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Russia stripped of Beijing Olympic relay gold for doping

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Moscow: wakeboarders take to the streets following torrential rain

Russian wakeboard riders seized an opportunity to show off their skills in Moscow after water flooded the city streets following torrential rain on Monday.

Syria

Russia changes tactics and uses an Iranian base to launch airstrikes inside Syria

Russian military jets have taken off from an Iranian airbase to launch strikes at Syrian targets in a move which will cut flight times and increase bombing payloads.

Syria

War in Syria: Russia uses Iran airbase for the first time

Russian military jets have taken off from a base in Iran, targeting ISIL fighters and other militant groups in Syria.

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Syria

Russia raises prospect of joint military action with US in Aleppo

Syrian troops have repelled a rebel advance near Aleppo forcing opposition forces to retreat from positions they seized a day earlier.

Sport

Rio Olympics: Cavendish claims Omnium silver behind winner Viviani

Italy’s Elia Viviani recovered from a mid race crash in the final points race to win the men’s Omnium title.

Sport

Pole vaulter Isinbayeva arrives in Rio to compete in IOC commission election

Russia’s two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva arrived in Rio on Monday not to compete in the Games but to compete for a post on the 12-member International Olympic committee Athletes

Russia

Moscow sees 'worst rains in 130 years'

Monday saw nearly half of the monthly rainfall in just 24 hours.

Russia

Russia and Germany hold talks on Crimea tensions

Amid rising tensions over Crimea, Germany and Russia’s top diplomats have held talks in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

Brazil

Russia's only athlete cleared to compete in Olympics

Long jumper Darya Klishina will compete at the Rio Olympics after her ban from the Games was struck down by sport's highest court on the eve of the event.

World News

Fighting in Syria intensifies as rebels and regime forces battle for Aleppo

There has been heavy fighting in Aleppo as Syrian government forces and rebels battle for control of the city.

Russia

Russia's only athletics competitor suspended from Rio Olympics

World News

Russia's sole athletics competitor suspended from Olympics

There’s been another twist in the Russian doping saga, with long jumper Darya Klishina barred from competing at the Olympics.

Ukraine

No significant increase in Eastern Ukraine clashes despite Crimea tension

Despite high tensions over Crimea, Ukraine has said there has been no significant increase in clashes with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.

Russia

Russian navy holds an exercise in the Black Sea

Preparation or provocation? Ukraine says the presence of Moscow's troops in the area may reflect some "very bad intentions".

Syria

London schoolgirl who joined ISIL killed in Syria

Kadiza Sultana, 17, was one of three British schoolgirls who left London last year to join ISIL.

Ukraine

Crimea: the disputed region fueling tensions between Moscow and Kyiv

Russia's 2014 annexation of the strategic peninsula of Crimea is at the centre of renewed tensions between Moscow and Kyiv.

Sport

Cherchesov takes over Russian national football side

The Russians have decided the national football team needs a new direction and has appointed Stanislav Cherchesov as manager.

Russia

Amid boos and jeers, Russia athletes reject doping stigma

Russian athletes have been speaking out against the reaction following accusations of "state-sponsored doping" as they are booed and jeered at the Rio Olympics.

Ukraine

Ukraine puts border troops on full alert

Tension is high in the region as Kyiv dismisses Moscow's claims of armed incursions into the contested Crimean peninsula.