A Moscow judge found Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Yukos Oil Co., guilty of stealing crude from the company during a six-year period, his lawyers said. “The trial was a charade of justice, the charges were absolutely false, but I...

Russia may soon sign an agreement to trade arms with NATO’s procurement agency in a sign of improving relations between the former adversaries, said Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s envoy to the alliance, before a summit this week. An accord with the NATO...

Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, whose 18-year rule transformed Moscow from a grey Soviet city into a glitzy, gritty showcase of Russia’s booming economy and its glaring problems, was fired on Tuesday by the Kremlin. Known for his flat working man’s...

At least five people have been killed and 20 wounded in an explosion in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, local officials say. Some reports say it was a car bomb. The blast happened near the central market in the city, which is the main town...

Moscow residents choked on a thick, gray smog that seeped into apartments, offices and even underground metro stations Wednesday as raging wildfires billowed lung-aching smoke into the air. President Dmitry Medvedev, who cut short a working vacation in...

President Dmitry Medvedev has agreed a deal under which Russia will build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant. Russia will have a controlling stake in the plant, which is likely to cost $20bn (£13.5bn) and is to be built on Turkey’s...

The proposed three new reactors would add from 3,500 megawatts to 6,100 megawatts. The government predicts electricity usage of about 100 terawatt hours in 2030, while the Finnish energy industry forecasts it will grow faster. Fortum Oyj, Finland’s...

Dmitri Medvedev could be forgiven for having a celebratory shot of vodka with breakfast yesterday morning at the news that President Obama plans to abandon America’s missile defence shield in Eastern Europe. Mr Obama will have longer to wait before he...

Up to 76 workers are now believed dead after an accident during repair work at Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant flooded an engine room. Twelve of the workers are confirmed dead, and authorities are searching for the 64 still missing - but the...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned Russia’s leader of serious consequences for Moscow’s relations with the European Union if Russia does not comply with its cease-fire accord with Georgia.