Russia Russian opposition leader Navalny given suspended sentence Navalny says he will take part in 2018 presidential elections 08/02/2017
No Comment New chapter: world's first ice library launched in Russia The first ice library in the world was launched in Baikalsk, Russia. 06/02/2017
Russia Meet the Russian 'Hobbit' who lives underground in the woods Yuri Alekseyev used to work as a lawyer in Moscow, but packed in his job and city life to move to the forest. 02/02/2017
Sport IOC disqualify three athletes from 2012 London Olympics Russia’s female 4×400 metres relay team from the London 2012 Olympics has been disqualified after one of the athletes returned a positive dope test for a banned… 01/02/2017
Sport Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years Dimitriy Trunenkov, a member of Russia's four-man Bobsleigh gold medal winners at the Sochi Olympics, has been banned for unspecified doping offences for four years. 31/01/2017
Russia Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race? 30/01/2017
No Comment Russia shows off new Mig-35 jet Russia has been showing off the latest generation of its MiG-35 fighter jet. 29/01/2017
Russia Russia softens the law on domestic violence The country's lower house has passed a bill decriminalising some forms of domestic violence. It will make battery of a relative a civil and not criminal offence when the victim suffered no serious har 27/01/2017
No Comment Russian woman drags two tram cars A Russian power lifter has managed to pull two tram cars full of passengers. 26/01/2017
Russia Putin sings Soviet song about space with Russian students Russian President Vladimir Putin joined a group of students in singing a Soviet song about space exploration. 25/01/2017
Russia Russian Duma backs draft law easing penalty for domestic violence The Russian parliament’s lower house the Duma has overwhelming backed a draft law that would ease some penalties for domestic violence. 25/01/2017
Russia Russians try to decipher Trump's policy towards Moscow Two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, and like the rest of the world, Muscovites are waiting to see how Russian-US relations will change once he takes… 18/01/2017
Russia NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden granted extended stay in Russia Russia extends NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's residency visa to 2020. 18/01/2017
Russia Putin on those accusing Trump: they are worse than prostitutes The Russian President has hit out at those he claims are spreading fake information about the US President-elect. 18/01/2017
Russia Lavrov pours scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian cyber attacks Lavrov denies Russian involvement in election hacking 17/01/2017
Russia Russian figures claim Trump scandal an Obama ruse to scupper better relations Russian politicians are bemused by the chaotic transition in US politics, and most are convinced it is a Democrat ploy to sabotage any Trump rapprochement with Moscow. 12/01/2017
No Comment Russian Sculptures - Ice sculptures dazzle competition Members of the Russian Orthodox Church have held an annual ice sculpture competition on ( Saturday 7 JAN. 12/01/2017
Russia Russian serial killer admits to killing 81 women Mikhail “The Werewolf” Popkov already serving a life-sentence for murdering 22 women, admitted to police he murdered 59 others 11/01/2017
Russia Russians attend midnight mass to mark Orthodox Christmas Russian Orthodox Christians have been celebrating Christmas, attending special midnight mass held in churches and cathedrals across the country. 07/01/2017
Russia Russia reduces forces in Syria but civil war rages on It is ‘mission accomplished’ for the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier – now headed back to Russia after completing its operations in waters off Syria. 07/01/2017
Cinema The life of a woman who grows a tail in Ivan Tverdovsky's film 'Zoology' ‘Zoology’ is the story of Natasha, a middle-aged woman stuck in an unhappy daily routine, who one day grows a tail, which, as you can imagine changes her life. 02/01/2017
Russia Expelled Russian diplomats arrive back in Moscow A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats and their families, who have been expelled by order of President Barack Obama, has arrived back in Moscow. 02/01/2017
Russia Putin: Russia 'will not expel anyone' in US diplomatic row Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had called for tit-for-tat retaliation against Washington by declaring 35 US diplomats 'persona non grata'. 30/12/2016
Russia Russia rules out explosion on plane that crashed into Black Sea Russia's defence ministry says no evidence has been found of a fire or an explosion as a possible cause for the plane crash in the Black Sea on Christmas Day. 29/12/2016
Russia "The flaps, hell" - the last words of Russian plane crew Russian investigators say faulty flaps on the wings of one of their Defence Ministry planes caused it to crash into the Black Sea with the loss of all 92 people on board on Sunday. 28/12/2016