The Syrian government has agreed to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first sign that President Bashar Assad's regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition.Full story
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's fractious opposition scrambled to agree a new leadership on Friday in a bid to present a coherent front at peace talks which the United States and Russia are convening to seek an end to more than two years of civil war. 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
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake jolted Russia, resulting in a brief tsunami warning. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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.
A man looks at a computer screen showing logos of Russian social network VKontakte in an office in Moscow May 24, 2013. Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President
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
