Outspoken Putin critic shot dead in Moscow
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Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on Saturday at her apartment block in central Moscow, police said.
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Russian special forces shot dead a  former Guantanamo Bay inmate in southern Russia on Wednesday,  the FSB security service said, describing him as an extremist.
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MOSCOW : Attacks by Chechen separatists late Saturday in Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic, left people several dead, including pro-Russian policemen, Russian news agencies reported, quoting pro-Russian officials.
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Suspect in murder of Russian dissident says former spy's death was caused by 'reckless way of life'
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Former spy Alexander Litvinenko has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death in a posthumous letter, condemning him for what he had done to &quot;beloved Russia and its people.&quot;
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected Western criticism he is using his energy policies as a weapon, denounced the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in eastern Europe, and said he didn't believe in conspiracy theories in the poisoning death of a former KGB officer.
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An ex-KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out after his slow death from radiation poisoning, but the Russian president brushed off the accusations as "political provocation".
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MOSCOW - Gunmen opened fire on a police station in the center of the Chechen capital Saturday, killing and wounding several people, a Russian news agency reported.
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Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped his top economic adviser an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of ...
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President Vladimir Putin has fired the  commander of Russia&#39;s navy, taking to at least four the number  of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense  minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.
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Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of the war in rebel Chechnya, was found shot dead on Saturday at her apartment block in central Moscow, news agencies reported.
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Russian special forces shot dead a former Guantanamo Bay inmate in southern Russia on Wednesday, the FSB security service said, describing him as an extremist.
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British minister criticizes Russia's Vladimir Putin as police probe ex-spy's poisoning death LONDON, Nov.Comment
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The shooting of a Russia expert near Washington days after he publicly criticized President Vladimir Putin has all the makings of a spy thriller, but police say it was most likely a random street crime.
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital.
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The first deputy chairman of Russia's   central bank died in hospital on Thursday after being shot by   gunmen outside a Moscow sports stadium, a senior doctor said.
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A former KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out after his death, which British health officials said had been caused by a rare radioactive substance found in his body.