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Businessman has spoken candidly over the controversial events of the 1990s, admitting he paid protection money to criminal gangs. 

Students and male 'accomplice' to face justice accused of torturing and killing dogs and cats, posting pictures online, and other crimes.

The footballer-turned-actor is this week back in Russia on a film project, as the fall out from his last visit to the country is making headlines around the world.

Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.

Tsar's daughter may, after all, have escaped the execution which wiped out the royal family, says new book.

An American girl - sent to Russia to learn how to behave - now flees to Casablanca: but does her mom even know?

US Paralympic star on emotional journey back to her roots to meet the parents who gave her up for adoption.

Her US mom still refuses to take back the daughter who 'loves her', and who she abandoned in Russia 32 months ago.

Abuse of justice claim relating to Alliance Francaise director in Irkutsk 'who posted naked picture of his daughter'.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.