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Elton John had promised to challenge Vladimir Putin over gay rights when he played in Russia - and it sounds like he delivered. The singer told the audience the oppressive crackdown on gay "propaganda" was "inhumane" and "isolating". It ...

A documentary detailing the irregularities marring the run-up to next year's Sochi Olympics premieres in Russia this week, in defiance of what its makers say were attempts by Moscow authorities to block the film. "Putin's Games" offers a rare ...

Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych have not discussed the possibility of Ukraine's joining the Customs Union at the last Friday's meeting in Sochi, press-Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov informs.

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Moscow and Kiev have failed to reach agreements on reducing Russian gas prices or Ukraine joining a Moscow-led customs union, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Saturday. Dmitry Peskov said ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Nelson Mandela as "one of the greatest politicians in modern times", saying the former South African president was a man who never betrayed his convictions. "Mandela, having gone through the most ...

Enlarge Photo Federal prosecutors have charged 49 Russian diplomats and their spouses with cheating Medicaid out of $1.5 million, which some of them used on shopping sprees at Tiffany's and Bloomingdale's in New York. Many of them lied about their ...

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin's dream of recreating the Soviet empire is being tested on the streets of Kiev. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators facing off against riot police in the Ukrainian capital are protesting against civil ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) President Russiahad vital defence and economic interests in the Arctic, citing a potential U.S. military threat from submarine-based missiles there. Russia detained 30 Greenpeace activists protesting against Arctic drilling at ...

MOSCOW/KIEV, December 6 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin met briefly with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin spokesman said. The Ukrainian president made a ...