The creator of the movie The Amphibian Man – film director Vladimir Chebotaryov – passed away on Thursday, aged 88, in Moscow.

The well-known Russian bard Victor Luferov died, aged 64, as a result of malignant affection of the lymphatic system.

The well-known actor Yuri Stepanov has died in a car accident in Moscow. His wife has been badly injured and doctors are struggling to save her life.

The famous Russian actor Vladislav Galkin was laid to rest at the Troekurovskoe Cemetery, Moscow on Tuesday.

Russian hockey player and NHL star Alexander Ovechkin broke a camera of Russian correspondent. Such an aggression was caused by the defeat of the Russian hockey team at the Vancouver Olympics.

The outstanding film director Vladimir Motyl – the 83 year-old author of the cult Russian feature films Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha and White Sun of the Desert - died on Monday, February 22 in Moscow.

The People’s Artist of the USSR - the celebrated opera mezzo soprano singer Irina Arkhipova - has died at the age of 85 in Moscow.

One of Russian web-sites conducted a poll to find out what things are actually useless for most of the Russians.

The smaller wages and growing unemployment rate made the Muscovites tighten their belts – the average daily food consumption reduced by a thousand tonnes in 2009 compared to that of 2008

A bright film star of the 1990s, one of the most beautiful women of Russian cinema - Anna Samokhina - has died of cancer, aged 47.