A lawyer, charged with stealing approximately 17 million dollars from an elderly couple, has revealed the stash to the police. The haul amounted to 70 kilograms of cash buried in the woods of the Moscow region.

Senior leaders from the international Quartet of Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Moscow to try to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks.

Social networking may be one of the fastest growing trends on the Internet, but it also appears to be the source of one of the biggest online dangers: identify theft.

Since the presidential campaign ended, the issue of language has become divisive in Ukraine as Viktor Yanukovich is seen as a pro-Russian leader. Local nationalists want to protect their country from Russification.

$10 billion in friendship – that is the key goal of Russia's Prime Minister's visit to India as he strives to step up co-operation with the world's second-fastest growing economy.

A war of words over the name of Joseph Stalin, who died 57 years ago, is being fought in Moscow, the city where he is buried. The country he led to victory in World War II is still divided over Stalin's place in history.

Ukraine’s new president Viktor Yanukovich is coming to Moscow with pledges to make a fresh start in Russian-Ukrainian relations.

A new Hollywood film that features the 2008 war in South Ossetia has sparked controversy as to whether it is an unbiased portrayal of historical events or another attempt at political propaganda.

Under a new Russian law, all security firms will have to give up the firearms they have been using over the years and no one can tell for sure if they will get them back after the announced inventory check.

The come-from-behind story of a young Moscow actor defies the popular belief that it is impossible for those raised in orphanages to succeed in life.