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Post-invasion fashion: Moscow's old Zara store opens its doors as Maag

A Lebanese clothing brand called Maag has taken over a flagship store site in Moscow that had been vacated by Spanish brand Zara when it ceased operations in Russia. Zara, and other brands owned by the same company, sold their shop sites to a Russian business after withdrawing from the country.

28/04/2023

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EU 'becoming militarised', claims Russian FM

Russia's top diplomat said there is now "very little difference" between the EU and NATO.

26/04/2023

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Europe pays tribute to Kremlin critics

The Council of Europe paid tribute on Monday to Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and to other Russian and Belarusian political prisoners.

24/04/2023

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Volunteers from Ukraine’s Spartan assault brigade are training hard

As rumours of a counter-offensive grow, recruits to Ukraine's National Guard are training near Kharkiv, practising the skills they'll need to win, but also to protect themselves in the line of fire.

23/04/2023

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More explosives found after Russia bombed its own city

Seventeen apartment buildings in Belgorod were cleared by an unexploded bomb alert on Saturday as engineers cleared an area accidentally bombed by one of its own planes this week.

22/04/2023

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Russian court decides anti-war schoolgirl can remain with her family

A court in Russia has ruled that a teenage girl who drew an anti-war picture can stay with her family

21/04/2023

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Russia accidentally bombs its own city Belgorod injuring three people

Moscow admits one of its warplanes accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod injuring at least three people and damaging residential buildings

21/04/2023

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Russia scrubs Kyiv and Ukraine from school textbooks, reports

Some Russian textbooks have allegedly removed references to Kyiv and Ukraine, with analysts claiming Moscow is "rewriting history".

20/04/2023

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Putin's ghost ships spying on critical infrastructure 'in case of war'

Investigative journalists in the Nordic region have used data to map the Kremlin's spy efforts against wind farms, oil installations, and undersea cables.

19/04/2023

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Ilya Yashin loses court appeal against eight-and-a-half year sentence

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.

19/04/2023

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Russian FM wants union against Western 'blackmail'

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was necessary to "join forces" against the West, while on a Latin America tour.

19/04/2023

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'I shot a 5-year-old': Ex-Wagner soldiers admit to killing children

During the hourlong confessions, ex-Wagner commanders recounted details of killings around Bakhmut and Soledar.

19/04/2023

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'Crude interference': Russia summons US, UK and Canadian ambassadors

Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the US, UK and Canadian ambassadors over “crude interference in Russia's internal affairs” after they attended a court hearing.

18/04/2023

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US reporter to stay in jail after Russian court rejects appeal

A Moscow court leaves unchanged earlier decision to arrest Wall Street Journal's employee Evan Gershkovich, rejecting his appeal.

18/04/2023

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Could Wagner boss Prigozhin become Russia's next president?

Analysts say Prigozhin might - or might not - want Russia's top job: but describe him as entrepreneurial, opportunistic and ruthless.

18/04/2023

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Could the Russian economy thrive despite Western sanctions?

The European Union is already preparing its 11th package of sanctions against Russia. So will Russia be able to compensate for the ties that have been cut with the West through reinforced ties with other countries?

17/04/2023

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WATCH: Russian village prepares to celebrate Orthodox Easter

"Right now the people of both Russia and Ukraine are in need of compassion," said Andrey Lobaschinsky, the Archpriest of the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary in Karizha.

17/04/2023

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Kremlin critic Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison

Vladimir Kara-Murza has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

17/04/2023

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Volcanic eruptions: What are the risks to aircraft?

Volcanic ash clouds pose a serious threat to aviation. But why exactly are they so dangerous? What can be done to avoid incidents in the future?

17/04/2023

Culture news

The purr-fect crime: Police detain woman smuggling drugs and a kitten

After detaining a "mother" whose "child" aroused suspicion in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil, police instead discovered a kitten dressed in baby clothes and a diaper, stuffed away with five packs of powdered methylephedrine, a prohibited stimulant.

14/04/2023

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Euroviews. When Russia calls others 'Nazis', it should be looking at itself

The Kremlin's need to justify the war grew to embrace the most radical voices, including those peddling Nazi creed, as its ideologues became hell-bent on normalising the aggression, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

13/04/2023

Travel News

Will Russia’s Shiveluch volcano eruption impact flights?

What travellers need to know about this Shiveluch volcano eruption in Russia.

12/04/2023

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Russia clamps down on draft dodgers with new bill

Under the new proposals, the summons will be sent electronically to a potential draftee's personal account on the main government portal.

12/04/2023

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Wagner boss trying to 'seize control' of Russian political party

The leader of 'A Just Russia' party has called Wagner a "heroic military formation".

11/04/2023

Tech News

Russia mulls lifting Twitter ban after Musk reinstates Kremlin account

Russia is considering lifting its ban on Twitter after the social media network reinstated access to accounts of Russian state agencies.

10/04/2023

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Hundreds mourn assassinated Russian propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky

Hundreds of Muscovites came to the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in the Russian capital on Saturday to pay their last respects to nationalist blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, born Maxim Fomin.

08/04/2023