Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov says Kremlin 'disappointed' with signals coming from NATO and Western Europe as he prepares to meet US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman in Geneva

Authorities says dead include 12 police officers, one of whom was beheaded; government resigns; PM claims 'terrorist bands' behind unrest

US, UK, France, Russia and China set aside tensions to say nuclear war 'must never be fought'

A woman and two children die in an attack targeting the enclave, which houses the last remaining forces fighting Bashar Assad

Unprecedented official crackdown on dissent has seen opposition dismantled and scores of independent media and rights groups branded as 'foreign agents' or banned outright

Political experts argue to this day whether the last Soviet leader could have held onto his position and saved the USSR

Speaking during his annual marathon news conference, Russian president refuses to commit to not invading Ukraine, demands NATO pledge on not expanding eastwards

Russian president says his country cannot allow rockets and missile defense proliferation by NATO and US to threaten Moscow

Report from the FSB, which is highly questionable, says radical group known as 'Maniacs, Cult of Murder' planned attacks; Western countries bracing for possible invasion of Ukraine

Moscow authorities say Aeroflot plane headed for Russian capital nearly collided with the US air force recon aircraft over Black Sea