02-07-2012
Russian poker player Nikolay Evdakov passed away on Monday, Feb. 6 at the age of 47.
12-13-2010
A recap of Day 1a of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Prague.
11-30-2010
The 1st season of the PokerStars Russian Poker Series culminates in Kiev from today.
10-28-2010
The Russian Poker Tour has teamed up with 888poker to offer exclusive online satellites to the Grand Final event!
07-25-2009
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has announced that the August, 2009 EPT Russian Open, scheduled to be held in Moscow, has been moved to Kiev...
07-23-2009
Russian authorities have reversed a 2007 decision declaring poker to be a sport, which would have exempted it from recent country-wide enforcements...
02-02-2009
A worst-to-first run by Russia's Oleg Suntsov marked the debut of the PokerStars.com-sponsored Russian Poker Tour in its St. Petersburg debut. Sunday's final table began with Russians occupying seven of the nine spots...
12-04-2008
The next element of the PokerStars-sponsored series of worldwide, regionally themed poker tours has been announced with the creation of the Russian Poker Tour (RPT). PokerStars, in association with the Russian Poker Tour, has...
08-07-2008
Poker is booming in Russia, and next week's Zavidovo Open seems to attest to the sport's popularity. That's right – sport. In Russia, poker has been officially declared a sport by the government. The fact that the game...
10-26-2007
2007 has already been an enormous year for poker in Russia, but in a little less than a month it's going to get even bigger. On November 24, the Russian Sports Poker Federation (RSPF) plans to launch their inaugural championship series
04-05-2007
Russian poker players and fans are overjoyed with the news that poker is being accepted as a sport in that important nation. A recent decision by Russian Federation's 'Federal Agency of Physical Culture and Sports' has cleared the way...
11-07-2006
The world of poker continues to grow as people recognize the popularity of the game. One of those areas that have seen tremendous growth is in Russia, as witnessed by Mansion Poker's recent tournament event in the nation....
12-09-2003
MILAN (AFP) - The fate of the UN's global warming pact appears to hinge on Russia's demands for new concessions, led by President Vladimir Putin drive to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), experts here say