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Aristocrats flock to Russia for first royal wedding in century

Aristocrats flock to Russia for first royal wedding in century

Ukraine

Russia's new pipeline bypasses Ukraine in pumping gas to Europe: Kyiv

Kyiv has condemned the Russian gas company Gazprom for halting the transit of natural gas to Hungary via Ukraine.

Russia

Russia adds protest monitoring group and 22 individuals to blacklist

OVD-Info joins the Mediazona website and the human-rights project Zona Prava on Russia's blacklist of critical media organisations.

Russia

Russian party sues, claiming online voting in Moscow was rigged

Members of Russia’s Communist Party allege the vote was rigged after their defeat in races in the Russian capital.

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Russia

Russia opens new extremism probe against Navalny and his allies

Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his closest allies.

My Europe Series

Are Champions League debutants a Russian soft power project?

Sheriff Tiraspol is up against the might of Real Madrid on Tuesday.

Hungary

Ukraine anger as Hungary signs gas supply deal with Russia's Gazprom

Kyiv said the deal was a "purely political, economically unreasonable decision" that was taken "to the detriment of Ukraine's national interests and Ukrainian-Hungarian relations".

Europe News

Moldovan reforms will be for voters, not EU, says country's new PM

Natalia Gavrilița also told Euronews that she intends to make the country's economy more attractive to foreign investors.

Europe News

EU threatens sanctions on Russia over 'malicious cyber activities'

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that a Russian hacker outfit called "Ghostwriter" had threatened the bloc's security.

Tech News

Navalny blasts 'cowardly' Google and Apple for removing election app

"The giants Apple and Google have complied with the Kremlin's demands and removed our app," he said, according to comments on his social media.

Russia

Russia record as daily deaths from COVID-19 hit new high

Russia has the highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe.

Russia

Kremlin critics join forces to challenge e-voting in Duma election

The newly formed coalition plans to organise nationwide protests against the election's outcome and file lawsuits to contest the results.

Russia

Six people killed after plane crashes in Russia's Far East

The aircraft went missing near the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East on Wednesday, authorities said.

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Russians gather to mourn victims of campus shooting spree

Russians gather outside a university in the city of Perm after a student opened fire on campus, killing six people and wounding dozens.

United Kingdom

Russia 'was responsible' for murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko

Litvinenko died in 2006 after being poisoned with Polonium-210, a highly radioactive substance.

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Artist marks 200th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky's birth with giant portrait

A land artist in northern Italy has created a giant image of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky to mark the 200 year anniversary of his birth.

Russia

Six dead and dozens injured after shooting at university in Russia

The suspected gunman, an 18-year-old student, has been arrested.

Tech News

Russia election: What is the now-scrapped Smart Voting app?

Jailed Russian opposition leader came up with the idea of a Smart Voting app.

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Russians voters express their views

Russians vote in a three-day parliamentary election in which most vocal Kremlin critics have been barred from running following a historic crackdown on the opposition.

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Baby killer whale rescued in Russia's Far East

A baby killer whale that had been stranded in Russia's Far East, was rescued, footage from Russian State TV RU-RTR showed. The rescue took place in the Magadan region, after the killer whale was left stranded when a low tide occurred in the Gertner Bay.