Swift response by the Russian president to Canada's move to claim seabed under the North Pole and surrounding waters.

Insatiable demand sees turnover increase, profits continue and new branches open as American owner says brand is 'living on its own'.

Vladimir Putin's supporters beaten in Siberian region.

All production of uranium across Russia will be in the closed Siberian town of Seversk by 2016.

Intelligence officials in Seoul expressed surprise over a secret 'unknown visit' to eastern Russia by the Communist country's head of state Kim Jong-un.

A probe has been ordered by the Krasnoyarsk mayor into the death of another giraffe at the city's zoo, one of the largest in Russia.

Russia could get a major boost from an influx of Chinese visitors.

The aim? To put in place a Moscow government 'friendly' to Washington, and to protect US interests and citizens.