54 min ago | The Honolulu Advertiser
No tsunami threat from 8.2-magnitude earthquake off Russia
A strong, deep earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.2 struck in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Russian coast tonight, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no threat of a destructive tsunami to Hawaii.
54 min ago | The Standard
Tsunami danger in Russia's Far East after 8.2 quake
Russia issued a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin Island region in its Far East after a deep sea earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.2 by the US Geological Survey.
2 hrs ago | RIA Novosti
US Religious Freedom Report 'Politicized' - Russia
MOSCOW, May 23 The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday dismissed as "politicized" the Religious Freedom Report recently published by the US Department of State and said that such documents incite religious conflicts.
7 hrs ago | The Daily Star
11 hrs ago | Salon
Chekhov's story mirrors Russia's own
"Chekhov," V.S. Pritchett's now-classic biography of the 19th century Russian story writer, physician, and playwright, is newly available in an audiobook edition beautifully narrated by Antony Ferguson.
14 hrs ago | Lake Wylie Pilot
Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons.
14 hrs ago | RIA Novosti
Russia, US Perceptions Hit 4-Year Low - Poll
MOSCOW, May 23 Russian and US perceptions of each other's role in the world have deteriorated over the past year, hitting their lowest point since 2009, according to a new survey commissioned by the BBC World Service.
15 hrs ago | Universe Today
With Russian Meteor Fresh In Everyone's Memory, ESA Opens An Asteroid Monitoring Center
The two main smoke trails left by the Russian meteorite as it passed over the city of Chelyabinsk.
17 hrs ago | RIA Novosti
Russia Set to Evacuate Drifting Polar Research Station SP-40
Russian Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi ordered preparation of an evacuation plan on Thursday for the country's North Pole 40 drifting polar research station, due to the break-up of the ice floe it is located on.
19 hrs ago | Sunherald.com
Paul McCartney writes in support of Pussy Riot
In this Monday Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia.
23 hrs ago | Russia Beyond the Headlines
European luxury goods market thrives on Russian tourists
While the ongoing recession has pressured Europeans and Americans into spending cuts, tourists from Russia and China have been pushing up luxury sales.
Uralkali to delay potash boost if Billiton proceeds in Sask.
Russia's Uralkali OAO would delay two of its potash mine expansion projects for as long as a decade if rival BHP Billiton builds the world's biggest mine of the crop nutrient, Uralkali's chief executive said in an interview.
US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia
WASHINGTON, May 22 Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows.
Amid Alleged CIA Spy Scandal, Russia Boots Baker & McKenzie Lawyer
As the U.S. and Russian governments trade accusations over espionage activities and human rights abuses, Baker & McKenzie of counsel Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.
Russia's FSB prevents terrorist attacks in Moscow
In Orekhovo-Zuevo, the Moscow region, special services blocked three terrorists, who planned to conduct a terrorist attack in Moscow.
Council of Europe head says Russia must protect LGBT rights
The head of the Council of Europe demanded on Wednesday that Russia allow gay rallies, weighing in on what has become an increasingly divisive issue since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency.
Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader
A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against protest leader Alexei Navalny at his trial on theft charges on Wednesday, saying that he had done no harm.
St. Petersburg Marks 310th Anniversary
This weekend, St. Petersburg will celebrate its birthday early with citywide festivities on Saturday and Sunday preceding the city's actual anniversary on Monday, May 27.
Makhachkala Bombing Highlights Daghestani Leader's Herculean Task
Acting Daghestan leader Ramazan Abdulatipov in the People's Assembly in January, when he was named acting president by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses
Among talk of the problem of unpaid gas bills and the possibility of opening a St.