(CNN)-- There are few sports that are so dominated by a single person like the way the women's pole vault is ruled by 26-year Russian Yelena Isinbayeva. Every time the world and Olympic champion ...

Russia kick-started the world's last colonial scramble today when a submarine planted a flag under the North Pole to symbolize the Kremlin's claim to the oil-rich Arctic. One of the Russian ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible on Thursday and planted their national flag on the seabed to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of ...

Two Russian mini-submarines have left behind a titanium flag after exploring the seabed under the North Pole. The Kremlin calls it historic, but also wants to claim the ground -- along with any ...

Marine Resources Company International (MRCI) has helped make the city a crucial harbor for the fishing industry in the Russian Far East as well. MRCI, a U.S.-Russian joint venture celebrating its ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Russian deep-sea submersibles made a test dive in polar waters on Sunday ahead of a mission to be the first to reach the seabed under the North Pole, Itar-Tass news agency said.

A group of Russian explorers have driven across the North Pole and are heading to Resolute, Nunavut, in specialized amphibious trucks. The expedition sponsored by the Russian Geographic ...