Space agencies from both countries are hoping to work together to eventually build a lunar settlement.
The peculiar spectacle was picked up on camera by a motorist driving along a Russian highway.
Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved mammoth specimen on the Lyakhovsky Islands in Eastern Russia.
Vitaly Yegorov has managed to raise over 1 million rubles online to fund a new lunar satellite mission.
The miniature surveillance robot looks just like a cockroach and can be used to spy on enemy activities.
A 12-year-old boy was out camping in the wilds when he stumbled upon a large human-like footprint.
Scientists in Siberia have set up a lab dedicated to the goal of cloning a mammoth from ancient DNA.
The crew of a fishing vessel recorded a huge squid attempting to make off with a fish they had caught.
A Russian government official has proposed an international investigation in to the moon landings.
New aerial footage has been released showing an intricate pattern of circles in a field in Russia.
A UFO researcher in Russia has found what he believes to be a UFO in Antarctica using Google Earth.
Footage has emerged of what looks like the moon changing shape as it moves across the night sky.
A DNA analysis suggests that a woman known as Zana may have been from a long lost human subspecies.
Dashcam footage showing a bright white and blue flash over the city of Stavropol has gone viral.
Concerns were raised when bright blue snow started to turn up on the streets of Chelyabinsk.
A strange saucer-shaped object has been dug up by miners during excavation work in Siberia.
The Russian city of Saratov ended up painted orange this week as tinted snowflakes fell from the heavens.
Footage has emerged showing a large hominid strolling through the snows of a Russian forest.
A leak in the American part of the station has forced the crew to take refuge in the Russian section.
Moscow State University will be storing the DNA of every living creature on the planet.