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France win Moscow Grand Prix Sabre

France's Charlotte Lembach won the Moscow Grand Prix Sabre on Sunday, beating the world number two, Hungarian Anna Marton, by 15 hits to 10.

Sport

Italy get fencing gold in Moscow Grand Prix

Italy's Luca Curatoli took the men's title on day two of the final International Fencing Federation Sabre Grand Prix event of the season in Moscow.

Russia

Vladimir Putin: election hackers could be American

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hackers could be from "anywhere", even America

Russia

Putin put on the spot over Russia and Trump

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My Europe Series

Refurbished nuclear shelters and volunteer armies: EU faces Russian threat

The Insiders team takes an in-depth look at European defence and security in the face of cyber warfare, Russian interventionism and Donald Trump's luke warm support of NATO.

My Europe Series

Insiders: European defence

European defence expert Sven Biscop outlines the threats to European interests, explores what the future might hold for old alliances and what this means for our defence policies.

Syria

Russian war vessels launch missiles at ISIL targets in Palmyra

Czech Republic

Russian hacker to be extradited

Russia

Moscow court hears Usmanov v Navalny defamation case

Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov is suing Alexei Navalny over the activist's investigation into Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wealth.

France

Vladimir Putin shows little appreciation of Emmanuel Macron's speech

Russia

Violent storm in Moscow kills 11

At least 11 people were believed to have been killed and scores injured as a freak storm swept through Moscow on Monday.

France

Macron and Putin vow to work together despite disagreements

French and Russian leaders say "frank exchange" exposed common ground over difficult issues like Syria

My Europe Series

Gotland: Western sentinel in the Baltic sea

It's also ranked as a top tourist destination for its Viking Age charm... But right now this Swedish island close to Russia is beefing up its military forces and ties with NATO.

My Europe Series

Divisions of Poland's new defence strategy

Since Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent fighting in Eastern Ukraine, neighbouring Poland has become nervous.

Russia

'Hands off our homes': Moscow rally for Soviet-era buildings

USA

Kushner 'sought secret Kremlin communications channel' - US media

Cinema

'Loveless': eerie Russian parable of a broken society

This thriller by Andrey Zvyangintsev, competing for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, delivers a scathing critique of modern-day Russia.

USA

Kushner under the FBI microscope

Economy

OPEC extends oil production cut

World News

Europe ups defence spending for first time in seven years

Europe’s spending on defence has edged up for the first time in seven years, new figures have revealed, amid fears of Russian aggression in the Baltics.