The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first confirmation that President Bashar Assad's regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opFull story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest rights group began a legal battle on Friday to avoid being branded a "foreign agent" under a new law it sees as a tool of repression by President Vladimir Putin. Full story
UPDATE: The phone outage from Worley, Idaho to Moscow, Idaho has been resolved. All phone lines in the area, including 911, are back in service. Full story
Passengers evacuated from a plane in Moscow this weekend after their aircraft's landing gear caught fire. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's motorcade will no longer disrupt Moscow traffic now that a helipad has been installed to fly him to work. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Tourists are lining up in Moscow's Red Square to see the embalmed body of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin after the mausoleum was temporarily closed for renovations. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
While traveling in Moscow, Secretary of State John Kerry pushed for an international conference on Syria by the end of the month. NBC’s Catherine Chomiak reports.
NBC’s Adrienne Mong reports from Moscow that the Boston bombing suspects’ parents deny that their sons, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were involved in the attacks.
Alexander Cherkasov, head of Russian human rights group Memorial, speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Moscow, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian delivers a speech during a conference titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security in Moscow, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, attends a conference titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security in Moscow, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
Sergei Ivanov , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a conference titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security in Moscow, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
