Moscow will host the Bandy World Championships later this month, but there are concerns that the tournament won

Senior police authorities may be covering for the supermarket killer, former Moscow police officer Denis Yevsyukov, according to a lawyer for survivors of the fatal rampage.

Since coming to power President Obama has not delivered on many of his campaign promises and vast ethnic communities still suffer from high unemployment, poor education and healthcare, says hip-hop trio

In the wake of another attempted terrorist attack on an airplane, airports have further beefed up their security, but at what point do safety measures become an infringement of human rights?

From January 10 onwards a law imposing house arrest for minor offenses will be in effect in Russia. The bill, approved by President Medvedev at the end of last year, could help thousands avoid imprisonment.

Superstar Maria Sharapova and former tennis great Evgeny Kafelnikov have put Russia at the top of the world with a 2-1 win over Team Europe at an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong.

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Readers of one Polish website dedicated to police affairs have drawn up a list of the most ridiculous felonies of 2009, RIA Novosti reports.

Ex-Liverpool striker Andrey Voronin, who has just signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow, says his team will fight for the Russian Premier League title next season.

The Official Commission of the KHL has awarded both Vytaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk, whose Saturday game descended into a massive brawl after only five minutes of play, with 0-5 defeats.