The wooden ruble erected in Russia's city of Tomsk has been listed as the largest copy of a coin in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Ecologists now have no claims against the Russian Olympic construction works operator – they say the way investors treat environment deserves to be respected.

Russian authorities have charged a sailor with fatal negligence in the deaths of 20 people aboard a nuclear submarine this month.

A recent survey says most Russians are in favor of Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad as a response to US plans to deploy ABM elements in Europe.

A Russian reporter who is in a coma after a savage beating told the authorities a week ago he had received threats to his life because of his investigative reporting.

A monument to the “@” symbol will soon appear on one of Moscow's streets, Interfax reports.

Russia has informed Japan that the fatal accident on a Russian nuclear-powered submarine was due to a malfunctioning fire extinguishing system.

Twenty people died of gas poisoning and another 22 were injured in an accident on a Russian nuclear submarine in the Sea of Japan.

12 people were killed in a bomb blast in Vladikavkaz, capital of the Russian internal republic of North Ossetia, on Thursday.

Three out of five most expensive streets are in Moscow, RIA Novosti reported citing a research by Jones Lang LaSalle consulting firm.