The sale of the S-300 missile defense system is set to go ahead despite Iran being banned from buying missiles for eight years.
The trial of Gennady Kravtsov is one of many treason cases in Russia in recent months amid heightened tensions due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia's oligarchs have been transferring their vast wealth to their relatives to beat Western-led economic sanctions.
The deal, centered on a pipeline from Azerbaijan to Italy, will help Europe diversify its suppliers and move away from Russian natural gas.
Union of Geopolitics Chairman Konstantin Sivkov says the Satan SS-18 is an outdated missile.
"Our suggestion is a different kind of suggestion," Russia ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters Monday.
Odessa Gov. Mikheil Saakashvili told the Independent that Putin will likely take on the Baltic states next.
An expansive black market for cheese and other imported food products, complete with signals and back room haggling now exists in Russia.
The navy will purchase a "submarine-killer" version of the Be-200 amphibious aircraft by 2020, an official said.
France is reportedly considering a deal to compensate Russia, after canceling the delivery of two helicopter carriers over the country's role in the Ukraine crisis.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 -- bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur -- was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 on board were killed.
The shipments were a continuation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to overhaul the military by 2020.
The Ministry for Crimean Affairs reportedly will be replaced by a special commission.
Putin's comments were in response to criticism of a law that would require online companies to store user data in Russia.
Moscow is mulling whether to offer Greece natural gas supplies while Athens struggles with its European creditors.
Russia may relaunch production of the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic nuclear bomber, a Russian defense ministry official says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held up the summit as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world.
France canceled the delivery of the two Mistral ships in November because of the Ukraine conflict.
Facebook banned several prominent Russian journalists and bloggers for using a slur for Ukrainians, leading many to delete their accounts.
Encompassing two Russian nuclear test sites used during the Cold War, Novaya Zemlya is one of the northeasternmost points in all of Europe.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he's ready to do yoga.
While Greece contends with its increasingly fragile economic circumstances, Russia is circling to pick up the pieces.