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More than 3,000 arrested in Russia at huge protests for Alexei Navalny

Thousands of people have gathered in various cities across Russia to demand the release of Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic.

Sport

Russian city of Kazan to host 2022 Special Winter Olympics

The Russian city is able to host the event despite the country's ban from all major sporting events over a doping scandal, as Special Olympics International is not a signatory of the World Anti Doping Code.

Russia

Russia orders TikTok to restrict calls for Alexei Navalny protests

Russia had ordered TikTok and other social networks to restrict online calls for nationwide protests in support of detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Albania

Albania expels Russian diplomat for violating pandemic measures

Albanian Foreign Ministry says the diplomat had "continued to violate measures to protect against the pandemic".

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Russia

Russia rebuffs calls to release detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

The opposition figure returned to Russia on Sunday five months after he arrived for treatment and convalescence in Germany for nerve agent poisoning.

Russia

Russia expels two Dutch diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia's Foreign Ministry says that two Dutch diplomats will be expelled from the country in retaliation for a similar measure taken by the Netherlands in December.

Russia

Navalny 'not cut from the same cloth' as other politicians in the West

"Alexei Navalny's ideas and hopes for his country come before his own personal ambitions and safety," Red Notice author Bill Browder told Euronews.

Russia

What happened in the moments before Alexei Navalny's arrest in Russia?

Euronews correspondent Galina Polonskaya was on the plane with opposition leader Alexei Navalny before he was detained on arrival at a Moscow airport. "I felt like he knew what was going to happen," she said.

Russia

Families of Soviet Gulag prisoners still waiting for compensation

The families victims who suffered Stalinist repression are still waiting for compensation 30 years after the collapse of the former Soviet Union

Travel News

Russian revelations: Art and pizza in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is known for its deep-rooted history and palatial architecture - but what about pizza? Anthony Grant tells us more.

Ukraine

ECHR 'partly' allows Ukraine's rights violation suit against Russia

The case concerns Ukraine’s allegations of a pattern of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation in Crimea.

Russia

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will return to Russia on January 17

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will return to Russia on January 17

Russia

One child among eight people killed in Russian residential block fire

Russia has launched a criminal investigation after eight people, including a child, were killed in a fire at a nine-story apartment building in Yekaterinburg.

Russia

Three dead, six missing after avalanche at Russian Arctic ski resort

The four found so far are believed to be the ski lift director and his family. There are six others still missing.

USA

Russia likely behind huge hack on US government, say security services

Officials say the hackers appeared to want to gather intelligence rather than cause disruption.

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Russians brave an icy dip in Siberia's Lake Baikal ahead of new year

The swimmers run several kilometres through a snowy forest in swimsuits and festive costumes before plunging into the world’s largest freshwater lake.

Russia

Russia announces new retaliatory travel sanctions on UK nationals

Russia says it has expanded the number of British nationals barred from entering the country in response to "unacceptable and unfounded'' UK sanctions over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

World News

Belarus and Bulgaria rocked by anti-government protests

A look back at the protests that shook the former Soviet nations this year.

Russia

Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on senior German officials

The move comes after the EU sanctioned Russian military intelligence officials in October, accusing them of hacking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015.

Russia

Russia admits COVID-19 death toll is more than triple official numbers

Official figures from the Russian health authority say 55,265 people have died from COVID-19; however, the statistics agency has said this figure is more than three times higher.