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Russia arrests man on suspicion of murdering 26 elderly women in Volga

Russia's Investigative Committee says they have arrested a man who is "currently confessing" to the murders between 2011 and 2012.

Ukraine

Soup-erpower? How Borscht is causing a spat between Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian chef is fighting to get Borscht recognised as part of his country's cultural heritage.

Belgium

Target 'criminals' around Putin with sanctions, Navalny urges Europe

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says EU measures against Russian officials will only be taken seriously when they target oligarchs with close links to the Kremlin

Russia

Russia accuses US Navy of violating territorial waters

The US Navy has denied wrongdoing and says Russia's statement is "false".

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Russia says its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19

Just in: Russia says trials have shown its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19

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Vladivostok left draped in ice after freak storms

Freak ice storms following an abnormal weather phenomenon have left 150,000 people without water and electricity in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok and prompted a state of emergency.

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Ice storms in Russia's far east prompts state of emergency

Freezing rain began pummelling Vladivostok overnight Thursday after a cyclone carrying hot air met an anticyclone carrying cold air.

Russia

Duma backs bill protecting Putin and family from prosecution

The bill would mean presidents who were no longer in office and members of their family "cannot be brought to criminal or administrative responsibility, as well as detained, arrested, subjected to a search, interrogation, or body search."

Moldova

Moldova: Sandu is president, but the battle for power has only begun

As president, Maia Sandu has few powers which remain at the hand of the country's pro-Russian Socialist party.

Moldova

Moldovan president-elect Sandu will push for parlimentary elections

Sandu faced President Igor Dodon in the second round of the country's presidential election. She told Euronews that parliament has to change and is still corrupt.

Armenia

Azerbaijan agrees to extend deadline for Armenian forces to leave

Azerbaijan agrees to give Armenian forces more time to leave part of territory ceded in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal

My Europe Series

Moldova votes: Will pro-EU candidate Sandu oust Putin's pick Dodon?

Sunday's presidential election has been interpreted as a referendum on the direction of Europe's poorest country, with Dodon representing closer links with Russia and Sandu with the EU.

Russia

Russia alleges Navalny could have been poisoned on plane to Germany

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has suggested that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could have been poisoned on the medical plane to Germany.

Russia

Russian Foreign Minister says drones will be used to monitor truce

Russia and Turkey sign a deal on creating a joint centre for monitoring the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire.

World News

Hundreds of Armenian protesters decry new Nagorno-Karabakh deal

Soon after the announcement, thousands of people streamed to the main square in the Armenian capital of Yerevan to protest the agreement, many shouting “We won't give up our land!” Some of them broke into the main government building, saying they were searching for Pashinian.

Armenia

Two soldiers die after Russian helicopter 'shot down in Armenia'

Russia said Monday that one of its military helicopters was shot down in Armenia, near the border with Azerbaijan, killing two servicemen.

Russia

Russian authorities raid the offices of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

While Alexei Navalny remains in Germany recovering from a near-fatal poisoning in August, Russian officials search his offices in Moscow.

Russia

US Election: Analysts say 'chaos' would be the best outcome for Russia

Relations between the US and Russia have steadily declined since Trump took office, and the country will not overwhelmingly express support for him as it did in 2016.

Georgia

Euroviews. Georgia’s potential at risk because of creeping Russian influence and private interests ǀ View

With elections looming at the weekend, Georgia's political and economic progress to date could be at the stake as it comes under increasing pressure from private interests and malign Russian influence.

Sweden

Sweden to boost military spending amid growing tension with Russia

Russia's been accused by Sweden of entering its airspace and territorial waters without permission.