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Constitutional Court on Thursday effectively abolished the death penalty, extending indefinitely a 13-year-old moratorium on capital punishment. Cars drive by the headquarters of Russia's Constitutional Court in St. Petersburg in this December 23, 2007 file photo. (REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk/Files)......

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Russia ’s Constitutional Court extended the country’s moratorium on the death penalty on Thursday, though it stopped short of fully abolishing capital punishment. In a statement , the Constitutional Court argued that permitting capital punishment would violate Russia’s commitments as...

Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has been shot and killed in Moscow. The Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee says the man killed Monday was an active campaigner against neo-Nazi groups. It said in a statement Tuesday that investigators are...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on world powers to battle a rising tide of road accidents which he said killed the equivalent of a major city each year and drained the global economy of $500 billion...Road accidents kill...

Russian Federation, Moscow : The manager of Moscow's French "Chevignon" cafe Christophe Gros fills glasses with "Beaujolais Nouveau 1998", 19 November...Wine-lovers are out sampling the fruity French red in bars across the city. Traditionally, the festivities on this day take...

Oligarchs back inexperienced Russian as new TNK-BP chief BP loses out as oligarch-favoured candidate Maxim Barsky appointed chief executive of Russia's third largest oil group The new domination of Moscow shareholders in the TNK- BP joint venture was underlined today...

Mikhail Lesin, a media adviser and former minister, is the most senior official to leave the Medvedev administration. In 2004 he was appointed a presidential adviser by Mr Putin — who is now the Prime Minister but still considered the...

The Idaho volleyball team notched a 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 win over in-state rival Boise State, securing the No...Sarah Conwell had 16 kills to lead Idaho (15-14, 11-5 WAC), which will play BSU (7-21, 7-9) again Monday in the first round...

Russian press and fans were left shocked after the national side�s defeat to Slovenia in the return play-off match left them out of next year�s World Cup. Russia suffered a 1-0 defeat in Maribor on Wednesday for an aggregate 2-2...