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 welcomes North Korea's declaration of readiness to return to talks with world powers, a senior Russian diplomat was cited by the Interfax news agency as saying on Friday. Full 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
A twister blew through a town in western Russia, injuring at least 20 people. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Surveillance video captured yesterday’s bombing in Russia that killed four people. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports. Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing.
A pair of explosions went off outside a court building in Dagestan, Russia killing at least two people. NBCNews.com’s Matt Rivera reports.
Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the upcoming book “The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East,” and MSNBC Contributor Rula Jebreal talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the ongoing conflict in Syria and Secretary o
A visitor walks past impressionist paintings in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg May 24, 2013. 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.
A visitor takes a picture of the painting "Bust of a Nude" by Pablo Picasso in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg May 24, 2013. 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 Mone
A visitor looks at the painting "Child with a Whip" by Auguste Renoir in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg May 24, 2013. 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, Ren
A visitor is reflected in a painting called "Portrait of the Actress Jeanue Samary" by Auguste Renoir in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg May 24, 2013. Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fa
