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Mother-of-three hides starving infant daughter in closet for six months
The woman tried to starve the infant to death after telling friends and family that the child had died after birth.
Mysterious toxic substance killing sea life in Russian beach
Upon initial analysis of the water, authorities were able to detect traces of oil products and phenol but no official cause of the pollution has been established.
Russian journalist sets herself on fire, blames government for her death
The news editor killed herself in front of the interior ministry office a day after police raided her home in connection with a criminal case linked to pro-democracy group Open Russia.
NASA finally narrows down source of persistent air leak on the ISS
With assistance from experts, the team conducted a series of tests that involved the closure of several hatches around the ISS.
F1 Russian Grand Prix: Hamilton targets Schumacher's record
Lewis Hamilton will have a chance to equal Michael Schumacher's 91-win record this weekend.
Russia calls Venus a 'Russian Planet'; announces exploration missions
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos announced its own mission to Venus apart from Venera-D, a joint mission with the US.
Sputnik V vaccine distribution draws criticism from experts over safety concerns
Russia is allegedly already entertaining purchase requests from low and middle-income countries who are hardest hit by SARS-CoV-2.
2-year-old beaten to death by stepfather for urinating on the floor
The mother did not intervene when her husband abused her daughter for months before the toddler's death.
Second Russian COVID-19 vaccine candidate ends first two trial phases with positive results
Meanwhile, the BNT162 coronavirus vaccine candidates from Pfizer and BioNTech are eyeing regulatory approval by October.
Controversial Russian COVID-19 vaccine shows promising, safe results: Medical journal
The results of the Sputnik V vaccine experiments were published last week in the medical journal The Lancet.
'Dead' octogenarian found still alive in hospital morgue pronounced dead again
The woman was pronounced dead after surgery even though she was alive, however, she eventually passed away within a week of the ordeal.
11-year-old mauled to death by bears while posing for photo
Two girls witnessed the boy getting dragged into the bears' cage before being fatally savaged.
KFC to run restaurant trials of 3D-printed chicken nuggets this fall
A Moscow based company was tapped to produce 3D-printed chicken in global bid to provide ethically-sourced meat.
Homophobic group threatens to target LGBT activists in Europe
A Russian gang has called for the attack on LGBT activists across Europe to "regulate" LGBT activism.
Woman imprisoned daughter with rats and cats for 26 years
The woman claimed that she was protecting her daughter from the world by keeping her imprisoned at home.
Siblings fall to their death from 11th floor while playing 'Spider-man' game
Investigators suspect that the unsupervised boys, aged 10 and seven, jumped while playing a Spider-man influenced game.
Missing man's severed penis found on convicted killer's property
Police arrested an elderly man as the suspected murderer of the missing 36-year-old local man.
Starving infant found hugging dead mother's corpse
Partner suspected for beating 27-year-old to death and leaving one-year-old with her mother's corpse.
Kidnapped eight-year-old found hidden in kidnapper's sofa bed
A man arrested for kidnapping an eight-year-old girl might face five to 12 years in prison for his crime.
Arm wrestling world champion jailed for shattering ex-wife's skull
Professional Russian arm wrestler will be spending six years behind bars for his vicious attack on his ex-wife in front of their four-year-old daughter.
Snow-covered roof collapses on a rave party, kills woman and buries others alive
One dead and four injured after a snow-laden roof collapsed on party-goers.
Grandparents jailed for incinerating toddler to death in a wood-burning stove
An 11-month-old boy was strangled and then brunt alive by his grandparents for crying.
13-year-old claims 10-year-old impregnated her, doctor refutes paternity claim
The doctor who examined the 10-year-old boy claims that 13-year-old could not have been impregnated by him.
Woman who starved 3-year-old while she partied for a week has been jailed for 13-years
A 21-year-old woman who left her three-year-old alone to die in a locked apartment for a week has been given a 13-year prison sentence.
Seven-month-old baby dies after being left out on freezing balcony
The mother who let her child freeze to death on the balcony claims that she left him there to get some fresh air as he was teething.
Heartless mother parties for a week as abandoned 3-year-old daughter starves to death
A 21-year-old mother gave her 3-year-old daughter a slow death by abandoning her in a locked apartment while she went on a week-long party spree.
Passengers tape drunk man to chair for trying to storm cockpit at 33,000ft
An inebriated man had to be taped to a business class seat when he started to harass cabin crew and tried to enter the cockpit during a domestic flight in Russia.
Russian athletes face Olympics ban over doping data manipulation
The athletes might face a four-year ban but will be able to participate in Euro 2020
Three pounds of dead muscle and petroleum jelly removed from Russian Popeye's arm
Doctors had to remove pounds of dead muscle from the arm of an ex-soldier who is popularly known as "Russian Popeye."
Russian historian rescued from river while trying to dispose lover's dismembered body
The 63-year-old man was caught on camera falling off a bridge while trying to throw murdered girlfriend's body parts into a river.

