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Watch: Russian National Orchestra performs Four Seasons of Manhattan

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Watch the Russian National Opera perform Alexey Shor's Four Seasons of Manhattan with solo pianist Sergei Dogadin and Mikhail Pletnev as conductor.

Netherlands

MH17 investigators appeal to Russians for help over missile

The international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has appealed to Russian citizens for information.

Belarus

Belarus to receive large batch of weapons from Russia, says Lukashenko

President Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus will soon receive dozens of combat jets, helicopters, and air defense missile systems from Russia.

Cult

Watch: Russian National Orchestra performs Shor's Travel Notebook

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Watch Gergely Madaras and the Russian National Orchestra perform Shor's Travel Notebook live at the InClassica International Music Festival 2021.

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Russia

Russia failed to investigate activist's murder, says European court

The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for "failing to properly investigate" the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

Russia

Putin approves €170 bonus for police and military ahead of election

Critics say the move is designed to encourage the military to vote for Putin's ruling United Russia party ahead of next month's parliamentary election.

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Rare and expensive cars on show at festival in Russia

The annual "Autoculture" festival has taken place at the Museum-Estate "Arkhangelskoye" in Moscow region.

Norway

'Don't urinate towards Russia' sign appears at border with Norway

Written in English, the new sign orders people "no peeing towards Russia" or they will face a hefty fine.

Russia

Russia fines Booking.com record €14.9m for alleged market dominance

Russia's regulators said Booking.com had abused its market dominance by preventing hotels from offering lower prices on other services.

My Europe Series

Why has it taken Moldova so long to shake off its Soviet legacy?

It's exactly 30 years since Moldova declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Italy

Italy wants to host an emergency G20 meeting on Afghan crisis

Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the G20, has proposed an extraordinary G20 summit on Afghanistan to be held in Rome in September.

Russia

Russian wildfires have spread to central regions, warn officials

Authorities were fighting 15 wildfires in the Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the Russian emergencies ministry said.

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Russia: Firefighters trapped in fire manage to escape from forest.

Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry got surrounded by flames in the middle of the forest on the border with the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Ukraine

Ukraine 'has very significant international support' over Crimea

It comes as Ukraine marked 30 years since it decided to leave the Soviet Union.

Ukraine

Ukraine celebrates 30 years of independence amid tensions with Russia

On Tuesday Ukraine marks 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union, amid tense relations with Russia. Watch the parade once again in the media player.

Ukraine

‘Crimea is Ukraine’: Zelenskyy opens inaugural Crimea summit

Representatives of 46 nations and blocs attended the first international summit on the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, a summit dismissed as an “anti-Russian event” by the Kremlin.

Russia

Russia arrests Ukrainian on suspicion of trying to steal state secrets

The individual is alleged to have been collecting secret information about "the latest weapons and their secret technical documentation".

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Street art festival turns Russian city into open-air art gallery

In Russia, east of the Ural mountains, the city of Yekaterinburg turns into an open-air art gallery. The annual street art festival brings in local and international artists and volunteers from all over Russia.

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Russian National Flag Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the official ceremony of hoisting the national flag in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, which marks the National Flag Day.

Russia

Navalny demands West crackdown on corruption on poisoning anniversary

From his prison cell, where he is spending the first anniversary of his poisoning, Navalny wrote that corruption is "almost invariably one of the main causes of the global challenges that face the west".