BEIJING, China — As the Beijing Winter Olympics came to a close, a Russian athlete was once again in the spotlight. During the Closing Ceremony, medal presentations were held for the men's and women's ...

A Russian lawmaker who refused to stand when the Russian anthem started playing has been handed a summons to fight in Ukraine. Alexander Lependin, deputy of the Maloyaroslavets District Assembly of ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Aliya Mustafina of Russia celebrate winning the gold medal after the Women’s Uneven Bars Final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on ...

Sergei Mikhalkov, an author favored by Stalin who wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems, persecuted dissident writers as part of the Soviet propaganda machine and fathered two ...

LAUSANNE, SwitzerlandLAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are set to hear music by Tchaikovsky as the replacement for their national anthem, which has been banned as ...