Rates for Russian gas transported through Ukraine to Europe will double next year. The move could raise more tension between the two nations and affect the flow of one-quarter of Europe's gas supply.

Rupert Murdoch is trying to sell his three radio stations in Russia: Nashe Radio, Best FM and Ultra as well as News Outdoor advertising agency.

The Kremlin has announced a recall of the new ultra violent video game, Modern Warfare 2. The game was pulled over a scene that takes place in Russia, where hundreds of civilians are executed.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appeared at the Russian hip-hop contest "Battle for Respect", broadcast by Russian music channel Muz-TV.

Police in Russia have arrested three men, all homeless, who are under suspicion of killing another man, eating part of him and then selling left over body parts to a kebab shop.

Ulyanovsk is the capital city of the Ulyanovsk region, the birthplace of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, and home to a major naval munitions facility. That facility exploded on Friday with dire consequences for the city.

At least two people are dead and others injured as an explosion causes a fireball and serious fire at an ammunition depot in Russia.

As President Obama struggles over the question of additional troop commitments to the war in Afghanistan, Mikhail Gorbachev offers advice that speaks from experience.

As a five-day anti-corruption convention got underway on Monday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the United Nations said the cost of political corruption to governments around the world is about $1.6 trillion each year.

As world leaders past and present gather in Germany to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a poll has revealed that one in eight Germans regret the day that their country was reunified.