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Violinist dies after fall into orchestra pit

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre is mourning a new tragedy after a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit.

Naked cruelty of Putin's brand of justice a disgrace

Russian President Vladimir Putin must have been a very angry man when he sanctioned the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in March 2009, for tax evasion.

Putin faces isolation over pro Assad stance

British Prime Minister David Cameron has made an attempt to bounce Russia into supporting a future for Syria without President Bashar al-Assad.

What killed Putin's marriage?

Lyudmila Putin once described her husband as a vampire.

Red state has trouble living with rising pink brigade

The Russian Parliament is preparing to pass a bill that would outlaw "homosexual propaganda", which has prompted fears of a rise in homophobic violence, in a society that has little tolerance of gay people.

Russia's FSB: Another alleged US spy expelled

Russia detains alleged US spy

A US diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow, Russia's security services say.

A look at how Russia, US still spy on each other

Cyprus in chaos as MPs spurn 10b rescue deal

Large quake strikes Russia

Meteor explosion largest infrasound recorded

Sub-audible infrasonic waves from the meteor which exploded over a remote region of Russia last week were recorded 15,000km away in Antarctica.

Meteor shower and aftermath

With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.

'Like being in a washing machine'

The survivor of a horror zorbing accident in Russia last month has spoken of the final moments before his friend's death and told of the "fear'' he saw in his eyes.

Stalingrad nostalgia grows ahead of battle's anniversary

Russia: Vodka - the feeling of being in Russia

Jailed rival main suspect for mob hit

Analysts of the murky Russian underworld say a number of different groupings could be behind the audacious daylight shooting of a Russian mafia boss in central Moscow.