VLADIMIR PUTIN

Is Russia looking to make a quick buck in the Mediterranean? Or is it looking to gain influence in the region?

With the Sochi Olympics costing Russia more than $50 billion, the country's controversial president has a lot riding on the event's success.

The incident closely followed Sunday's blast triggered by a suicide bomber in a Volgograd train station, which killed 17.

The 2014 Winter Olympics could be interrupted by weather conditions.

The designer of the most famous firearm in history is dead at 94. In Russia, Kalashnikov was a hero, and these images definitely show it.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova followed bandmate Maria Alyokhina to freedom on Monday, as part of President Vladimir Putin's amnesty drive.

The investment bank announced the sale of oil trading business to Russia’s state-run Rosneft.

The former oil tycoon and Putin’s foe, who was convicted on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement, received a presidential pardon.

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina were sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.”

Increasing attention over Russia's anti-gay laws raise questions over the influence politics has over sports.

Ukraine may be edging away from Russian orbit, but there's more than the desire to join Europe behind the million-strong EuroMaidan protest.

Fear of a lack of snow for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games may have been averted with December snowfall.

Russian media says an amnesty bill initiated by Putin will free the jailed protesters, contradicting last week’s reports.

A mix of Ukrainian and American supporters of Ukraine’s integration into the EU let their voices be heard in cities across the United States.

From Carnival’s fiasco at sea to the post-shutdown love for national parks, here’s a look back at the biggest travel news stories of 2013.

Has Vladimir Putin overplayed his admittedly powerful hand in dealing with a major southwestern neighbor?

A two-story Louis Vuitton bag was ordered out of Moscow’s Red Square Wednesday following public condemnation.

Leaders from six nations reached a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, ending almost a decade of intense negotiations.

Russia's central bank has just slapped down a firm closely tied to strongman Putin.

The Tatarstan Airlines flight that crashed Sunday, killing 50 people, was making a second attempt to land.

That a global Human Rights Council can welcome such human rights abusers with open arms not defies logic