The Moscov Times

Russia begin their Euro 2016 football tournament journey on Saturday, playing their first match against England at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.

The Russian State Duma voted to strip opposition deputy Ilya Ponomarev of his powers for not fulfilling his duties, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Friday.

Members of the Russian State Duma on Friday approved the third reading of a law regulating the work of news aggregators, the Slon.ru news website reported.

French bank Societe Generale began closing the accounts of Russian diplomats in Paris without explanation on Friday, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Oxana Sokolovskaya, the lawyer who defended captured Russian soldier Yevgeny Yerofeyev in a Kiev court, is to sue Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for "damage to her honor and her professional reputation."

The Russian Central Bank lowered its key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points to 10.5 percent on Friday, the TASS state news agency reported.

Russian opposition politician Andrei Pivovarov has been found guilty of bribery and illegally accessing a police database, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.

As his first international race, the Kanazawa marathon was a special occasion for Viktor Ugarov, 30.

Hajo Seppelt, the German journalist behind the ARD documentary on doping in Russian sports, allegedly threatened political commentator Olga Skabeyeva and her crew during an interview in Germany.

All Russian officials are to swear an oath as part of taking office, Minister of Labour and Social Development Maxim Topilin announced Friday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Russia is facing its biggest brain drain in the last 20 years, British newspaper The Times reported Friday.

Ukrainian politician Nadiya Savchenko has spoken to the BBC about her time in a Russian prison.

An avenue in southern Russia has been renamed "Muhammad Ali Prospekt" in honor of the legendary U.S. boxer, Grozny City Hall reported Thursday.

"Pharmacies have become like jewelry shops," complained a man during this year's annual phone-in with the Russian president.

Russian citizens seeking to join the Federal Security Service (FSB) will have to disclose overdue debt and any marriages to foreigners within their family.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker are to discuss foreign policy and Russia-EU ties at the upcoming St. Petersburg Economic Forum, news outlet RIA-Novosti reported Thursday.

When Moscow city deputy Alexandra Parushina asked the men in bulldozers if they had permission to tear down a 1920s housing estate in her constituency, security guards threw her to the ground.

Normal people have normal hobbies. They garden. They hike through the woods. They collect stamps. I am not a normal person.

Head of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev has ordered the grounding of the country's entire Su-27 fleet, until the reasons behind the crash that led to a pilot's death on Thursday are clear.

The former director of Russia's anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, has accused two more Russian athletes of using performance-enhancing drugs during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.