The International Olympic Committee reinstated Russia's membership on Wednesday, after the conclusion of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

Russian athletes will participate in the opening ceremony for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, Russian officials said Friday.

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday banned the entire Russian Olympic team from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea, over a doping scandal.

The investigation into the two bombings in Volgograd, Russia, has begun focusing on a Chechen insurgent considered Russia's Osama bin Laden, officials said.

The head of the Russian Olympic Committee downplayed a decision by U.S. President Barack Obama not to attend the Sochi Games, denying there is a "boycott."

The head of the Russian Olympic committee said Saturday there will be enough snow on the mountainsides of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics to proceed.

Russian energy giant Gazprom says it will give the Russian Olympic Committee $130 million to help get athletes ready for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russia's deputy prime minister says he has given the green light to suggestions that he seek the job of head of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Russia may ratify the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming before the end of the year, a top government official has said.

Russia's parliament will debate ratification of the Kyoto Protocol this month, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov announced Tuesday.

Russia expects are to decide whether to build an oil pipeline from Angarsk in Siberia to Nakhodka facing Japan by the end of the year.

Russia is set to continue economic growth at 7 percent a year, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said Wednesday the Rosbalt news agency reported.

The Russian economy should generate $140 billion in annual investment by 2007, a senior minister predicted Monday, the RIA Novosti news agency says.

A top Russian official has warned the money Russia is earning from its oil exports is threatening its economic recovery, the Moscow Times reported Thursday.

Russia's government reform is designed to remove barriers to economic growth, a senior official said Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.