Saudi tycoon eyes Moscow as site for world’s tallest building

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal may build a mile-high skyscraper in Moscow, which would be the world’s tallest building by far, Russian Vesti FM radio reported, quoting UAE media.

Chess tournament at Moscow’s Digital October attracts world's top players

Everyday magic in Moscow puppet theatre

Moscow to host Miss Universe 2013 pageant

The annual Miss Universe competition will be held in Moscow on November 9 the organizers announced this week, the first time the pageant has been held in Russia

Hotel Pekin restoration unearths archeological treasures

Over 350 historical artifacts from the 17th-19th century were found during the archaeological works at the Soviet-era hotel in Moscow. The collection will be handed over to the Moscow History Museum

Setting the pace for Russia, Moscow tames its excesses

With traffic cameras, paid parking, smoking and alcohol restrictions, post-Soviet Moscow has turned 21, and is settling down

Opposition rallies in Moscow in support of riot suspects

A rally in support of opposition activists on trial over last year’s clashes with police took place in Moscow on Wednesday

Muscovites prefer time bicycles to time machines

Moscow mayor candidate vows to get rid of migrants

The nationalist Liberal Democratic Party’s candidate for mayor of Moscow said Russia’s capital must rid itself of foreign migrants within three years to give more jobs to Russian residents

Plane flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow makes emergency landing in Simferopol

Plane A320 of flight number 505 flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow made an emergency landing in Simferopol, the State Service for Emergencies of the Crimea reported

AI-10 ultralight plane crashes struck by sharp wind

An AI-10 ultralight plane crashed struck by a sharp gust of wind while making a training flight in the Moscow region, the Moscow region emergencies department told Itar-Tass on Sunday

Moscow in the heat of the night

Blogger Navalny to be nominated as Moscow mayor candidate

Russia’s opposition blogger Alexei Navalny is soon to be formally nominated as candidate for Moscow mayor by the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS), Ekho Moskvy radio said on Sunday

Hugh Laurie in Moscow

Moscow City Duma says mayoral election due Sept 8

Moscow’s City Duma scheduled for September 8 the early direct election of mayor. The decision was supported by 26 out of 28 votes

Russians face 7 years over war memorial sex doll stunt

A group of young Russians face up to seven years in prison after they posed for photos with an inflatable sex doll on Victory Day in front of a World War II memorial that included the graves of local war dead

Moscow metro fire

The Moscow Planetarium's 9,000 stars

Death masks: A look at the Soviet Union’s most macabre art

This plaster cast of Lenin's visage - along with his hands, one permanently clenched following the second stroke that paralyzed his right side - marks the beginning of "Masks Shock," a new exhibit at Gorki Leninskiye, Lenin's estate-turned-museum

Soviet era hotels awaiting capitalist saviours

Many Soviet-era hotels in Moscow and other cities have undergone large-scale reconstruction in recent years and are now in the hands of international operators