The Russian Investigation Committee on Friday fixed the official number of passengers at 201 on board the ill-fated cruise ship, the Bulgaria, that sunk in the Volga River earlier in July.
// Jul. 22, 2011 - 07:14 GMT
Gunmen attempted to kill the anti-extremism department head of Russia's volatile southern republic of Dagestan, Akhmed Bataliyev, but left two of the republic's Interior Ministry officers dead on Friday.
// Jul. 22, 2011 - 06:05 GMT
Russia's ill-fated cruise ship, the Bulgaria, that sank in the Volga River earlier in the month, has been lifted from the thick silt of the river bottom, an official said on Friday.
// Jul. 22, 2011 - 05:14 GMT
An explosion occurred at a market near Moscow on Thursday, a police source said.
// Jul. 21, 2011 - 08:56 GMT
A project to expand the borders of the Russian capital proposed by the country's president last month may be completed within a five-year term, Russia's Izvestia daily said on Thursday.
// Jul. 21, 2011 - 07:44 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill officially classifying beer as an alcoholic drink, thereby restricting its sales, the Kremlin said.
// Jul. 20, 2011 - 09:00 GMT
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta have discussed issues of international security and the proposed European missile defense shield.
// Jul. 20, 2011 - 07:45 GMT
A Moscow traffic police officer at the center of a dispute involving a pregnant driver and a VIP vehicle is to face disciplinary action, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
// Jul. 20, 2011 - 06:58 GMT
Wildfires raging in Russia's Siberian republic of Yakutia prompted evacuation of children from a summer camp and approached the regional capital of Yakutsk on Wednesday.
// Jul. 20, 2011 - 03:26 GMT