Alexey Sorokin makes controversial remarks comparing gays to Nazis.

Openly gay athletes are not ensured safety during their visit to the Russian Winter Olympics and the IOC might be siding with Putin's regime.

Obama cancels meeting with Putin in Moscow amid tensions over NSA leaker Snowden.

In reaction to Russia’s decision to grant NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum for one year, the White House said it was “extremely disappointed”, and several US senators bared their teeth in statements. John McCain said it was “a disgrace and a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States,” adding, “It is a slap in the face of all Americans.”

Edward Snowden will be allowed to live and work in Russia for at least one-year.

"He's planning to arrange his life here," said Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's lawyer in Russia. "He plans to get a job. And, I think, that all his further decisions will be made considering the situation he found himself in."

The US Olympic Committee will not support a boycott of the 2014 Sochi games.

Russian president says NSA whistleblower is a "free man" as he attempts to escape airport in Moscow.

Israel has issued a warning to Russia saying the government should not go through with plans to deliver arms to Syria.

Check out the awesome video of Ken Block drifting through snow in Russia, shot entirely by GoPro cameras.

Russia plunged back into the disputes over energy with Ukraine and Belarus that have repeatedly disrupted oil and gas supplies to European Union countries, and it also termed EU energy policy as "uncivilized".