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Russia

Navalny laid to rest in Moscow cemetery as hundreds gather

Alexei Navalny's allies say his coffin was lowered into the ground on Friday after a funeral attended by hundreds of supporters.

01/03/2024

Russia

Early voting in Russian presidential election begins in Far East

Early voting in the Russian presidential election has begun in various regions across the country.

29/02/2024

Russia

Putin warns against sending Western troops to Ukraine

The Russian president vowed to fulfil his objectives in Ukraine and claimed his country's citizens are overwhelmingly supportive of the invasion.

29/02/2024

Russia

Alexei Navalny's funeral to be held on Friday, spokesperson says

After several locations refused to host the service, Navalny's spokesperson confirmed that a site for the funeral of the Russian opposition leader has been found.

28/02/2024

Russia

Russia restructures military districts amid warnings of NATO war

The Kremlin is apparently in the early stages of an informational campaign against several states on NATO's eastern frontier.

27/02/2024

Russia

Foreign diplomats pay tribute to murdered Putin opponent Nemtsov

The US ambassador and others laid flowers at the spot where a top critic of Vladimir Putin was killed in broad daylight nine years ago.

27/02/2024

Russia

Kremlin warns conflict if NATO sends troops to Ukraine

NATO's chief says the alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, but French President Emmanuel Macron said it should not be 'ruled out'.

27/02/2024

Russia

Oleg Orlov sentenced to 30 months in jail for criticising Ukraine war

The 70-year-old human rights advocate was convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian army in an article where he condemned Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

27/02/2024

Russia

Alexei Navalny ally says he was about to be freed in a prisoner swap

Maria Pevchikh says negotiations for a prisoner exchange were in their final stages on the evening before his death.

26/02/2024

Russia

Alexei Navalny's body handed over to his mother, aide confirms

Alexei Navalny's team and family have accused the Russian authorities of hiding his body in a bid to hide the real cause of death.

24/02/2024

Business

How are Russian businesses doing two years into the Ukraine conflict?

On the two year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Euronews Business looks at how Russian businesses have done in the face of various international sanctions.

24/02/2024

Europe Decoded

Widow of late Alexei Navalny becomes target of disinformation campaign

Various accounts accuse her of being in a new relationship with a Russian billionaire, despite the very recent death of her husband.

23/02/2024

Russia

Mother of late Kremlin critic Navalny shown son's body

Lyudmila Navalnaya said on Thursday she is resisting pressure from authorities to agree to a secret burial of her son.

22/02/2024

Russia

Euroviews. Russia is now pretending it knows nothing of its colonial legacy

Russia has always been one of the largest European colonial powers. Yet, its current leaders are engaging in the historical game of geopolitical opportunism that has been a recurring theme in the nation's grand strategy, Maxim Trudolyubov writes.

22/02/2024

Russia

Russia classifies Radio Free Europe as an 'undesirable organisation'

The Kremlin's move opens up the possibility of criminal charges against longtime broadcaster.

21/02/2024

Culture news

Police investigate 'gay propaganda' at ‘My Little Pony’ event

Police in Moscow reportedly received complaints the My Little Pony event "promoted non-traditional relationships... adult content... and general horror and darkness."

19/02/2024

Russia

More than 300 detained in Russia for paying respects to Navalny

Russians continue to lay flowers in tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny following his sudden death in an Arctic prison.

19/02/2024

Russia

Euroviews. Navalny is the latest martyr of Russian totalitarianism

The choice which now has to be made is not whether to appease the Kremlin or go into an open conflict with it. The choice now is either to stop Russia in Ukraine or be forced to fight a resurgent Moscow in defence of Eastern Europe as a whole, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

17/02/2024

Russia

How did Alexei Navalny become Putin's fiercest opponent?

Putin's staunchest opponent has died in prison. But who was Navalny? And how did the lawyer-turned-opposition leader rise to prominence?

16/02/2024

Russia

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison at 47

Navalny was arrested in 2021 upon his return to Russia from Germany where he had been treated for a suspected assassination attempt by poison.

16/02/2024

Space

Russia has obtained a 'troubling' emerging anti-satellite weapon

Russia criticised the reports as a ruse for the US government to push through blocked Ukraine military aid.

15/02/2024

Russia

Putin says he prefers ‘predictable’ Biden over Trump in White House

The Russian President said he would be ready to work with whichever candidate the American people choose.

15/02/2024

Russia

Russian anti-war sociologist jailed for five years over Crimea posts

Authorities opened a criminal case against Kagarlitsky for an online post about the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion.

13/02/2024

Russia

Race to rescue stray dogs in Russia after new euthanasia law

Volunteers in Buryatia, near the Russia-Mongolia border, say they've rehomed some 600 animals to other regions.

10/02/2024

Europe Decoded

Vladimir Putin’s controversial Tucker Carlson interview fact-checked

The Russian president made many well-worn disputed claims about Russia's war in Ukraine in his interview with a former Fox News host. The Cube takes a closer look at the misinformation surrounding the broadcast.

09/02/2024

Russia

Euroviews. The unexpected upside of Russia's liberal candidate who was not to be

Boris Nadezhdin’s role was to be a certified loser. Yet, as hopeless and uninspiring of a candidate he was, he unwittingly gave Russian liberals hope, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

09/02/2024