Mr Litvinenko was renowned for his critique of Russia's security services Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer who has died in a London hospital after apparently being poisoned, was ...

Timur Ivanov, a longtime deputy defense minister, was sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

A Russian court has convicted a former deputy defense minister on corruption charges and sentenced him to 13 years in prison ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his controversial kissing of a boy on the stomach was just a spontaneous gesture of affection. Mr Putin came across Nikita, five, in the Kremlin last week, ...