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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday (29 November) tabled a draft "European security treaty" aimed at overcoming the Cold War "legacy," but without acknowledging any of Moscow's military adventures in the past year. Mr Medvedev had been pushing for a...

He said a person who supplied information on the suspects was being sought. Russia's Federal Security chief Alexander Bortnikov earlier said an explosive device equivalent to 7 kg of TNT caused Friday evening's deadly derailment. Traces of explosives had been...

A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia’s heartland. The 14-carriage Nevsky Express, with around 700 people on board,...

At least 10 people were feared dead and dozens injured when four carriages of a train travelling from Moscow to Russia's second city of St Petersburg derailed on Friday. A spokesman said the accident happened at 9:30 p.m. (1830 GMT)...

Russia announced earlier in August that it had deployed an S-400 battalion near its far east border to counter a potential threat by North Korea's missile tests. "So far we have two S-400 battalions," said the Air Force Commander Col...Alexander...

Three masked men shot and killed a special forces officer in Russia ’s Dagestan region on Thursday, officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have undermined the Kremlin’s grip on the mainly Muslim North Caucasus.

The presidential order came Tuesday on the heels of several recent blasts on November 13 and 23 at the Arsenal 31 arms depot that left at least 10 people dead and dozens more injured. Medvedev reiterated that his order was...

MOSCOW: Winter arrived in Moscow on Friday as the first major snow fall of the season covered the city in a thick white blanket. Locals said the snow was much earlier than in recent years which have been unseasonably mild....

Russia's president Saturday ordered a review of the nation's ordnance depots after an explosion in Ulyanovsk killed two and injured others, officials said. Two soldiers died fighting the blaze Friday at a naval arms depot and at least 10 other...

8 Die in Blast at Weapons Depot Published: November 23, 2009 An explosion at a navy weapons depot killed at least eight soldiers and injured several others on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar blast at the same...