Metropolitan Kirill has been elected 16th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.

A council of 198 Russian Bishops shortlisted three candidates for a new Patriarch, to replace Alexy the Second who died on December 5 after 18 years in his post.

Dina Vierny, the owner of one of the foremost Paris galleries and once the muse of sculptor Aristide Maillol has died at the age of 88 in France.

The Russian oligarch and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev signed a deal Wednesday to acquire a majority stake in the Evening Standard newspaper.

All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) reports that only 6% of Russians believe in UFO existence.

Today, 21 January, marks the 85th anniversary since the death of Vladimir Lenin.

A masked man shot and killed on Monday a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya.

Elena Dementieva beat world number two Serena Williams in the semi-finals and number three Dinara Safina to claim the Sydney International title.

The world’s first female conductor of Russian symphonic orchestra, the People’s Artist of USSR Veronika Dudarova died, aged 91, on 16th January in Moscow.

International Federation of Football History and Statistics named Team Russia head coach Guus Hiddink the world’s second-best football coach.