On Wednesday, Russian opposition activist Aleksey Navalny was brought an accusation of faking documents allowing him to work as an attorney.

Aleksey Yuryevich German, a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter has passed away on the 75th year of his life.

This Sunday, a retired Soviet lieutenant colonel was honored with a Dresden Prize for preventing a nuclear war from being triggered by a long-classified accident in 1983.

The former CEO of Russian leading energy company, Rem Vyakhirev has died on Monday at the age of 78.

One of Russia's opposition leaders, Sergey Udaltsov, has been placed under house arrest inciting violence during anti-government rally in May 2012.

On Tuesday, Russian veteran human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva said she is happy to beincluded to the list of the nominees for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.

Art director of the Russian Bolshoi Theatre who had acid splashed in his face two weeks ago says he knows who was behind the attack.