The Moscov Times

As Muscovites were recovering from the shock of the sudden demolition of street retail properties, the retail property market attempted to assess damages.

When Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took to the stage at the Munich security conference, he left no doubt as to who had sent him.

Counter-terrorism operations have been launched in three regions of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan following a deadly car bombing on Monday, the Interfax news agency reported.

Huffing and puffing, half a dozen heavyset men in scratched helmets and battered protective gear sprint around, shouting buzzwords in heavily accented English.

Russian President Putin dismissed as "nonsensical" the European Union's naming the fulfillment of the Minsk peace deal on resolving the crisis in Ukraine as a condition for lifting sanctions against Moscow.

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's pro-democracy foundation has received dozens of requests from members of Russia's main political parties to endorse them during an upcoming parliamentary election.

Moscow City Hall has approved a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, opposition party member Konstantin Merzlikin told The Moscow Times on Wednesday.

A Moscow football club could face sanctions after a player brandished a t-shirt with an image of Russian president Vladimir Putin during a Champions League game in Turkey.

Georgia has dropped a proposed anti-blasphemy bill ardently opposed by freedom-of-speech activists. With a stated goal of protecting the feelings of Christian believers, the bill pitted civil liberties against faith.

Kazakhstan's parliament is pressing the government to get more money out of Russia for the rent it pays for its several military facilities, setting the stage for another negotiating battle.

Seven alleged members of the Islamic State in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg detained last week have been charged with planning terrorist activity, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.

Moscow plans to appeal Interpol's refusal to place Mikhail Khodorkovsky - the exiled former oil tycoon turned political opposition figure - on an international wanted list, the Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday.

The number of foreign tourists booking summer vacations in Russia has risen by 30 percent amid the weakening of the ruble, the Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday.

An appeal by a Crimean leader for local residents to name their newborn sons "Generator" to protest power outages did not gain popular support - not a single boy born on the peninsula received that name.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not meet with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday, the Interfax news agency reported.

Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis will meet in Cuba on Feb. 12, the Gazeta.ru website reported Friday.

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that Russia is putting constant pressure on U.S. allies in Europe, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday.

More than half of Russians have a negative outlook for the economic situation, the highest amount since the country's financial crisis began, the Kommersant newspaper reported Friday, citing a recent poll.

A Moscow resident faces murder charges for shooting and killing a representative of his creditors who had arrived at his apartment in the company of court bailiffs to take inventory of the man's possessions.

Negotiations between banks and defaulting mortgage holders were last week reduced to a series of emotional protests in bank offices and central Moscow streets.