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Typhoon Goni strikes Russia's east coast

Russia’s far-eastern maritime territory has been hit by a super-powerful Typhoon Goni. Strong winds and lashing rain began pummeling the port city of

27/08/2015

Russia

Russia to increase wheat supplies to Egypt, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is to increase wheat supplies to Egypt. The announcement was made during a visit to Moscow by

26/08/2015

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Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in a high-security prison

25/08/2015

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MAKS 2015 International air show takes to the skies

25/08/2015

Russia

Sentsov sings Ukrainian anthem as jail sentence is read out in Russia

A Russian court has sentenced Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison on terror charges.

25/08/2015

Economy

Russia downgrades growth forecast as low oil prices and sanctions bite

Russia has downgraded it’s forecast for the the economy. The government now says it expects it to shrink by 3.3 percent this year as it grapples

25/08/2015

Russia

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gets 20 years for "terrorism"

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian military court. Sentsov was arrested shortly after the Crimean

25/08/2015

Russia

Russia blocks Wikipedia over banned charas cannabis information

Update: The Russian authorities say that Wikipedia has edited the page and therefore restrictions on the site will be lifted A Russian government

24/08/2015

Russia

Kazakhstan's currency plunges after central bank abandons USD peg

The Kazakh currency, the tenge, has lost a quarter of its value against the US dollar after abandoning a peg to the Greenback. The country’s national

20/08/2015

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Russia jails 'kidnapped' Estonian 'spy' for 15 years

An Estonian security official has been sentenced to fifteen years in a Russian jail for ‘spying’. The court said Eston Kohver also smuggled weapons

19/08/2015

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Meet you by the watermelons!

19/08/2015

Russia

'Contraband cheese' gang broken up by Russian police

Russian police say they have broken up a gang producing millions of dollars worth of contraband cheese using banned Western ingredients. Six people

18/08/2015

Russia

Crimea: Putin blames Kyiv for Ukraine violence, warns Tatars not to expect special status

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Kyiv for the latest burst of fighting in Ukraine’s restive east. Putin made the accusation on the second

18/08/2015

Russia

Bringing the trolls out of the dark: Russian 'troll' awarded 1 rouble damages

Lyudmila Savchuk, received one rouble in damages after suing an alleged online 'propaganda' factory in order to 'bring them out of the shadows'.

18/08/2015

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Russia urges Syrian opposition groups to unite against terrorism

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on all Syrian opposition groups to unite in the fight against terrorism in the local region. The

14/08/2015

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Russia remembers Kursk disaster

Cities across Russia have held ceremonies remembering the 118 sailors who died when a nuclear submarine sank in the Barents Sea 15 years ago. Twelve

12/08/2015

Russia

Wildfires rage in Russia

More than 5,000 Russian emergency workers are battling wildfires in forests across Siberia. More than 1,250 square kilometres of woodland have been

11/08/2015

Sport

Russia Football Union names Leonid Slutskiy as national team coach

The Russian Football Union has appointed CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutskiy as national team coach. His contract will run until the end of the Euro

07/08/2015

Russia

Russia destroys tonnes of illegal food imports at its border

Tonnes of illegally-imported fresh produce from the West are being incinerated on the Russian border. Moscow banned many Western food imports last

07/08/2015

Russia

Father of Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky quizzed in murder probe

The father of ex-oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been questioned by Russian investigators probing the 1998 murder of a

06/08/2015

Russia

Historian, who revealed Stalin went to movies after ordering 3,000 deaths, dies aged 98

Robert Conquest, a prominent Anglo-American historian, who documented many aspects of Stalin’s rule, has died aged 98 in California. He wrote poetry

06/08/2015

Russia

Horrific bus crash latest deadly Russian traffic accident

Two buses have collided in Khabarovsk in Russia’s far west killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly 60 others. Police say the early evidence

05/08/2015

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Reindeer racing in Russia

05/08/2015

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China flexes its military muscle

04/08/2015

Russia

Kremlin spokesman in post‐wedding fuss over uber luxury watch

03/08/2015

Russia

Russian media could outlaw 'gay emojis'

03/08/2015