Russia's protest movement against Vladimir Putin on Saturday rallied several thousand people for a new demonstration that is a test of their strength and tactics after his crushing election victory.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his government is not "protecting any regimes," speaking to Arab leaders angry over Moscow's blocking of international pressure on Syria's president to step

Cooperation between the US and Russia was based on mutual interests 'regardless of who the president is', White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday.

Carney was asked if the US president will

Russia is still not flinching in the face of Western and Arab pressure to change its stance on the Syria conflict and its defiance may yet increase as Vladimir Putin heads back to the Kremlin.

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Russia has built an android -- a robot resembling a human being -- to work in orbit.

The robot, S-400, will be Russia's first space robot in more than two decades, the Izvestia daily said. It can per

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on course to win Sunday's presidential election with 63.42 per cent of the vote, according to results with 30 per cent of polling stations reporting.

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Vladimir Putin faces new protests on Monday to challenge his victory in a presidential election he said had prevented Russia from falling into the hands of enemies trying to usurp power.

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A Russian woman, allegedly assaulted by the son of an Uttar Pradesh legislator last month at her house in south Delhi, has been given security by Delhi Police as she apprehends danger to her life, her

Russians started voting on Sunday in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term amid protests unseen since the Soviet era.

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday cast his ballot in presidential elections he is expected to win, boasting he had come straight from sport and accompanied by his rarely-seen wife Lyudmila.

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