Major scandal in Russia: The former Governor of Kursk region Alexey Smirnov has been remanded in custody for two months ...

The Russian authorities have arrested Alexey Smirnov, the former head of the country’s embattled Kursk region. Smirnov stands ...

Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshtein invited a Russian Orthodox priest to bless his new office with holy water ...

Russian investigators say a billion-plus ruble fraud saw low-quality materials used to build concrete “dragon’s teeth” ...

A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered former Kursk region governor Alexei Smirnov held in custody as authorities investigate 'major fraud' allegations ahead of his June 15 trial, according to state ...

Sofia Stasyuk flinches every time she hears the increasingly frequent missile blasts and thuds of air defence over her ...

Russia’s Investigative Committee said Shamarin took bribes worth 36 million roubles (around €390,000) from a factory in the ...

Earlier on Friday, the Financial Times reported citing sources that RBI had allegedly put on hold the sale of its Russian operations "amid a rapprochement between Washington and Moscow" ...

In the spokesman’s opinion, "Russian President [Vladimir Putin] has a correct policy with regard to Afghanistan" ...