Russian cross country skiers put in a poor performance as they were not psychologically ready for the first ski race at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 01:39 GMT

Russian skier Sergei Shiryaev said he was displeased after doping officials in Olympic Vancouver woke up his teammates at six in the morning for blood tests.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 02:12 GMT

Stanley Cup winner Yevgeny Malkin said the Russian ice hockey team is hungry for Olympic gold in Vancouver and is set to get it.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 03:22 GMT

Two Chinese pairs took the first two places in Figure Skating pairs at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Canada.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 05:03 GMT

Police in south Russian have detained the hacker responsible for the broadcast of a hardcore porn clip on a central Moscow advertising screen last month, a paper said on Tuesday.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 06:06 GMT

Andrei Arshavin has said that he will understand if Arsenal teammate Cesc Fabregas decides to quit the club and return to European champions Barcelona.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:01 GMT

Russia's police force is holding talks with France's Panhard General Defense on the purchase of VBL light armored vehicles, a Russian business daily reported Tuesday.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:14 GMT

Wearing high heels and cocktail dresses, contestants for the upcoming Miss Russia 2010 beauty pageant were presented to journalists on St. Valentine's Day, February 14. This day, the contestâ™s 50 participants learned to dance the waltz and the cha-cha. </p>

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:34 GMT

Almost a thousand guests visited the Russian tall ship Krusenstern on the final day of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week. The barque has been anchored in the port of Vancouver for the time of the 2010 Olympics.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:39 GMT

Over 50,000 people in Russia's Perm Region are without water for a second day on Tuesday after a tributary of the Volga was contaminated with an unidentified substance.

// Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:55 GMT