He won the Nobel Peace Prize and the enmity of Russians when the Soviet Union collapsed
The call comes amid spiraling tensions involving a massive deployment of Russia troops toward Ukraine
Details and other evidence were contained in pretrial motions filed by prosecutors this week ahead of opening of Yevgeny Nikulin's trial in US federal court in San Francisco; jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday
Moscow college student to face sentencing Friday on charges of inciting extremism online during summer protests
Dutch-led team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine says phone intercepts show ties between Russian military and political officials and separatists in eastern Ukraine were much closer than previously known
Rosgidromet adds further evidence to reports that test at Nyonoksa range on White Sea released not only toxic missile fuel but also unspecified radioactive material
Month after fire aboard a secretive military submarine killed 14 people and prompted criticism of the Russian Defense Ministry, new fatal incident involving military forces in Russia's far north has raised new criticism
Some independent journalists, researchers and even lawmakers believe the bombings that rocked Russia early in Putin's career were engineered by Russian security agencies to justify a new war in Chechnya, and to help bolster Putin's credibility as a law-and-order leader
This month's Zapad 2017 joint military exercises offer Russian commanders a look at how much has improved in a decade of reforms - in the West, they're looking for the exact same thing
United States has called for special meeting with Russia over alleged violations of landmark Cold War-era arms-control treaty, in sign of growing concern about Russian nuclear arms-buildup
Officials, traveling with diplomatic passports, were drugged while attending conference in St. Petersburg last year - and one of them was hospitalized
Statute requires Russian and foreign companies to store data for customers who are Russian citizens on servers housed in Russian territory
