Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is confident that holding the 2018 Soccer World Cup in Russia will give a powerful boost to infrastructure development in the European part of Russia.

Russia's foreign minister has urged North Korea to return to six-nation disarmament talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.

Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a suspected Al Qaeda trained international terrorist, who is wanted in Tajikistan for alleged involvement in terrorist activities,from the country's

After the US and France, Russia has expressed concern over some clauses of the nuclear liability law, leading to delay in finalising contracts for building two more atomic power plants at Kudankulam i

Even as President Dmitry Medvedev announced a three-fold increase in the basic pay of the servicemen, the defence ministry has opened the doors for foreigners to join the Russian Armed Forces.

A Russian cosmonaut and two Nasa astronauts came safely back to Earth from the International Space Station in a Soyuz capsule Friday, Russian Mission Control said.

New files about to be dumped onto the Internet by WikiLeaks contain embarrassing diplomatic cables that could harm Moscow's relations with Washington, the Kommersant newspaper reported Friday.

A Russian helicopter caught fire and crashed in Siberia on Thursday killing seven people and injuring three, investigators said in a statement.

Russia on Tuesday warned against an escalation of tensions after North Korea fired artillery shells onto a South Korean border island, a foreign ministry official told Interfax.

Russia on Sunday called for global efforts to avert extinction of tigers as wildlife activists and officials from 13 countries, including India, opened a summit today in St.