Pskovskaya Oblast', Russia News

From left, Klava Foreman, Kola Schultz, Ted Foreman and Nadia McEachern were orphans in Russia who found hope every Christmas when they received a shoe box filled with gifts.

Faith, vodka and banya have always been the three links to keep a connection between common people and the powers-that-be in Russia.

Nadia McEachern, Ted and Klava Foreman and Nick Schultz share a special bond, having come from the same orphanage in Porkhov, Russia.

A chronology of key events: 1237-40 - Mongols invade Russia, destroying all of its main cities except Novgorod and Pskov; Tatars establish the empire of the Golden Horde in southern Russia.

Ust Luga, a multipurpose commercial port, is under construction in the Luga Bay on the Russian south coast of the Gulf of Finland.

Dutch Punch, an annual celebration of underground music and arts from the Netherlands, kicked off with an installation by Mediaontwerpers, an experimental film screening and Machinefabriek's concert on ...

A female resident of St. Petersburg, who came to visit the Pskov region of Russia, was attacked by a rabid badger.

Estonia is a popular tourist destination, but its southern area has only recently opened up for tourism and still remains an unknown territory for many.

The audience, estimated at 1,000 to 1,500, awaits the next act in the concert on Ploshchad Sakharova on Friday.

Georgia accused Russian forces on Tuesday of entering the oil shipment port of Poti on the Black Sea and detaining 20 Georgian police officers.

President Sakozy and President Medvedev . "President Nicolas Sarkozy has shown a flair for the high-profile diplomatic intervention," reports BBC .

The U.S. government was taken by surprise Friday when Mr. Putin unleashed the Russian army.

The preamble to the Estonian-Russian border treaty has come under fire from two former Estonian prime ministers, who say there is nothing to discuss.

The preamble to the Estonian-Russian border treaty has come under fire from two former Estonian prime ministers, who say there is nothing to discuss.

Testimonials "I would like to congratulate the Moscow Times on their 15th Anniversary.

Twelve environmentalists from Russia and Norway are getting on their bikes on Tuesday to ride across the southern coast of the Finnish Gulf.

Large-scale anti-terrorist exercises that began on July 15 are continued in a second stage on Monday.

Paratroopers from Russia's 76th Airborne Division arrived Wednesday in North Ossetia to participate in the active stage of large-scale military exercises in the North Caucasus.

Russia hopes U.S. authorities will conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding last week's death of a baby adopted from a Russian orphanage, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

GORKY, Moscow rgn, July 10 -- The demographic situation in Russia needs constant monitoring, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.