A Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine was supposed to transport senior Russian officials before a last-minute change of plans was made, Ukraine's military intelligence spokesman claimed Thursday.

Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down one of its Il-76 transport planes over the Belgorod region on Wednesday, killing all

A Russian court has handed down the country's first-ever sentencing against a person for appearing in an interview with an “undesirable” organization, the independent news website Mediazona reported Thursday.

Activist Nadezhda Nizovkina from the Far East Russian republic of Buryatiaappeared on the independent news channel Dozhd during a broadcast

Russian authorities have launched an animal cruelty investigation into the death of a pet cat thrown from a train in freezing conditions, state-run and independent Russian media reported Thursday.

Twix, a ginger and white cat, became the focus ofnational attention when he was filmed being thrown off a Russian Railways train after escaping from his