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MOSCOW (AP) — The worst flooding in 120 years in Russia's Far East has already forced about 20,000 people from their homes and also made it necessary to airlift two captive brown bears to safety, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.

MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden plans to seek asylum in Russia, a Parliament member who was among those meeting with the NSA leaker said Friday.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Justice Ministry says it has shut the nation's top independent election monitoring group for failing to register as a "foreign agent" under a controversial Kremlin law.

Here's a graphic video that shows a cat being attacked by several dogs in Russia.

Forty-four people were killed when a Russian jet carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team for the Kontinental Hockey League’s first game of the season crashed on takeoff on Wednesday. It’s just the latest accident this summer involving Russian airliners — two other accidents killed a total 54 people which has led to calls for stricter safety guidelines.

Last week a supply ship destined for the ISS blew up on it's way to orbit.  Russian officials say they have identified the problem.

Due to a crashed Russian Progress supply ship we are in danger of losing the ISS.

Heading for the exits is the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a 12 day day mission not to seek out new worlds but to draw the curtains on the program

Cats already have remarkable hearing skills, but a gray feline in Russia found with five ears takes the cake for impressive hearing ability. According to Vladimir Obryvkov of the Voronezh State University of Agriculture, the cat -- named Luntya -- has two normal ears, two extra ears located just in front of those and then an additional tiny fifth ear.