Mikhail Fadkin claims he can cure a long list of disorders--pancreatitis, bronchitis, digestive problems, even infertility--by using his hands to manipulate what he describes as a person's "bio-energy field." Visit this link to read more: Russia licenses faith healers

Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens in the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car import tariffs. Visit this link to read more: Russia tariff protest widens into broad discontent

More than 100 people were arrested in Russia yesterday as riot police clashed with illegal demonstrators protesting against the economic crisis and rising car tariffs. Visit this link to read more: 100 arrested in rare Russian protests

The United Arab Emirates has overlooked a Russian arms deal, signing a contract worth $3.3 billion to buy missiles from a US firm instead. Visit this link to read more: US defeats Russia in UAE arms race

Riot police forcibly break up a rally against car import tax increases in the east Russian city of Vladivostok. Visit this link to read more: Police break up Russian protests

Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens of people who gathered at a holiday celebration in Russia's Far East Sunday as hundreds protested across the country over a hike in car import tariffs. Visit this link to read more: Car-tariff protesters beaten in Russia's Far East

Iran has confirmed the commencement of the delivery of a powerful anti-aircraft missile defense system to the country from Russia. Visit this link to read more: Russian S-300s 'hit the road to Iran'

Riot police have beaten and detained dozens of people who gathered for a holiday celebration in Russia's largest Pacific port. The incident in Vladivostok comes one day after hundreds rallied to protest a government decision to increase car import tariffs. Visit this link to read more: Police beat people celebrating holiday in Russia

Italian Primer Silvio Berlusconi says he is planning a meeting between US President-elect Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Visit this link to read more: Berlusconi wants Medvedev-Obama meet

Russia has demanded that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) divide its operations in Georgia to reflect the "independence" of separatist South Ossetia if it wants to extend its monitoring mission beyond December 31, diplomats said on Friday. Visit this link to read more: Russia seeks separate team for South Ossetia

Russia's WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev claims a unanimous points victory over veteran fighter Evander Holyfield. Visit this link to read more: Valuev ends Holyfield title dream

A Russian warship sailed into Havana Bay on Friday for the first time since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union as Russia flexed its muscles close to the United States and showed off its warming relations with former Cold War ally Cuba. Visit this link to read more: Russia flexes its muscles as warship enters Havana Bay

The head of the Russian Federal Security Organization, Alexander Protenikov, has said 149 active foreign spies have been arrested in Russia. Protenikov said the majority of those arrested were working for the Georgian intelligence services. Visit this link to read more: 149 Spies Arrested in Russia

Russia will operate an 'unrivalled' battery of Topol-M ballistic missiles named by NATO as SS-27 Stalins, says missile directorate. Visit this link to read more: Russia's SS-27 Stalins set for duty

Renowned Russian ballerina, Olga Lepeshinskaya, who danced with the Bolshoi for more than 30 years, dies at home, aged 92. Visit this link to read more: Russian dancer Lepeshinskaya dies

Sergei Morozov fears new import tariffs will keep him from buying the car he wants for months. The Kremlin fears Morozov's discontent--and that of thousands of other Russians--will snowball into the biggest challenge to its authority in years. Visit this link to read more: Russians protest over car import tariffs

The Russian Culture Ministry says Olga Lepeshinskaya, a Soviet-era prima ballerina who danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for decades, has died. She was 92. Visit this link to read more: Bolshoi's Olga Lepeshinskaya dies at 92

About 500 angry motorists have rallied in Russia's far east to protest the government's decision to raise car import tariffs. There is growing public irritation with authorities because Russia is facing its worst economic crisis in a decade after years of oil-driven boom. Analysts warn that social unrest could escalate. Visit this link to read more: Hundreds protest car tariffs in Russia's far east

Gunmen in speedboats attacked three oil services ships and kidnapped at least two Russians in separate incidents in Nigeria's Niger Delta, security sources working in the oil industry said. Visit this link to read more: Gunmen attack vessels in Nigeria, kidnap Russians

A private security official says a Filipino ship captain was killed and two Russians were kidnapped in attacks in Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Visit this link to read more: 3 foreign workers fall victim to Nigeria attacks

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged Russians not to buy foreign-made cars as the country's car industry faces trouble. Visit this link to read more: Putin to Russians: Buy domestic cars

ABUJA: Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped two Russian expatriates on Saturday in the Niger Delta, a security contractor working in the oil industry said. b Visit this link to read more: Two Russian expats kidnapped in Nigeria

The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has warned that any attempt to destabilize the country would receive a fierce answer. Visit this link to read more: Putin: Russia will be tough with foes

Some 80,000 new drug addicts are officially registered in Russia every year, Director of the Federal Service for Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Circulation Control, Viktor Ivanov has said. Visit this link to read more: 80,000 new drug addicts registered in Russia every year

MOSCOW: Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel ov Visit this link to read more: World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more

The United States plans to deliver M-60 tanks to Lebanon in spring next year as part of a commitment to help the country's army, a senior US State Department official said in Beirut on Friday. David Hale, US deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, denied the US is in competition with Russia. Visit this link to read more: Hale says M-60 tanks will arrive in spring, make LAF heartier

Moscow offers to retreat from renovating its nuclear arsenal, but wants President-elect Obama to shelve the missile shield plans in return. Visit this link to read more: 'Russia makes an offer Obama can't reject'

A senior Russian diplomat says the Obama transition team should take measures to pave the way for direct Tehran-Washington dialogue. Visit this link to read more: Russia advises Obama to plan Iran talks

MOSCOW: Moscow is ready to abandon broad plans to renew its nuclear missile arsenal if Washington stops deployment of a controversial missile shield; Visit this link to read more: Russia to abandon missile plans if US drops shield: military

An SU-24 bomber jet has crashed in central parts of Russia resulting in no casualties, a spokesman for the country's Air Force says. Visit this link to read more: Bomber crashes in central Russia