greeted by catcalls when he steeped into the ring at a martial arts fight in Moscow.

Putin, a judo enthusiast, has long been an admirer of Russian heavyweig

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday vowed a ‘reasonable and adequate’ response to the US missile shield in Europe, viewed by Moscow as a mortal threat to the country's nuclear deterrent.

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Over $29 million (900 million rubles) will be allocated by 2015 to build Arctic rescue centres in Russia, the director of the department of fire safety and rescue force at the Emergency Situations Min

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with world cup champion Peter Svidler of Russia in the second round of Tal Memorial Chess tournament.

It turned out to be another uneventful d

Malaysia plans to buy 18 Russian Su-30MKM fighters capable of carrying Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Izvestia daily said on Tuesday.

The paper said, citing military sources,

Russia will train its army to play badminton to improve its battle prowess after the racket sport won a surprise personal endorsement from President Dmitry Medvedev, a newspaper said on Monday.

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BP salvaged a rare victory in Russia on Friday over its failed Arctic tie-up with Rosneft when a court rejected a $15-billion claim that threatened its ties with the country, the world's biggest energ

Russian lawmakers have submitted a bill seeking a ban on hookah smoking in public places. The concentration of harmful substances in hookah smoke is considered a hundred times higher than in cigarette

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lashed out on Monday at “arrogant world powers” as he hosted his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao for a regional security summit that Moscow bills as a counterpart to Nato.

Russia test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, the defense ministry said.

It was launched at 10.45 a.m. from the Plesetsk Space Center and hit a designated target