RIA Novosty / Russia

The man began eating the tablet after he was apprehended by police for causing a disturbance.

Russian Prime Minister has confirmed a plan for the Northern Sea Route project development.

According to United Shipbuilding Corporation spokesman, new Russian Navy destroyers, originally intended to be equipped with Ukrainian gas turbine engines (GTE), will receive Russian-made engines exceeding the Ukrainian analogues.

The number of Russians vacationing abroad between January and March has declined by 1.3 million, or -40.3 percent, in the first quarter of 2015, compared with the same time last year, according to figures from the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) published on the Federal Tourism Agency.

Law enforcement agencies were able to quickly detain defendants in the Nemtsov case due to information obtained from an undercover agent, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

The "oil-for-goods" program between Moscow and Tehran includes deliveries of building materials and equipment in exchange for Iranian crude oil.

A light plane has crashed in the Stavropol Territory in southern Russia, killing its pilot.

A pilot in the remote Siberian town of Turukhansk blew off some steam by stealing a helicopter and using it to terrorize a nearby village after arguing with his wife and drinking.

Japanese citizens who previously lived in the southern Kuril Islands, as well as their relatives traveled to Iturup Island on Saturday for an annual visit under the framework of visa-free exchange between Russia and Japan.

Russia finalized the project of a new Combat Railway Missile Complex (BZhRK) that will multiply its nuclear potential and counter the US Conventional Prompt Global Strike, RG.ru reported.

The armor of Russia’s all-new Armata tank can effectively withstand all existing means of antitank warfare, an expert in steel alloys said on Saturday.

A Russian naval flotilla docked at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria on Saturday for the first time since a Pacific Fleet missile cruiser visited Egypt in 2013.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the recent ceasefire violations in southeastern Ukraine raise doubts about the possibility of establishing long-lasting peace in the region.

A spokesman for Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces says that a Russian military satellite has reached its designated orbit and established stable contact with ground control services.

The first launch of a new manned spacecraft on an Angara heavy rocket carrier from Russia's Vostochny Space Center is scheduled for 2023, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said Friday.

The Russian military launched on Friday a Soyuz-2.1a space rocket carrying a military satellite, a spokesman for Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is continuing to follow Washington guidelines. Russia should thus remain isolated, Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten reported.

A Russian student who collected money within the alleged charity event to support Muslim orphans was detained and charged with sponsoring the Islamic State militant group, the student's lawyer said Friday.

Moscow’s absence at the G7 summit in Germany does not mean that Russia is politically isolated in the world. Moreover, it helps the Kremlin to pursue a more independent policy, die Zeit wrote.

A Russian student, who went missing last week and is believed to have been recruited by the Islamic State jihadist group, was detained in Turkey while attempting to cross into Syria, her father said Friday.