Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:47
Pussy Riot`s nomination for an arts award in Singapore should be extended to the Russian government for giving prominence to the protest collective by jailing members over their "Punk Prayer" video, two of the women said with heavy sarcasm.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:07
Two Pussy Riot members on Friday vowed no let-up in their campaign against human rights abuses inside Vladimir Putin`s Russia as they made their first overseas trip since being released from jail.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 00:17
European Union leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin have cancelled a joint dinner and cut a long-planned summit short in the wake of their confrontation over Ukraine`s future.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:33
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets Russian President Vladimir Putin today for talks touching on Russia`s expansion of the EU nation`s only nuclear power plant.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 00:34
A close business partner of ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Saturday that the Kremlin critic appears to no longer be interested in a USD 100-billion lawsuit against Russia since his release from jail.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 22:00
As Israelis and the West on Saturday paid glowing tributes to late Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, the Arab world was less laudatory, slamming him as a "tyrant" and "criminal".
Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 21:49
A close business partner of ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Saturday that the Kremlin critic appears to no longer be interested in $100-billion lawsuit against Russia since his release from jail.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 19:27
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani today discussed the Islamic republic`s nuclear negotiations with world powers and Syria peace talks, the Kremlin said.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 12:54
Retired German footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger called for people to "face up" to homophobia in Russia ahead of the Winter Olympics after coming out as a homosexual on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 14:21
Russian forces went on combat alert in Sochi and tightened restrictions on access to the Black Sea resort as part of measures by President Vladimir Putin to ensure security at next month`s Winter Olympics.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 14:56
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly withdrawn a blanket ban on demonstrations in and around the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 14:11
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree lifting a blanket ban on political protests at the Sochi Winter Olympics, bowing to pressure from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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