Russia

Russia

Russian 1917 revolution - internet style!

Historians bring the 1917 Russian revolution into the modern day using internet technoligy

07/11/2017

Russia

Russian communists celebrate Bolshevik Revolution

Thousands of Russian Communist Party members marched across downtown Moscow to mark the centenary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

07/11/2017

Russia

100 years on from the October Revolution that changed the world

07/11/2017

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Moscow parade on centenary of revolution

Moscow parade remembers historic Red Square parade.

07/11/2017

Russia

Russia avoids ostentatious celebration on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution

Our chronology revisits the events in 1917 that shook the world

07/11/2017

World

‘Russians have exhausted the revolution limit’, author Edvard Radzinsky tells euronews

'Lenin had never even managed an estate and all of a sudden he was in charge of a country', Russian author, historian and playwright Edvard Radzinsky tells euronews.

07/11/2017

Russia

Pictures show terrifying moment tiger attacked Russian zookeeper

Zoo visitors hurled tables in a bid to attract the animal.

07/11/2017

Russia

Russians reflect on the centenary of the revolution

Russians remember a revolution that redefined the country, its leadership and its people.

06/11/2017

Russia

Bomb threats force evacuation of Moscow landmarks

Bolshoi theatre, Metropole hotel and Red Square GUM department store among buildings evacuated.

05/11/2017

Russia

Unity Weekend in Moscow a busy one for police

The centenary weekend of the 1917 October Revolution has seen protests and scores of arrests in Moscow.

05/11/2017

Russia

Russian far-right "Unity Day" march called off

Far-right nationalists can no longer call on mass support for Unity Day protests.

04/11/2017

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Russia celebrates Unity Day

The 17th century victory over Polish-Lithuanian forces heralds the start of modern Russia, celebrated in Unity Day.

04/11/2017

Russia

60 years on - Laika the dog in space

In 1957 the space race was on between the Soviet Union and the US, but it was the Russians who managed to send the first living thing into orbit

03/11/2017

Russia

Navalny says he will sue Putin

Navalny said in recent days, the authorities across Russia have refused to let him and his team organise public meetings with voters

01/11/2017

Cult

October revolution exhibition opens in Moscow

An art exhibition has opened at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The 'Someone 1917' exhibition shows off art influenced by the October Revolution. It includes artwork by over 30 artists from across the globe.

30/10/2017

Russia

Russians remember Stalin victims

Flowers are laid in commemoration of the millions who died or were imprisoned during Stalin's purges

29/10/2017

Russia

Trainspotting in the Shumkovo railway cemetery

Watch: Rare abandoned trains from the early 20th century reached their terminus near the Russian village of Shumkovo

29/10/2017

Russia

Russia tests ballistic missiles

Launches conducted for land, sea and submarine-based weapons.

27/10/2017

Russia

'Hands off our saint': controversial film about Russian tsar's affair opens in Moscow

Orthodox leaders glorify Nicholas II as a saint and say his private life is off-limits.

25/10/2017

Russia

Ksenia Sobchak just started her campaign and she's 'against' everyone, including Putin

During her speech Sobchak had a sticker on her laptop that read "I (am) against" in Russian.

24/10/2017

Russia

Russia stands by Baghdad and insists on Iraq's territorial integrity

Russia dashes Kurdish hopes of support by siding with Baghdad and saying Iraq should not lose its northeastern provinces to an independent Kurdistan.

23/10/2017

Russia

Russian journalist stabbed after man bursts into radio station

Man is detained after attacking female radio host with a knife.

23/10/2017

Russia

Alexi Navalny 'released from jail'

Russian blogger Alexi Navalny has announced on social media his release from detention

22/10/2017

Sport

Russia invites disgraced former FIFA and UEFA heads to Moscow for World Cup finals

Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini will be Vladimir Putin's personal guests for the three-week football tournament next year

20/10/2017

Russia

Who is Ksenia Sobchak, the socialite that will challenge Putin in Russia's 2018 election?

Sobchak has been compared to US It Girl Paris Hilton

19/10/2017

Russia

Who is Ksenia Sobchak, the celebrity who will run against Putin in Russia's 2018 election?

She's married to one of Russia's most famous actors, is the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor and has her own TV show. Now Ksenia Sobchak wants to be President of Russia.

18/10/2017