Russian official reassures TNK-BP shareholders
Russia's deputy prime minister says Rosneft's CEO has assured him the company will respect the interests of the disgruntled minority shareholders of oil firm TNK-BP. Full story
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BEREZNIKI, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. Full story
GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfill that promise, a U.S. expert said on Wednesday. Full story
Berezniki, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the Pussy Riot band who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale <SOGN.PA> said on Wednesday that it was moving to dismiss its top Russian executive days after his shock arrest on bribery charges. Full story
After months of drifting across the North Atlantic, a luckless, abandoned cruise ship spotted drifting off the coast of Ireland may have finally sunk beneath the waves. Full story
A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Surveillance video captured yesterday’s bombing in Russia that killed four people. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports. Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing.
A pair of explosions went off outside a court building in Dagestan, Russia killing at least two people. NBCNews.com’s Matt Rivera reports.
Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the upcoming book “The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East,” and MSNBC Contributor Rula Jebreal talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the ongoing conflict in Syria and Secretary o
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders in the area. It is expected that Syria will be a major point of discussion. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute and journalist Rula Jebreal join MSNBC with more.
A visitor stands behind an illustration of a Polar owl, part of an exhibition at the Summer Garden, in St. Petersburg May 23, 2013. The annual street photo-exhibition, which consists of 60 photos displaying animals and birds listed in the Red Book of Russia, was organized to match the International
Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, 2013. A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to Alyokhina, who is serving