Lotte Hotel Moscow hosts the annual ceremony "Fashion People Awards – 2013" today.

On Tuesday, June 11, Russian State Duma, the lower house of Russian Parliament, approved a bill that would make insulting religious believers’ feelings a criminal offense, punishable by up to three years behind bars.

A total of 87 percent of Russian Internet users are playing computer games monthly, most of them are women and the average age of a gamer is 34 years, a recent survey reveals.

On Friday, June 7, Moscow City Hall set snap mayoral election to take place on September 8, recently retired mayor Sergey Sobyanin is the first candidate.

A Moscow Court has sanctioned a two-month arrest of the mayor of Dagestan's capital Makhachkala, Said Amirov, who was detained on suspicion of having organized a murder of a Russian investigator.

Moscow authorities have approved the 30,000-strong protest march proposed by Russian opposition movement, the action will take place on June 12, which is also Russia Day state holiday.

A traditional Strategy-31 unsanctioned opposition rally took place on May 31 in Moscow, police detained over 14 people.

An anti-smoking law that bans smoking in public places, including in government buildings, healthcare and educational facilities, cultural sites, sports stadiums and on public transport, came into force on Saturday, June 1.

Hundreds of call-boxes with Wi-Fi and a charge for mobile phones will appear in the capital.

Moscow City Court has upheld the verdict handed down to members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot, sentenced to two years in prison for their "punk prayer" in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.