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A critically endangered Amur leopard, which lives naturally in southeaster Russia and northeaster China, has gone on display at the Kansas City Zoo. The 10-year-year-old leopard lived at the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, North Dakota, until the facility flooded about two years ago.
Russia has a five point lead on second place Portugal and Israel in Group F, but Coach Fabio Capello knows that he must not sit on his team's laurels as Russia heads to Northern Ireland for its fifth World Cup qualifying match.
Researchers have found several craters believed to be caused by fragments of the meteorite that crashed over Russian in mid February
The latest estimates indicate the meteorite that crashed into Russia last Friday weighed roughly 10,000 tons and was 55-feet in diameter, making it the largest meteorite to strike Earth in over a century, scientists say.
Meteorite hunters are trying to cash in on fragments of the 10 ton meteorite that crashed in Russia.
The World Group reconvened for the second and last day of the first round as eight countries vied for their spot in the semifinals this April. Four countries-Russia, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic and Italy- moved on and will compete against each other for the chance to make it to this year's finals.
This year’s Fed Cup 2013 kicked off on Friday with the first round pitting eight countries in the World Group against each other for the chance to move onto the semifinals in April.
This year's Fed Cup first round for the World Group competition will kick off with the Russia vs. Japan matchup. Russia, once the finalist of the tournament in 2011, will hold the home court advantage over Japan as it plays at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
Only 365 days and counting to the biggest spectacle in winter sports, hailing next year from scenic Russia.
Russia may have decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, but homophobia still clearly remains strong: the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church are strongly pushing new anti-gay laws nationwide.
The art director of the esteemed Bolshoi Ballet in Russia, Sergei Filin, is recovering from an acid attack. He underwent surgery to save his eyesight on Friday, as authorities hunt for his assailant.
As low as 3,200 tigers roam in the wild in 2012, but the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced that the endangered animal is making a comeback in Asia.
Russia’s upper chamber of Parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of the United States.
The world has been somewhat slow to react to the 20-month-old conflict in Syria, but recent developments may change that.
Russian authorities were forced to address worries over the end of the Earth after a series of bizzarre doomsday events.
