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Russia enforces stricter currency exchange rules

Russia has put into force measures to keep a closer eye on exchanges from rubles to foreign currency. The Russian Central Bank has decreed that

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Russia and Qatar agree on way forward to resolve conflict in Syria

Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah said on Friday he opposed the creation of lists of opposition before peace talks on Syria. “We are against

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Ukraine retaliates to end free trade with Russia with own embargo

Following Russia’s ban on Ukrainian free trade in an escalation of Moscow’s squeezing of the barely-functioning economy, the Ukrainian parliament has

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The 'forced' marriage that highlights Russia’s repressive new law

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Russia

Russia issues banknote dedicated to Crimea

Russia has issued a new banknote dedicated to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed last year. It is a move that is certain to anger Kyiv, which

Syria

Russia rejects human rights report which accuses it of possible war crimes in Syria

Defence officials in Moscow are dismissing an Amnesty International report on Russian strikes in Syria – saying it’s based on unfounded allegations

Sport

Russia's sports minister Mutko denies doping cover-ups

Russia’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko has defended his country’s anti-doping practices, strongly denying it had anything to do with the covering-up

Syria

Amnesty International accuses Russia of Syrian war crimes

Amnesty International is accusing Russia of war crimes for its attacks in Syria. The NGO says airstrikes have cost hundreds of civilian lives and

Turkey

Turkish pro-Kurd politician criticises Ankara during Russia visit

Russia says it is ready to work closely with ethnic Kurds to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State. It came as Selahattin Demirtas, leader of a

Russia

Khodorkovsky: international arrest warrant issued

Déjà vu for the former energy tycoon?

Syria

Syria: Amnesty says 200 civilians die in Russian air strikes

Group condemns Russia's "shameful failure"

Russia

Police search offices of Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Russian police have raided the offices of the pro-democracy movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, less than two weeks after he was

Russia

Russia to hit Ukraine with food embargo over new free trade deal with EU

Russia says a ban on Western food products will also apply to Ukraine from the start of next year when a free trade agreement comes into force

Russia

SU-24 data recorders "unreadable"

Inquiry could take a "long time"

Russia

Cargo vehicle launches on a Soyuz rocket to the ISS

An unpiloted version of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft known as the ISS Progress 62 cargo resupply vehicle blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

Economy

Brent crude oil price falls to 11-year low

Brent crude fell to its lowest price for more than 11 years on Monday, plunging to $36.05 a barrel before recovering slightly. It came as the global

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Homes flattened in Volgograd gas blast

A gas explosion rips through an apartment block in the Russian city of Volgograd, injuring at least eight occupants. Ten people, including three

Syria

Scores killed, over a hundred injured as air strikes target rebel-held city in northwest Syria

Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russia have reportedly killed scores of people and injured many more in the rebel-held city of Idlib

Russia

Russia open to cooperation with Europe

President Vladimir Putin says he is ready and willing to cooperate with Europe and other countries on matters of security, economy and politics. He

Russia

Explosion devastates Russian apartment building

An explosion blamed on gas has devastated an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. The blast, which occured around midday on