The unusual approach of a St. Petersburg football team for youth with Downs syndrome.

A chess player in Dagestan allegedly poisoned her rival with liquid mercury. 

Russia hosted the BRICs games back in June, and they didn't hold a candle to the Paris games.

Russian flags are nowhere to be seen in the Paris Olympics, but its athletes are competing. How is that possible?

Russia hosts a "rival" game this month in Kazan. 

The Russian Chess Federation has been banned from international competition until 2026. 

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee has labeled Russian athletes competing at the Paris games as "foreign agents."

A Khabarovsk gym teacher's charity provides kids with sports gear. 

Fishermen near Kaliningrad were marooned on an ice floe and rescued by emergency services. 

Five Russian athletes with altered identities have been announced as part of the Syrian team in the Arab Games.

Poland has arrested a Russian hockey player for espionage.

And oligarch wants to donate funds to the victims of the war on both sides.