Four of the 2018 World Cup sites rest along the historic Volga river, but life continues as normal outside the stadiums. Children play in front of the Qolsharif Mosque in Kazan, Russia. Photograph ...

An appeals court in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on August 7 upheld the life sentence imposed on Ilnaz Galyaviyev, who had been convicted of an armed attack on a school in Kazan in which ...

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The prosecutor of Russia's Tatarstan region, Ildus Nafikov, asked the region's Supreme Court to convict and sentence to life in prison a man who killed nine people in an attack on a school in May ...

Russia may be known for great culture, world-class great museums and home to one of the world's most charming cities in St. Petersburg, but its overall quality of life score is 86.27, putting it ...

At least eight people have died after a school shooting incident in Kazan, Russia’s fifth-largest city. Early reports indicated that two gunmen attacked secondary school number 175, on Dzhaudata ...

A three-day summit of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) coalition concluded yesterday in Kazan, Russia. Representatives of a total of 36 countries were present, with Iranian ...

The city was built in 2015 with capacity for 150,000 residents, but so far only 3,500 live here, and 1,000 more commute every day from Kazan. As of early 2019, the number of registered residents ...