Team Russia head coach Guus Hiddink and coach of the Russian football team Zenit Dick Advocaat have been awarded the Honorary Couch title.

On Tuesday night the outstanding Russian artist Valentina Kropivnitskaya died after a long-lasting disease in Paris.

The prominent ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya has died, aged 92, in Moscow.

Russian Nikolai Valuev defended his World Boxing Association title by defeating Evander Holyfield in their 12-round heavyweight fight in Zurich Saturday.

Today Perm Territorial Court has acquitted the teacher of Sepych Settlement’s comprehensive school Alexander Ponosov who had been charged for use of non-licensed software on school computers.

On 17 December 2008 the merited actor of Lenkom Theatre and well-known film actor Leonid Sergeevich Bronevoy has turned 80.

The People’s Artist of Russia, illustrious cellist Valentin Berlinsky after suffering a long serious disease died on the night of Monday, aged 83, in Moscow.

Russian businessman Oleg Teterin has registered the smiley emoticon as a trademark for his Superphone mobile company.

About 27% of Russians said they were not happy about their living standards, Public Opinion Research Center reported.

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexei II has died in Moscow, the Church press service reported.