On Friday, April 26, Russian court denied Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s motion for parole.

A poll timed to the 143rd birthday of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (April 22) shows that the majority of Russians consider his role played in the country’s history as positive.

Russian tycoon and Chelsea Football Club owner, Roman Abramovich, is named Russia’s most generous philanthropist, Bloomberg reports.

Alisher Usmanov, the owner of Metalloinvest metals giant and a major shareholder in London's Arsenal Football Club, has topped the Sunday Times Rich List in 2013.

Only one Russian person was included into the Time's 2013 list of the world’s top 100 most influential people, and he is not the Russian president.

Last Monday one of the world's richest people has become a father for the 7th time. Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova welcomed their second child together, a daughter Leah.

On Tuesday Russian parliament approved former Economics Minister Elvira Nabiulina as the new head of Russia's Central Bank.

An opposition journalist from the Moscow Region, Mikhail Beketov, who became disabled after a brutal beating five years ago died on Monday after choking on a bit of food.

On Thursday, famous British guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler canceled his planned shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg, citing toughening of Russian government's stance towards nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Russian former billionaire Sergei Polonsky has been released from a jail in Cambodia after three months of detention.