RUSSIA

The high-level reconnaissance ship Yuri Ivanov has been more than a decade in the making.

Ukrainian authorities claim this is more evidence that the Kremlin is supporting the 16-month-long war.

European stocks reversed some of the previous day's gains but there was some respite for commodities and their related currency and share markets.

Irek Hamidullin is the only surviving member of a Taliban group that attacked American and Afghan forces in November 2009.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating trades worth billions of dollars that Germany's Deutsche Bank AG made on behalf of its Russian clients, Bloomberg says, citing people familiar with the matter.

Russian authorities have struggled to contain Islamic extremism that has gripped the North Caucasus region over the last couple of years.

Ukrainian presidential nominee Vladimir Oleinik said the Poroshenko government “ignited ethnic strife and pushed away Crimea.”

The move was intended to make the country's air defense more streamlined.

The Muslim battalion will be formed of Crimean Tatars, Kazan Tatars, Uzbeks, Chechens, Azeris, Meskhetian Turks and other Muslim groups.

"We believe that Tehran-Riyadh relations should be turned into ordinary and acceptable levels," an Iranian official said Monday.

More than 85 percent of the instances were in response to Russian air activity.

The cub was shot “point blank” near a village in the southern region of Khabarovsky Krai.

The Su-33 navy flankers will serve as air defense for military forces active in Russia's Kola peninsula.

The move is likely to upset Israel, which is home to many Russian Jews.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture as well as several independent watchdogs were set to perform checks for illegally imported food nationwide.

It's feared that a far-right group -- formed by some protesters who helped topple the previous administration -- could be taking aim at the current government.

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and Germany's ARD/WDR broadcaster said they had obtained the secret data from the global athletics governing body, the IAAF.

At his wedding, Peskov donned a watch worth four times his annual salary.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Washington is trying to aggravate tensions with Moscow.

The Russian government accused the coalition of fraud and arrested its leader.

The compensation covers the deposit, additional costs taken on by the Kremlin, such as crew training, infrastructure and helicopters prototypes.