Scheme of Metropolitans' and Patriarchs' graves in Cathedral. The design of the new church, with its five domes (symbolic of Jesus Christ and the Four Evangelists) proved immensely popular, and was ...

Russia recently expanded punishment against independent journalists and activists that the Kremlin designated as "foreign ...

The most awaited festival of the year is finally here and what better way to celebrate Christmas than by visiting one of the ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow is considering taking steps to resume nuclear tests. He made the warning while cautioning President-elect Donald Trump against resuming ...

St. Basil’s Cathedral, one of Russia’s most iconic landmarks, is famous for its colourful onion domes. During Christmas, it hosts traditional Orthodox services, offering a perfect opportunity ...

Last month Putin lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, and after Moscow said Ukraine had struck deep inside Russia with U.S.-made ...

Hungary is one of the only nations to still buy Russian gas and Mr Orban makes frequent statements sympathetic to Moscow and Vladimir Putin. He said: “The military mainstream has made a last ...

Holiday lights are everywhere — and everywhere they look a little different. In recent weeks, Associated Press photographers ...

MOSCOW — Russian authorities on Thursday closed all four of Moscow’s airports, plus a fifth one in a city about 100 miles southwest of the country’s capital, citing unspecified safety concerns.

An American citizen, Evgeny "Eugene" Spector, was sentenced to 15 years in a high-security prison by the Moscow City Court on espionage charges on Dec. 24, reported Interfax, a Russian news agency.

But there may be hidden costs, too. A Ukrainian official said Kyiv was responsible for the assassination in Moscow of Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and ...