Russia & CIS

Earlier, Chechen administration head Magomed Daudov suggested making polygamy legal in Russia as it was once practiced in the past in some of the Caucasus regions.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday demanded that Ukraine stop the torture and release two of its nationals who were allegedly captured Sunday in southeastern Ukraine.

The service will provide companies and financial institutions with all necessary information on Russian enterprises impacted by sanctions.

At the same time, there is still "a large group" of states, which call for the lifting of sanctions, chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk said.

Russia may permit the delivery of meat and cheese from Iran, paving the way for a barter deal to exchange grain for dairy, fish and meat products.

Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who was deported from Cambodia to Russia Sunday, was officially charged with fraud and questioned Monday, a spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry said.

A proposal, made by Russia, may undermine the unity of the EU position on climate issues. The Russian proposal is less strict and meets expectations of the eastern Europeans.

On Saturday, a planned correction of the ISS orbit could not be carried out after the Progress M-26M's engines failed to start on time. In an unrelated incident just hours later, an emergency situation occurred with the Proton-M rocket carrying a Mexican satellite shortly after its launch. The satellite did not detach and was declared lost.

Russia needs to toughen punishment for space failures if it wants to keep its leading position in this industry, Russia’s deputy prime minister in charge of the space industry said Monday.

The EU is increasingly becoming weaker and unable to control processes taking place on its soil. The European continent is becoming a playground for two major powers – the US and Russia – which seek to expand their influence in the region.

As Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sets off to attend the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE), the Chairman of the State Duma has spoken of a warming of relations between Russia and Europe.

Another seven 24 Russian MIL-171SH military transport helicopters will be delivered to Peru later this month, the deputy head of Russia’s main arms exporter said on Monday.

As Sergei Polonsky returns to Russia to face fraud charges, we look at the spectacular rise and fall of one of Russia's most eccentric billionaires.

Mikhail Ulyanov, the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned that US measures undermining global strategic stability may force Russia to grow its nuclear arsenal instead of carrying out further disarmament.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has opened his country's first-ever tank park, or tankodrome, on the territory of the village of Prokhorovka in southwestern Russia, the site of an iconic tank battle in World War II.

Former real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky is being transferred to Russia from Cambodia, the Russian Interior Ministry said Sunday.

Russia opened a new border crossing facility on the border with Ukraine, which officials called an signal of Russia's peaceful intentions.

The feline residents of the zoo in Altay region of Russia's Siberia are being given the opportunity to try living like humans for a while: scientists from the biological faculty of the regional university have a special treat planned for the cats to ease their habitation in captivity, including the opportunity to sleep on feather-filled pillows.

Russia has never violated the borders of any country while conducting "military maneuvers", former NATO General Harald Kujat told the German news website Web.de.