MOSCOW, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The investigation into claims of genocide and mass murder of civilians in the 2008 Georgia-Russia war was extended to February 2010, a Russian official said.

MOSCOW, April 27 (UPI) -- An off-duty police chief allegedly killed three people and injured six others Monday in a supermarket shooting in Moscow, police said.

MOSCOW, April 8 (UPI) -- Several suspects have been arrested in the attempted murder of Konvers-Bank Chairman Alexander Antonov, Russian authorities said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Twenty people died aboard the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa after a fire safety system was activated without permission, investigators said Thursday.

TSKHINVALI , Georgia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Georgia Saturday denied it was behind a blast that killed seven Russian soldiers in the capital of the breakaway state of South Ossetia.

PERM, Russia, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Russian Aeroflot jetliner crashed in the Ural Mountains Sunday, killing all 88 people on board, officials said.

MOSCOW, June 24 (UPI) -- Bones found near the execution site of the Romanov family appear likely to be those of the heir to the Russian throne and his sister, authorities said Tuesday.

NAZRAN, Russia, June 13 (UPI) -- A natural gas blast in a convenience store in Nazran, Russia, left four people dead and four injured, officials said.

MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak has been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a criminal ring.