An infantry battalion commander in Russia’s Far East has died on Wednesday after he threw himself over a soldier to protect him from a grenade explosion

Madonna promises to speak up for the gay community during her upcoming show in St Petersburg.

Russian young countertenor Andrey Nemzer has won North America’s most prestigious opera singing contest, receiving a $15,000 cash prize.

For the first time in history, Russian countertenor has made it to the 10 finalists of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Russian film director Pavel Lungin will receive the title of Officer of the Legion of Honor, the highest state decoration of France.

Russian student of Tumen State University, Sergey Glazunov, was the first to win $ 60 thousand at Google Pwnium competition for hacking a PC running Chrome browser at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.

British rock-musician Peter Gabriel has come out in support of Russian protest movement. He has spoken about his solidarity with protesters in his video statement on Youtube.

Today, on March 6, a Soviet cosmonaut, the USSR's hero and the world's first spacewoman, Valentina Tereshkova, celebrates her 75th birthday.

18-year-old student from the town of Safonovo, Smolensk region, has been crowned Miss Russia.

A 83-year-old diver in Australia has found a bottle with a message in it, which was thrown into the sea in 2009 by prominent Russian traveller Fyodor Konyukhov.