Pussy Riot

'We've got to punish singers financially', Irina Ruzankina's lawyer said, adding that there will be '12 claims altogether, like 12 apostles'.

The feminist activist re-appears after 24 days 'lost' on a jail transfer.

Husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, says her health a 'major concern' after two hunger strikes.

The anti-Kremlin campaigner will serve remaining time in jail clinic in Siberia.

Her anti-Putin bandmate Maria Alyokhina was freed earlier from a jail west of the Urals.

Fundraising campaign launched to raise 603,000 roubles in bid to mass produce 'Volodya' for Chinese market.

An army of almost 3000 foreign workers combine with locals to get the city ready for the September APEC summit of world leaders. 

Here we go back in time and remember 13 remarkable moments of 2013.

Gunman wore a jacket emblazoned with a fascist swastika as he killed two and injured six.