At least two police officers were injured when a female suicide bomber self-detonated in an attack targeting the main thoroughfare of Chechnya's capital Grozny, known as Putin Street after the Russian prime minister.
As European leaders gather to remember the start of hostilities on September 1st 1939, Russia and Poland are locked in a bitter row over who was responsible.
Sergei Mikhalkov (photo right), the author who wrote the lyrics of the Russian national anthem for both Vladimir Putin and Joseph Stalin 50 years before, died on Thursday, aged 96.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for talks with the local premier, Ramzan Kadyrov, amid a recent spike in violence in the Russian republics of the North Caucasus.
In this edition: After charity head Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband were found dead in Chechnya in yet another murder of an NGO worker in the conflict-torn region, Focus looks at the dangers of being a human rights activist in Russia.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plunged to the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia aboard a mini-submarine in a highly publicised media stunt. Putin dived to a depth of around 1,400 metres and returned to the surface after four hours underwater.
US President Barack Obama set out his vision of the United States' relationship with a strong, prosperous but also democratic Russia in a long-awaited speech at the end of his two-day visit to Moscow.
US President Barack Obama has praised Vladimir Putin's "extraordinary work" as Russia's president and prime minister, while Putin said Russia was pinning its hopes on Obama to revive ties between the two countries.
Barack Obama in Moscow on Monday with Medvedev, and Tuesday breakfast with Putin. Some say it may be Obama himself on the menu. Is Obama entering the bear's mouth? Will he come out with results?
Barack Obama in Moscow on Monday with Medvedev, and Tuesday breakfast with Putin. Some say it may be Obama himself on the menu. Is Obama entering the bear's mouth? Will he come out with results?
