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Let me start off by stating this  emphatically: we here in America are still the good guys, and there is enough evidence coming out of Russia of these days that they are still the bad guys over 20 years after the fall of communism. And I will broach no discussion  otherwise!

Russian police say one man was so desperate to avoid being arrested that he tried to eat a tablet computer in order to end his life.

NATALIYA VASILYEVA, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years on Tuesday, while his brother was sent to prison.

Russia's foreign minister is warning NATO not to extend an invitation for membership to Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov's remarks came on the eve of a Thursday NATO summit in Wales, where the fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists will likely be discussed.

DALTON BENNETT, Associated Press LAURA MILLS, Associated Press SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych resurfaced in Russia to deliver a defiant condemnation of a "bandit coup," while Russian armored vehicles bearing the nation's tricolor rumbled across Crimea and men described as Russian troops took position at airports and a coast guard base — ominous

In a new poll, almost half of Americans surveyed say the decision to hold the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia was a poor one.

Russia was rocked by explosions Friday morning as a meteor shower lit up the sky, leaving hundreds of people injured - many by broken glass. One massive meteorite above the country's Ural Mountains is estimated to have weighed close to 10 tons and to have been traveling at a speed of about 33,000 mph when it shattered somewhere between 18 to 32 miles above the earth...

Tension continues to build after an Israeli airstrike in Syrian territory. The attack which occurred earlier this week prompted Syria to deliver a letter to the United Nations declaring its right to defend itself. The letter, sent on Thursday, prompted several nations to condemn Israel’s actions, including Iran and Russia ...