Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, first deputy head of Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU), was shot three times in the back outside his apartment in northwest Moscow on February 6 and remains in a critical condition in intensive care,

Earlier this month, Russia's far east Kamchatka region declared an emergency situation due to a massive snowstorm that left its major city partially paralysed. View on euronews

A Moscow man attacked a fellow boarding house tenant with a wooden club after the victim complained about bathroom conditions and bedbugs, police say. Bruce Wilmot, 59, told police he “couldn’t take it anymore” and attacked the other man in an attempt to “muzzle” him, according to a criminal complaint.

One of Moscow’s top universities is offering plush signing bonuses to encourage students to enlist in non-combat military positions, but legal experts warned the recruitment efforts rely on deceptive tactics that instead are thrusting the young academics into the throes of war.

The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion.