Ousted President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich is expected to comment on the upcoming secession referendum in Crimea at a press conference in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don scheduled for 1 pm Moscow time.

Crimea is expected to use two currencies for some time after joining Russia, said the chairman of the Crimean legislature.

The chairman of the Crimean legislature announced that 80 percent of the local population favoured accession to Russia. Vladimir Konstantinov made the statement a week before the referendum that is expected to decide the future of the peninsula in Ukraine with a large ethnic Russian majority.

Amkar Perm routed Volga Nizhny Novgorod 5-1 to edge closer to the top 5 of the Premier League.

Russia could issue up to 40 billion roubles, or almost $1 billion, in aid to secure Crimea’s economic development if Ukraine doesn't unblock the Treasury accounts.

Nine Russian soldiers have been expelled from Canada following a spat between the two countries over the Ukraine crisis.

Lokomotiv Moscow climbed atop the Premier League table after a victory over Krylya Sovetov from Samara.

Dynamo Moscow stunned CSKA Moscow 4-2 at Khimki Arena just outside Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that his counterpart, US Secretary of State John Kerry, had postponed his visit to Russia where he was supposed to continue consultations on the possible solution to the Ukraine crisis.

The Russian economy might lose billions of dollars if the situation is not reversed, with the best of the domestic companies suffering from the impact of the possible sanctions.

Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov was an illustrious Russian poet, writer, editor and critic, one of the greatest classics of world literature, whose profound works full of compassion to common people of Russia made him a hero of Russian liberals.

The Amber Room is a well-known 18th century stone-carving art masterpiece, which was lost track of during the Great Patriotic War.

The composer’s long and extensive teaching activity immensely reverberated through creativity of his students, Lyadov, Saketti, and Glazunov among them.

In 1830 the composer moved abroad, first to Italy, then to Austria and Germany. In Italy he studied the glorified vocal bel canto style and composed in “the Italian manner” a lot.

Check out Vimpelcom's financial and operating results to understand whether the Russian mobile operator is worth your investment.

Professor Alexander Rukavishnikov is the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, the Merited Artist of RSFSR and the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, and a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He is known as a master of monumental and easel works and sculptural portraits.

The Kingdom of Far Far Away, the Castle of Koshchey and Honeymooners' Park are planned to be built within the Park of Russian Fairy Tales. According to the project, the park will be divided into three zones: Area of Good (Far Far Away Kingdom), Midworld and the Area of Evil (Kingdom of Koshchey).

The Princess of Ukok (aka Siberian Ice Maiden) is an amazing find that archeologists unearthed at the Ukok Plateau in the Altai Mountains and become known all around Russia and the world.

As is well-known, birchbark manuscripts are both material and manuscript historical source at the same time. After all it is not only the place where they were found, but also their contents that matters for the history.

The Sochi Olympics generated almost 2 billion roubles in revenue for the Russian TV channels who acquired the broadcasting rights for the 2014 Winter Games