Nizhny Novgorod

Two oil depots in Russia are ablaze following drone attacks attributed to Ukrainian forces, as confirmed by authorities.

The Russian Federation has this summer thus hosted three million foreign visitors for the World Cup 2018 - the planet's top football competition, organized by FIFA once every four years.

The highly coveted title has this year been won by France.

Argentina's forward Lionel Messi waits to kick off after Croatia scored their opener during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group D football match between Argentina and Croatia at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 21, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Dimitar DILKOFF

Sweden's defender Andreas Granqvist (L) celebrates after scoring a penalty during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Sweden and South Korea at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 18, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Martin BERNETTI

Russia's Federal Security Service reported killing a suspected member of the Islamic State group preparing a terrorist assault in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on the day of the presidential election next month, news agencies said.

(Reuters) Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will comfortably win, setting the stage for him to extend his dominance of Russia's political landscape into a third decade.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained yesterday in Moscow, announced himself last night that the police had let him out of the police station, reported Btv.

Yesterday morning the Moscow police detained him "for repeated appeals for participation in an unauthorized public event".

BELGRADE - The Serbian Red Star basketball team lost the match late on Wednesday to Russia's Nizhny Novgorod in the final 6th round of the Eurocup second stage, 78-74 (23-16, 17-25, 15-17, 23-16) and ended their participation in the cup as second-ranked in the L Group.

Red Star has thus been defeated once more by Nizhny Novgorod which won the first match with the score at 86-75.

NOVI SAD - An exhibition of photographs by Darko Dozet, titled Nizhny Novgorod - the rudder of Russia, opened late Monday at the Cultural Centre in Novi Sad.

On around 50 large photographs, photojournalist Dozet captured his view of Nizhny Novgorod, a twin city of Novi Sad.