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It has been a dramatic seven days in Europe and beyond, involving political clashes, international incidents and moving ceremonies. Here are some of our highlights and lowlights of the week.

Russia

Watch: Russia test launches new 'Satan' intercontinental ballistic missile

Moscow has released video of its latest Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile - dubbed 'Satan' by NATO - being test launched.

Russia

Families of Kemerovo fire victims demand answers from officials

Protesters call for the authorities to be held to account for the fire that killed at least 64 people, most of them children

Russia

Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats

Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats.

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Russia

Football: racist chants directed at French players in Russia

Racist chants directed at two French football players were allegedly heard during a friendly between France and Russia in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.

Russia

Grief and protest in Russia over fire that killed tens of children

Mourners chanted 'Putin resign' in towns including Moscow as mounting anger grows over a fire in a leisure complex, which investigators say had faulty fire alarms and blocked doors.

World

EU-Russia: A Cold War brewing?

As EU countries and the US expel Russian diplomats, and with Moscow saying it will respond, where do relations go from here?

Moldova

Moldovans riled by ‘undemocratic’ ban on ‘Russian propaganda’

Moldova's government has banned Russian news and political broadcast, but it seems there is little appetite for such a drastic measure among the public. Many plan to go online instead.

Russia

Widespread support for UK as around 100 Russian diplomats are expelled

Over twenty countries have expelled a total of around a hundred Russian diplomats in a show of support for the UK. It is said to be the largest number of expulsions ever.

Russia

Euroviews. The West must cut Russia's financial roots | View

Western coordinated action against Russia has been taken to a new level, now it's time to follow the money, writes the Atlantic Council's Anders Åslund.

World News

'Orange snow' transforms ski slopes in Eastern Europe into Mars

A blanket of orange-tinted snow transformed ski slopes in Eastern Europe, including Romania and Russia, so that they looked like the red planet.

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Half-finished TV tower demolished in Russia

It was once the world's tallest abandoned building, now it is no more.

United Kingdom

Research laboratory denies making nerve agent used in Salisbury spy po

Porton Down said the laboratory had the “highest levels” of controls and security.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: UK-Russia war of words hits fever pitch

World News

EU agrees to recall bloc’s envoy to Moscow for consultations

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been asking other nations to match her decision to expel Russians over the attack

United Kingdom

Police officer discharged from hospital after Salisbury nerve agent at

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey said “normal life for me will probably never be the same.”

World News

May seeks EU support for UK over 'pattern of Russian aggression'

European Union leaders are meeting for a two-day summit in Brussels, where British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Russia poses a threat to the whole bloc.

Russia

Euroviews. Is the West too soft on Putin? | View

A gloves-off approach to the Russian leader might be what Europe and its allies need to defend Western values and interests, writes the Centre for European Reform's Ian Bond.

United Kingdom

Russian diplomats leave UK amid spy poisoning crisis

Some 23 Russians and their families departed the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday. They were expelled after the UK blamed Moscow for the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

United Kingdom

Car recovered in Skripal poisoning case

Police have recovered a car near Salisbury in the UK. The vehicle is thought to have been used to collect poisoning victim Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia from the airport on 3 March.