USA New claims about Sessions and contact with Russia There are more damaging headlines concerning the US Attorney General, just days after being criticised by President Trump 22/07/2017
Russia Dozens feared detained after 'sick of Putin' protests Protesters in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and other cities say they're "sick" of their president. 29/04/2017
Russia European Parliament calls on Russia to free Kremlin critic Navalny The European Parliament has demanded Russia free Alexei Navalny. 06/04/2017
Europe News EU vows to keep sanctions on Russia EU foreign ministers plan to keep sanctions in place against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. 06/02/2017
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
USA Donald Trump refutes claims of Russian plot to compromise him Russia has refuted claims that its intelligence agencies have assembled a file of personally compromising information about Donald Trump, describing the claims as ‘‘total… 11/01/2017
USA Putin 'very smart', says Trump, as Russia fails to retaliate to US 'hacking' expulsions Donald Trump calls Russia's Vladimir Putin 'very smart' for not taking an 'eye-for-an-eye' approach to the US expulsion of Russian diplomats. 31/12/2016
Europe News EU's Oettinger under fire over lobbyist's private jet flight Germany’s Günther Oettinger denied on Wednesday any wrongdoing after it emerged he accepted a trip on a private jet from a pro-Kremlin lobbyist. 16/11/2016
Ukraine Ukraine: Thousands mourn Russian separatist commander killed in blast The funeral was held on Wednesday of prominent Russian separatist commander Arseny Pavlov, killed on Sunday in a bomb blast in the lift of his apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of… 19/10/2016
Ukraine Protesters urge the EU to put more pressure on the Kremlin over Ukraine “Russia must withdraw all occupational forces from Ukraine” – this was one of the main demands from the participants of worldwide protests organized by the campaign “StopPutinsWarInUkraine… 15/10/2016
Russia Exclusion of Russian athletes from Rio is 'discrimination', says Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the exclusion of some Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics is "discrimination". 27/07/2016
Russia 'Putinophobia abroad': Panama Papers 'direct attack on Russian president' - Kremlin Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Russian President Vladimir Putin has very publically labelled the Panama Papers revelations an attack on 04/04/2016
Russia 'Panama Papers': Putin's circle Putin's name does not appear in the leaked documents, but those of some of his very close friends do. 04/04/2016
World News Probable Russian state involvement in Litvinenko murder 'deeply disturbing' The British government says probable Russian state involvement in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is “deeply disturbing.” It 21/01/2016
Russia Kremlin gets tough on Turkish food imports As the row over the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter jet continues Moscow has announced it is to tighten controls of agricultural imports from 26/11/2015
Syria Syria: We believe that Russia has the wrong strategy, says US Russian warships in the Caspian Sea have launched rockets on Islamic State targets in Syria, marking an escalation in Moscow’s role in the country 07/10/2015
Syria Russian warships strike targets in Syria Amateur video has been released which reportedly shows Russia’s escalating military role in Syria. In what appeared to be the first major 07/10/2015