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
Russia 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
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
Russia 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
Russia 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
Russia LGBT activists arrested in Russia amid paratrooper celebrations Several LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights supporters have been arrested in the Russian city of St. Petersberg. Several 02/08/2015
Russia Pilot dies after Russian Army Games air display goes wrong A pilot has died after a Russian military helicopter crashed during an show at Dubrovichi air field as part of the International Army Games. After 02/08/2015
Russia Russia begins pre-trial hearings for Ukraine ex-pilot Nadiya Savchenko A court in southern Russia has begun pre-trial hearings in the case of a Ukrainian former military pilot charged over the deaths of two Russian 30/07/2015
Russia Seaweed worsens problems for Russia's Lake Baikal The world’s largest and deepest freshwater lake is suffering from abnormal amounts of seaweed. Environmentalists blame human activity for the 29/07/2015
Sport Business as usual as Blatter joins Putin for World Cup draw Despite the corruption scandals surrounding Fifa and the investigations into the bidding process that awarded Russia the World Cup in 2018 and Qatar 25/07/2015