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The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.

A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.

A senior Canadian government official says Canada lodged a formal protest with Russia for supplying arms to the Assad regime in Syria.

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 12, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo, Nina Lipkina, 53, unemployed, poses in front of a white canvas placed in the middle of the crowd at a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Bolotnaya square in Moscow.

Pro-Syrian regime protesters cheer a car in a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to cut traffic privileges for officials, who routinely bypass Moscow's notorious traffic jams by ignoring basic rules of the road and even driving into oncoming lanes.

Protesters march in an anti-Putin rally in Moscow on Saturday. The white banner reads: "Russia without Putin and for fair elections." MOSCOW - Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin one month before a ... (more)

TIKHVIN, Russia - Clad in a bomber jacket, Vladimir Putin walks briskly into a new railway car plant, greets workers and pushes a button to launch production.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she will join the French and British foreign ministers at the U.N. Security Council to press for a clear message of world support for Syria's besieged people who face soaring violence.

Sweden will open a new probe into what happened to World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg after he was captured by the Soviets in 1945.

A newly found Swedish document shows how the Soviet secret police intervened in the early 1990s to stop an investigation into World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's fate, two U.S.-based researchers said Monday.