OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO, Russia (Reuters) - As Russia congratulated its forces for foiling an alleged Islamist plot on Moscow, the discovery of the plan also pointed to the growing security threat before the 2014 Winter Olympics. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings, approving legislation proposed after punk band Pussy Riot performed a raucous protest song in Moscow's main Orthodox Christian cathedral. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fate of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir and Picasso at stake. Full story
BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with the European Union over human rights and with NATO over security. Now another longstanding European institution is causing anger in the Kremlin and tension between Russia and Azerbaijan: the Eurovision Song Contest. Full story
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks this year in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rosneft <ROSN.MM>, the state-owned Russian crude producer which earlier this year bought TNK-BP, announced several senior management appointments on Monday after former TNK-BP executives decided to leave positions they had been offered. 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.
Pedestrians walk past a Bank of Moscow branch in Moscow May 19, 2013. Foreign banks that once treated Russia as an undiscovered country where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. Picture taken May 19. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags
Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev speaks to the media after arriving for a court hearing in Moscow, May 20, 2013. Lebedev is on trial over a televised punch-up which he says is a pretext to punish him for criticising the Kremlin. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS CRIME LAW
Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev arrives for a court hearing in Moscow, May 20, 2013. Lebedev is on trial over a televised punch-up which he says is a pretext to punish him for criticising the Kremlin. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS CRIME LAW POLITICS HEADSHOT)
A handout photo taken early on May 14, 2013, and released by Russia’s Federal Security Service shows a man, identified as Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary of the political section of Washington's embassy in Moscow RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FSB" - NO MARKETIN
