(Reuters) – Sergei Ovchinnikov, who coached the Russian women’s volleyball team at the London Olympics, has died, his club team Dynamo Moscow said on Wednesday.
A Russian opposition activist has been jailed for possession of heroin for eight years – double the sentence requested by the prosecution. Supporters of Taisiya
(Reuters) – Russian environmentalist and protest leader Yevgeniya Chirikova had not even made it to the local election headquarters to register as a candidate on
(Reuters) – Russia denounced foreign criticism of the trial of punk band Pussy Riot as politically motivated on Wednesday and said there were “elements of
(Reuters) – Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened “enormous consequences” if his