A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday.

Azerbaijan halted a Russian shipment of equipment intended for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, demanding more information for fear of violating United Nations sanctions.

South Korea's first astronaut said Monday she was "really scared" when the Russian space capsule she was in made an unexpectedly steep descent to Earth over the weekend.

Top-ranked Roger Federer won his first title of the season at the Estoril Open when second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with a leg injury while trailing 7-6 (5), 1-2 Sunday.

A Russian capsule carrying an American astronaut landed several hundred miles off-target in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, a space official said.

The Soviet Union may be in the dustbin of history, but there's one place the socialist utopia lives on: cyberspace.

Two veteran spaceflyers and South Korea's first astronaut will say farewell to the crew of the international space station tonight and prepare to head home.

Russian President Vladimir Putin turned a reporter's question about his marriage into a discourse on female beauty, saying Friday that "I like all Russian women."

HOUSTON (AP) -Igor Kunitsyn of Russia rallied from a set down to beat second-seeded Tommy Haas 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round match at the U.S. Clay Court Championship on Tuesday.

Evgeni Malkin isn't a secret anymore. Finishing second in the regular-season scoring race has taken care of that. Not that he was anonymous in hockey circles before this season.

PITTSBURGH - They're not shutting down Evgeni Malkin, and they're not even close. They're not shutting down Sidney Crosby, and they're not even close.

President Vladimir Putin on Friday told officials to beef up Russia's space program and speed financing of a new cosmodrome in the Far East to keep the nation's leading role in space, Russian media reported.

Russian officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Laika, a dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago paved the way for human space missions.

MOSCOW (AP) -Marat Safin overcame a two-set deficit Friday to give Russia a 1-0 lead over the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - James Blake’s perseverance and Andy Roddick’s power gave the United States a commanding lead over France in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.

MOSCOW - Russian scientists say they have obtained the most detailed pictures so far of the insides of a prehistoric animal, with the help of a baby mammoth called Lyuba found immaculately preserved in the Russian Arctic.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying South Korea's first astronaut docked successfully at the international space station on Thursday, officials said.

As a Russian Soyuz spacecraft rose into the bright blue sky Tuesday, spectators held their breaths, South Koreans celebrated their first astronaut and the astronaut's mother fainted.

Two rookie cosmonauts and South Korea's first spaceflyer are poised to ride a Russian rocket into orbit early Tuesday on a mission to the international space station.

President Bush and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin failed in talks Sunday to reconcile differences on a planned U.S. missile defense system.

When they decided to have their first child, Alexander Gorlov and Laila Simanova discovered that something new was afoot in post-Soviet Russia: a baby boom.

President Bush celebrated NATO's expansion into former communist territory on Saturday and urged further enlargement, highlighting differences with Moscow.

Russia is deeply worried by NATO's pledge to eventually bring Ukraine and Georgia into the alliance, despite its failure to do so immediately, a Russian official said Friday. NATO's chief later said talks with Russian President Putin were "frank and open."

Answers to the mystery of what befell the heirs of the last czar of Russia nearly a century ago may rest behind locked laboratory doors in Moscow and New England.

A new European cargo ship flew up to the international space station and docked Thursday, successfully delivering food, water and clothes in its orbital debut.

President Bush renewed urgent calls Wednesday for NATO nations to allow Ukraine and Georgia to start the admission process over Russian objections and to counter Osama bin Laden's latest threats to Europe by stepping up their efforts in Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the United States and Russia are closer to an accommodation on U.S. missile defenses in Europe.

MOSCOW (AP) -Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova won't play for Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals against the United States this month as part of an agreement with Svetlana Kuznetsova.

A further 14 members of a Russian cult that has been holed up in a cave for months awaiting the end of the world emerged Tuesday, an emergency official said.

President Bush said Tuesday he will work "as hard as I can" to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not be able to veto former Soviet states joining the transatlantic military alliance.