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Child pornography claims see photo exhibit closed in Moscow

An exhibition by a US photographer has been shut down in Moscow amid claims it was showing child pornography.

Syria

Russia slams US rhetoric for rising tensions over Aleppo

The Syrian military announced a new offensive against the city of Aleppo on Monday .

World News

New Russian military base 100km from Ukraine 'almost ready'

Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.

Russia

Child porn row shuts down US photographer's Moscow show

An exhibition in Moscow by a well-known US photographer, Jock Sturges, has closed following a protest over alleged depictions of naked children.

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Syria

Russia accused at UN of 'barbarism' and 'war crimes' in Syria

There was a bitter war of words on Sunday at a specially-convened meeting of the UN Security Council over Syria – as diplomatic efforts to broker peace give way to…

Sport

Canada leave it late to beat Russia and take World Hockey Cup final place

Canada versus Russia is always a titanic clash in ice hockey, and it was the match everyone was waiting for at the World Cup of Hockey.

Syria

American-Russian Syrian diplomacy gets bogged down as bombs fall on Aleppo

Russia and the United States continue their stumbling diplomacy over Syria on the margins of the UN General Assembly, with little sign of progress.

Syria

Russian aid reaches Aleppo

Following heavy airstrikes, which killed 90 people, reportedly involving Russian jets, Russian humanitarian aid is being distributed in parts of Aleppo.

Sport

Golden days for the French judoka at the Grand Prix in Zagreb

First day of competition from the Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb saw five finals.

Sport

Russia set up semi with hosts Canada in the Ice Hockey World Cup

Russia advanced into the semi final of the Ice Hockey World Cup in Toronto with a clinical victory over Finland.

Russia

Russian 'Mowgli' survives 3 days in Siberian wilderness

A Russian toddler who went missing in the Siberian taiga forest was found three days later alive and well.

Russia

Russia: eight firefighters die in Moscow warehouse fire

Eight firefighters have been killed in a major fire in Moscow, according to Russia’s Emergencies Ministry.

Business Line

OPEC and other oil producers tentatively inch towards a production freeze

In this edition of Business Line we look at the chances of OPEC and non-member producers, including Russia, reaching an agreement on limiting oil production.

Syria

Claim and counterclaim as US and Russia row over destroyed aid convoy

The short lived truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia is in tatters after a UN aid convoy was destroyed.

Syria

US accuses Russia of air strike on Syria aid convoy

The Obama administration has accused Russian forces of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy, which shattered the fragile peace agreement in Syria.

Sport

Russia puts Team North America to the sword

Russia bounced back from their opening defeat to Sweden by downing Team North America 4-3 in their second group B encounter of the the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

World

United Russia claims majority in state Duma

Natalia Marshalkovich: "How should we interpret the results of the Russian general election? We are joined from Paris by Tatiana Stanovaya from the Centre for Political Technologies.

Russia

Russian election: Putin's party wins absolute majority

President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is on track to take more than three-quarters of the 450 seats following this weekend’s parliamentary elections.

Russia

United Russia Party's victory clears way for Putin's 4th term

Putin’s, United Russia party’s landslide victory in this weekend’s parliamentary elections, where they were on track to increase their majority to 76 percent, gives Vladimir Putin a clear run at a fou

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Kyiv: protesters block entrance to Russian embassy

Dozens of protesters gathered around the Russian embassy in Kyiv on Sunday, where a polling station for Russia’s parliamentary elections was set up.