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US: What's next for the Robert Mueller probe?

Protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be one of the main issues discussed at the US Congress held today at a post-election session.

Russia

Watch: Putin's warm thumbs-up to Trump at Paris commemorations

This is the moment Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his US counterpart Donald Trump a warm thumbs-up gesture in Paris.

World News

Austrian military officer accused of spying for Moscow

Allegations that one of its senior military officers spied for the Kremlin prompts Austria's foreign minister to cancel a planned trip to Russia

World News

Euroviews. Russia has been quiet — but it may still have a trick up its sleeve

Even in a highly distributed election such as the midterms, attacking the certainty Americans have in democracy is still possible.

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World

Russian Nationalist Protests on Unity Day

Protests have taken place across Russia calling for an end to extremism laws and a reduction in immigration. In Northern Moscow, around 200 people joined the march for Russia’s national unity day.

World

Macron, Merkel, Putin and Erdogan holding hands — an unlikely photo

You could say the leaders' body language spoke volumes in a photograph after a summit on Syria

Syria

Syria summit: The "return of refugees must be voluntary"

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says a constitutional committee for Syria should be formed as soon as possible. It comes after a four-way summit on Syria in Istanbul together with Germany's Angela Merkel, France's Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Russia

Taking the peace: Putin mocks US over plan to quit weapons treaty

“It looks like your eagle has eaten all the olives and has left only the arrows,” Putin joked, comparing current US policy to the symbols on the country's coat of arms.

Russia

Putin's nuclear war comment sparks morbid stunt

Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russian victims of a foreign nuclear strike would go to heaven as martyrs has sparked a bizarre stunt in an aptly-named Russian city.

Russia

Putin wants to continue treaty talks with Trump in November

Putin wants to continue treaty talks with Trump in November

Russia

US National Security Advisor warns Russia 'Don't mess with elections'

US National Security Adviser John Bolton addressed reporters following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid talks that the US could pull out of a Cold War-era arms-control treaty.

World

Russia slams US plan to withdraw from nuclear treaty

Supporters say it sends a strong message to Russia. Critics say it tears up a landmark arms control treaty.

World

People are still reeling from attack on college in Kerch

In Crimea, people are still reeling from a gun and bomb attack on a technical college in Kerch, which claimed the lives of 20 people.

Russia

Putin blames 'globalisation' for Crimea school shooting

The Russian President also linked the rampage, in which at least 20 people were killed, to US school shootings.

Russia

Watch: Putin powers around F1 circuit in latest manly pursuit

Vladimir Putin took a Russian-made luxury car for a spin around a F1 track in his latest testosterone-charged photo opportunity.

World

Medvedev slams EU's "hasty decisions" on Russia sanctions

The latest edition of Global Conversation has an exclusive interview with Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev.

Russia

Navalny released after 20 days in jail

Navalny released after 20 days in jail

World

Second Skripal poisoning suspect was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014: Bellingcat

Alexander Mishkin, the second man accused of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014, said investigative group Bellingcat.

United Kingdom

Real identity of second Russian linked to Skripal poisoning revealed by Bellingcat

The second Russian who Britain says was responsible for the poisoning of former double-agent. Sergei Skripal was a military doctor for Russia's GRU military intelligence unit, investigative website Bellingcat said on Monday.

Slovakia

Russian biker gang stirs controversy and divide in Slovakia

A small village in Slovakia has seen a massive influx of people over the past couple of months. It followed the arrival of the Night Wolves — an infamous Russian motorbike gang with ties to President Vladimir Putin — who opened their European headquarters on a nearby pig farm.

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president since 2000 (with a break as prime minister from 2008 to 2012), has shaped the country’s politics and global influence. From the war in Ukraine to political repression, stay informed on his policies and their impact.