The United States on Thursday voiced disappointment at a Russian court's posthumous conviction of late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky for tax evasion.
A Moscow court on Thursday convicted Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, provoking fresh outrage more than three years after his prison death.
The EU filed a dispute with Russia over vehicle imports at the WTO, the first such challenge to Moscow since it joined the trade body almost a year ago.
Russian officials on Tuesday announced the sacking of Bolshoi Theatre director Anatoly Iksanov following a series of scandals including the horrific January acid attack on its artistic director.
Corresponding member and analyst of Tsiolkovskiy Russian Cosmonautics Academy Yuriy Karash commented the possible consequences of the crash of Proton-M at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
China and Russia will hold their second joint naval exercises from Friday, state media said, as Beijing and Tokyo row over disputed islands in the East China Sea.