Rostropovich in Moscow hospital
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Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has been hospitalized in Moscow for an unspecified reason, and his manager said Tuesday "it does not look good."
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A key witness in the poisoning death of a former Russian security agent was questioned Monday by British investigators at the Moscow hospital where he was undergoing tests for radiation contamination.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after an artery operation in Germany, officials say.
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A former Russian spy and fierce critic of the Kremlin who is fighting for his life in a London hospital may have been given a radioactive poison, a doctor said Tuesday.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after undergoing surgery in Germany on a key artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain, his foundation said Wednesday.
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A Russian former spy died Thursday night in a London hospital three weeks after his suspected poisoning, with doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness, hospital officials and police said Thursday.
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Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of dead Russian  ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in critical condition in  hospital from radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency quoted  an unnamed source as saying on Thursday.
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A night-time fire at Moscow drug rehabilitation hospital kills at least 42 people, reports say.
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A Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate is in hospital following a sudden illness. Viktor Yushchenko fell ill Sept.
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Newly sworn-in Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is spending his first full day in office in Moscow in a bid to smooth ruffled relations with the Kremlin.
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Minsk- Olympic 100 metres champion Yuliya Nesterenko has been taken to hospital after suffering stomach problems and stress, an official said on Tuesday.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who had been fighting for his life in recent days after an apparent poisoning, has died, the hospital where he was being treated said.
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waiting open heart surgery early this week, former President Bill Clinton remained hospitalized in New York yesterday, but was reported in good spirits, moving around his room, dressed
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Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being treated at a Moscow clinic specializing in cancer treatment, two Russian newspapers reported Thursday.
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The art collection of famed cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being returned to Russia after a politically connected billionaire paid more than 25 percent above the estimated price in a surprise deal announced on the eve of its auction, a top cultural official said Tuesday.
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Seriously ill and perhaps fighting for his life, Yasser Arafat was rushed Friday to a military hospital near Paris that specializes in blood disorders.
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President Vladimir Putin has awarded renowned cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich with a state medal, the Kremlin said Monday.