A grieving Russian mother has called for the death penalty to be reinstated after her daughter was allegedly killed by a family friend.

A column in a Russian newspaper said that women should "find solace" in the fact that women who suffer domestic violence are more likely to give birth to boys.

Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept nuclear-capable Russian bombers over the North Atlantic.

Content warning: An angry man took to his custom-built Range Rover with an axe after locking his keys inside.

A Russian opposition politician in a coma with organ failure suffered "acute poisoning" by an unknown substance, his wife says.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is in hot water after saying Vladimir Putin is "a killer".

No issue appears to have flummoxed GOP lawmakers as much as Trump's consistent defense of Vladimir Putin.

Russia plans to temporarily ban imports of beef and beef products from New Zealand from February 6 and is considering banning fish imports.

A man obsessed with body art has turned his craft to his hairless cat, covering it in gangster-inspired tattoos.

Nearly 20 per cent of Russians say it is "acceptable" to hit one's partner.

A video posted by the Russian Emergency Ministry captures firefighters saving about 150 pigs and piglets from a barn fire in a Siberian village.

Putin has spoken on the Trump dossier, saying the president elect spends time with beauty queens, not Russian prostitutes of "lower social responsibility".

Vladimir Putin has come out swinging against the outgoing US administration over the explosive Donald Trump dossier.

In an attempt to take a selfie atop Europe's tallest building, a teenager slipped and fell 86 storeys.

"We perceive it as a threat. These actions threaten our interests, our security," says Russia as the first of thousands more US troops and tanks rolled in to Poland.

President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the US have been in frequent contact in recent weeks.

First "The Werewolf" was known as a vicious serial rapist and murder. But that was just the start of his evil story.

All around the world, politicians in the mould of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are rising. They all pose the same "profound threat".

Here's a guide to fishy and often debunked claims made by Donald Trump at his news conference.

An infuriated Donald Trump has lashed out at the media, describing unverified allegations connecting him to Russia as "crap".

Where does transparency meet irresponsibility? Right at the line that BuzzFeed's editor Ben Smith approached on Wednesday and decided to step over in the name of serving citizens' best interests.

He's raised eyebrows in China with comments on trade, Taiwan and North Korea. But Donald Trump will have much bigger issues than Beijing.

Trump has said it would be "stupid" for the US not to develop a close relationship with Russia, despite claims it tried to influence his election victory.

A week of explosive tweets from the American President-Elect have stoked anxiety, moved markets and altered plans.

A young Russian woman has been placed on a sanction list by the White House for supposedly helping Vladimir Putin to interfere in the US election.

Intelligence officials were confident that Russia was the culprit behind the hacking and disinformation regarding the US election.

President-elect Donald Trump has met with intelligence chiefs and vowed a response to election campaign hacking after openly deriding the agencies.

President-elect Donald Trump voiced new doubts that Russian hackers attempted to influence the country's presidential election on his behalf.

Amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, Russia is making a surprising move.