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Crimea's Tatars yearn for homeland one year after Russian annexation

Before the arrival of Imperial Russian troops in Crimea in 1783, Bakhchisarai was the capital of a Tatar kingdom. Today’s tense mood, one year after

Europe News

NATO holds naval exercises in the Black Sea

NATO has held a series of naval exercises in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast, ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia’ annexation of Crimea

Poland

Frenchman tries to smuggle Russian wife into EU in suitcase

A Frenchman has tried to smuggle his Russian wife across Poland’s border in a suitcase. The couple was travelling in a train from Moscow to Nice with

Ukraine

Poroshenko: EU should threaten Russia with more sanctions over Ukraine

The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said he agrees with the German Chancellor that there’s no alternative to the Minsk ceasefire agreement

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Sport

Rigin outclasses Massialas in Cuba

Russia’s Dmitry Rigin kept his composure to edge out Alexander Massialas and clinch the men’s foil Grand Prix in Havana on Sunday. The 29-year-old

Russia

Putin is back! Russia leader reappears, laughing off rumours about long absence

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has made his first public appearance since March 5 and laughed off speculation about his extended absence, saying “things

Russia

Moscow flames at Novodevichy Convent spark false rumours of Kremlin fire

Fire broke out in scaffolding surrounding the Novodevichy Convent, lighting up the Moscow night sky. The site is a popular tourist attraction and one of the Russian capital's historical and architectu

Russia

Putin says he was ready to put Russian troops on nuclear alert over Crimea

As rumours circulate over the whereabouts of President Vladimir Putin who has not been seen in public since last week , Russian state-run television

Russia

Russian writer Valentin Rasputin dies

Ukraine

People of Mariupol make chain of hope and call for peace

Protesters formed a human chain around the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday to demonstrate against what they called

Ukraine

Deadline looms for Kyiv's decision for special status regions in east Ukraine

Separatists in the east of Ukraine are threatening to breach the ceasefire if Kyiv fails to adopt measures giving the break-away regions special status.

Russia

Putin is not ill. He's at his country residence, says Russian TV

Russian state television has aired footage it says shows President Vladimir Putin at his country residence in Novo-Ogaryovo on Friday. It shows the

My Europe Series

Shelling or shelter: the impossible choice facing battle-weary Ukrainians

In war-ravaged areas of east Ukraine people face not only incredible hardship but also a torturous dilemma: to flee or to stay. While no one wants to

Russia

Russia: Kremlin dismisses rumours over Putin's health

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in good health, according to the Kremlin – dismissing rumours that the leader is suffering from an illness. The

Hungary

Confusion over Hungary's nuclear deal with Russia

Confusion reigns over the fate of Hungary’s nuclear deal with Russia, with reports from British newspaper the Financial Times that the EU has blocked

Russia

Russia: Five dead and up to 25 missing in shopping centre blaze

A fire at a shopping centre in Russia has killed at least 5 people, with up to 25 more feared trapped under the rubble. But as emergency crews

Europe News

MEPs urge Russia to start 'independent' probe of Nemtsov murder

MEPs on Wednesday called on Russia to carry out an independent investigation into the murder of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Parliamentarians

Russia

NATO boosting tangible support for members fearful of Russia

American Stryker armoured fighting vehicles rolled alongside the Estonian Army on the Baltic republic’s Independence Day, Feb. 24th. In the city of

Russia

NATO reinforces Baltic presence as tensions rise with Russia

Hundreds of US armoured vehicles have been arriving in Latvia, with thousands of troops to follow. The deployment comes amid efforts to reassure

Ukraine

Ukraine: 'Dogs ate bodies' as locals struggled to bury the dead in Debaltseve

The agreement struck in Minsk for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine did little to stop the fierce fighting in Debaltseve. Situated on a railway