Russia

Russia

Vladimir Putin gathers over two million re-election signatures

Under Russian law, independent candidates are required to have at least 300,000 registered supporters.

17/01/2024

Russia

Ukraine launches drone strike on Russian city of Voronezh

Officials in Russia confirmed that Kyiv targeted the southwestern city early on Tuesday.

16/01/2024

Russia

Wives of Russian soldiers lay flowers to protest against the Kremlin

Women have been visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Kremlin, to pay tribute to the fallen and as a form of protest aimed at the authorities.

15/01/2024

Russia

Convicted Russian ex-mayor freed after agreeing to fight in Ukraine

The former mayor of Vladivostok, who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery, was reportedly freed after agreeing to be sent to the frontline in Ukraine.

15/01/2024

Russia

Huge fire engulfs a warehouse outside St Petersburg

No casualties were reported in the blaze in the Russian city.

13/01/2024

Russia

Russia extends pre-trial detention of theatre director and playwright

In the Kremlin's latest move to crackdown on dissent, the Russian women are accused of justifying terrorism and will be held in detention until March, 2024.

10/01/2024

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny held in 'tiny Arctic punishment cell'

Alexei Navalny was recently moved to a high security prison in the Russian Arctic to serve his 19-year sentence.

09/01/2024

Russia

Russia approves candidates to run against Putin in March election

It will be almost impossible for any serious rival to beat Putin, who has been in power for 24 years.

05/01/2024

Russia

Putin signs decree offering citizenship to foreign fighters

Russia is increasingly reliant on foreign supplies of both manpower and material to continue its war in Ukraine after two years of heavy losses.

04/01/2024

Russia

Russia 'will answer' for Ukrainian lives lost, warns Zelenskyy

Following Russia's recent wave of intense aerial attacks, President Zelenskyy thanked international allies who have provided air defence capabilities to Ukraine.

03/01/2024

Russia

Russia could see 500,000 war casualties by 2025 - UK

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has called Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as "Putin's pointless war".

31/12/2023

Culture news

Russian poet jailed for reciting verses against war in Ukraine

Between late February 2022 and early December 2023, an estimated 19,847 people have been detained in Russia for speaking out or protesting against the war, according to a rights group.

28/12/2023

Russia

Russian presidential hopeful banned from running in election

Yekaterina Duntsova has lost her Supreme Court appeal against authorities' refusal to register her for the race.

27/12/2023

Business

Russia claims majority of oil exports redirected to Asia

The announcement comes amid unprecedented Western sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

27/12/2023

Europe Decoded

Did celebrities like Taylor Swift and Ronaldo criticise Ukraine?

Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Richard Branson... All these stars seem to have something to say about Ukraine. Turns out darker forces are at work.

27/12/2023

Russia

Russian opposition Alexei Navalny located 3 weeks after losing contact

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been located, associates say, 3 weeks after losing contact

25/12/2023

Russia

Moscow bars pro-peace candidate from running in presidential election

Yekaterina Duntsova, a former journalist and city councillor campaigning for peace and "democratic processes", was rejected by the Russian Central Electoral Committee as a potential candidate due to "errors in documents".

24/12/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Russia’s three wars have made peace with Putin impossible

Putin's regime is an existential threat to European civilization. If Russia wins in Ukraine, it will not stop, just as Hitler did not stop when he captured the Sudetenland. Putin will go further and won’t rest until he destroys the Western world, Leonid Gozman writes.

22/12/2023

Russia

Alexei Navalny's location still unknown after 15 days

Navalny's team last week announced he had suffered a "serious health incident," saying he had collapsed in the solitary cell he was being held in.

21/12/2023

Russia

Pro-peace candidate applies to run against Putin in election

A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine presented documents to register as a candidate for the Russian 2024 presidential election on Wednesday.

20/12/2023

Russia

Putin says his troops are 'holding the initiative' in Ukraine

Russian President declared Tuesday that his country's military has seized the initiative in Ukraine after repelling a monthslong counteroffensive.

19/12/2023

Business

Decathlon under fire for supplying to Russian stores despite sanctions

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered an avalanche of sanctions on Moscow by Western nations, but some European companies seemingly still do business there.

19/12/2023

Russia

Navalny transferred to unknown destination, supporters say

Jailed former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has not been heard from for more than a week.

15/12/2023

Markets

Gazprom hits gold in the North Sea prompting stronger sanction calls

The majority state-owned Russian oil company has clocked in millions worth of profits in the last year across Dutch and UK oil fields.

15/12/2023

Russia

Severe blizzard blankets Moscow in worst snow in decades

The Russian capital has been buried by unprecedented snowfall, causing chaos on roads and closing schools.

15/12/2023

Russia

Putin says no peace in Ukraine until Russia’s goals are achieved

The Russian president was speaking at an end of year press conference, which was somewhat overshadowed by the peculiar disappearance of jailed former opposition leader Alexeï Navalny.

14/12/2023