The red area in Moscow

Impostors, who illegally built a chapel...

Impostors, who illegally built a chapel and charged people for holding funeral services claiming they were Orthodox priests, were detained in Russia"s northern city of St. Petersburg, police said Tuesday.

The growing influence of Islam in the North...

The growing influence of Islam in the North Caucasus, a reflection of increasing disillusionment with the Russian political system, is transforming the region into Russia’s “internal abroad,” where people “have portraits of Putin and Medvedev [on their walls] but are for shariat law,” according to a leading Moscow specialist.

A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family...

A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII and found her diaries, has died at the age of 100, Israeli Haaretz newspaper said on Tuesday.