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Russia

Russian journalist Ivan Golunov walks free after 'framing' outcry

Russia police say they have dropped a criminal case against an investigative journalist amid claims he was framed.

10/06/2019

World News

Meet the disabled man behind Russia's most-read political blog

"When people found out I was behind Stalingagulag there were millions of comments. How can you use profanities? Like, if you’re in a wheelchair, you can't do anything, you just have to pray, ask for someone's help and look at the world from the window of your apartment."

13/05/2019

Russia

Unmasked Russian 'StalinGulag' blogger: I won't be silenced by Kremlin

StalinGulag blogger Alexander Gorbunov: I won't be silenced by Russian police

06/05/2019

Venezuela

Russia's Gazprombank freezes accounts of Venezuela's state oil company

While many foreign firms have been cutting their exposure to PDVSA since sanctions were imposed, the fact that a lender closely aligned with the Russian state is following suit is significant given the Kremlin has been among Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's staunchest supporters.

17/02/2019

Russia

Russian TV channel sends "joke" gifts referencing Skripal poisoning

Russian TV channel sends "joke" gifts referencing Skripal poisoning

28/12/2018

Russia

What is Russia's secretive GRU intelligence agency?

The UK government has claimed two GRU officers carried out the Salisbury Novichok attack — different from the KGB, what do we know about Russia's most secretive intelligence agency?

07/09/2018

Russia

Watch: Putin enjoys the great outdoors as he hikes in Siberia

Russian President Vladimir Putin gets back to nature in the Siberian hills on his summer holiday

28/08/2018

Russia

Russian ministry continues using Telegram despite ban

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Telegram channel continues to be active despite a court ruling that blocked country-wide access to the messenger service back in April.

20/07/2018

Ukraine

Russian journalist 'death' was to foil murder plot

A journalist from Russia who was reported to have been shot dead in Ukraine faked his own death to foil an assassination plot.

30/05/2018

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson ‘not an idiot’, says Russian prankster

Euronews spoke to one of the Russian pranksters who orchestrated a hoax phone call with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

25/05/2018

Russia

Russians protest Moscow's Telegram ban with paper planes

Russians are launching paper planes in protest against Moscow’s crackdown on messenger app Telegram.

23/04/2018

United Kingdom

Yulia Skripal rejects Russian help to recover from poison attack

The daughter of the ex-Russian spy suffering from a nerve agent attack wants to be left alone

12/04/2018

Russia

Market analysts assess impact of Russia sanctions

New round of sanctions by the US targets top businessmen close to the Kremlin

10/04/2018

Russia

Russia accuses UK, allies of "playing children's games" over ex-spy poisoning

Russia's Foreign Minister said the nerve agent attack could benefit both the British special services and the UK government.

02/04/2018

Russia

Russia 'ready to help' in UK spy case

However Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he has no information on what he called a 'tragic situation'

06/03/2018

Russia

Nemtsov march draws thousands to Moscow

According to White Counter, an NGO that counts participants at rallies, around 7,600 people took part in the Moscow march for Boris Nemtsov, for which organisers had been granted permission by the city authorities.

25/02/2018

World News

Trump administration admits 'oligarchs list' derives from Forbes’ rich

Almost all 96 oligarchs listed, clocking a net worth of at least $1 billion, can be found in Forbes' ranking of the '200 richest businessmen in Russia 2017'.

30/01/2018

USA

Trump says he's willing to testify in Robert Mueller's Russia probe

"I could be interviewed under oath within weeks"

25/01/2018

Europe News

Russia targets EU in information war

The Iron Curtain has been lifted but the Cold War carries on, with social media and internet platforms now weaponized in its service.

17/01/2018

Poland

Tusk says Polish government following "the Kremlin's plan"

Tusk tweets in Polish on personal account that PiS policies mean Europe cannot "sleep peacefully".

19/11/2017