In the USSR, Soviet TV often showed the ballet following the death of Soviet leaders, and it was back on Soviet TV screens in ...

Three bus passengers died and six others were undergoing urgent treatment in a hospital after their bus careened off a bridge and into the Moika River in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Friday, ...

A bus swerved through traffic, veered off a bridge and plunged into a river on Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, killing seven people, officials said. The Investigative Committee ...

Public expressions of dissent are rare in Russia, which has cracked down on any opposition to the Kremlin's policies with lengthy prison sentences.

The rare act of protest comes as Russia has cracked down on the arts, forcing out those who disagree with its war on Ukraine and quashing any acts of dissent.

A crowd of people gathering in St. Petersburg sang an anti-war song by a Russian musician deemed a “foreign agent” in a video that has gone viral. The clips widely circulated on Telegram showed the ...

KUDROVO, Russia, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A crowd of hundreds, including relatives of Russian troops, gathered outside St Petersburg on Friday for the unveiling of a monument to soldiers killed in Ukraine, ...

Russia has approved the construction of the country's first high-speed passenger railway that will more than halve traveling time between its two largest cities—Moscow and St. Petersburg. Construction ...

NATO countries are boosting defense spending. It's a move announced at a summit last week and designed, they say, to counter threats by Russia. But as NPR's Charles Maynes reports, Russia is eager to ...