Russia

Economy

Boost for Putin as Russian parliament approves defence-heavy budget

Russia's defence spending is due to overtake social spending for the first time in the country's modern history, but analysts say that such measures may prove challenging in the long run.

17/11/2023

Russia

Woman goes on trial over bombing that killed Russian blogger

Darya Trepova faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted - but denies being knowingly involved in the incident which killed prominent military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured 52 others.

15/11/2023

Russia

Counteroffensive hopes rise as Ukraine advances over Dnipro

The latest developments from the Ukraine war.

15/11/2023

Business

Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data

A Russian court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its users in the country.

14/11/2023

Russia

Alexei Navalny ally Ksenia Fadeyeva remanded in jail

Fadeyeva had been under house arrest. She was added to Russia's list of "terrorists" in January 2022 and went on trial in August.

14/11/2023

Russia

War against Ukraine makes Russia less safe - report

Spillover from Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has made Russian society far more insecure, researchers found.

11/11/2023

Travel News

Where are Russian private jet owners flying under travel sanctions?

Russian private jet owners are switching the French Riviera and the Seychelles for Dubai and Turkey.

09/11/2023

Russia

Euroviews. The Kremlin fuelled antisemitism at home. Then it blew up

Vladimir Putin had been instigating antisemitism in Russia long before the lynch mob stormed the airport in Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

08/11/2023

Russia

Russia and China not building 'Cold War-style' alliance - Putin

Russia's defence minister said earlier the two were not creating a "military bloc" - unlike "certain aggressive Western countries".

08/11/2023

Russia

Chechen leader hands son, 15, 'prominent position' in security forces

Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov's teenage boy was recently filmed punching and kicking a prisoner.

06/11/2023

Russia

'Uncontrolled violence': What the anti-Jewish riot may mean for Russia

“When you take antisemitism out of the box, it is hard to put it back in," one specialist told Euronews.

02/11/2023

Russia

Putin signs Russia's withdrawal from the treaty banning nuclear tests

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill revoking Russia's ratification of a global nuclear test ban, a move that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States.

02/11/2023

Russia

Most Russians against ending Ukraine war if captured land returned

Support for the Kremlin's war aims endures, despite mounting losses and the continued economic fallout of the invasion, according to a poll.

01/11/2023

Russia

Russian mercenary group recruits women to fight in Ukraine

Women have rarely taken frontline fighting roles within the Ukraine war until now.

30/10/2023

Russia

Russia marks Remembrance Day of the Victims of Political Repressions

Moscow residents, including well-known dissidents, take part in the 'Returning of the Names' ceremony - an annual commemoration of Soviet-era repressions.

30/10/2023

Russia

Euroviews. The ultimate short guide on living (and surviving) under Putin

Leave, and if you haven’t yet, make plans to do so. In Russia, all of the previously eroded freedoms are now completely gone, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

27/10/2023

Economy

Russian central bank raises interest rate to 15%

High inflation and the weak rouble triggered a higher than expected raise.

27/10/2023

Russia

Increases in abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage

The government's plan to restrict access to abortion as well as emergency contraceptives comes at a time in the conflict with Ukraine where women are increasingly deciding not to have children.

27/10/2023

Russia

Russia executing soldiers not following orders, says US

Moscow has reportedly struggled to enforce military discipline in Ukraine.

27/10/2023

Russia

President Putin oversees Russian nuclear test drills from Moscow

The upper house of the Russian parliament has voted to rescind Russia's signing of a 1996 international nuclear test ban treaty. The treaty was never ratified by the US, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Iran or Egypt.

26/10/2023

Russia

Kremlin raffles gifts to ‘strengthen love’ of Putin – reports

The idea behind the competition is to create the impression that "positivity is winning", noted Meduza.

26/10/2023

Economy

In spite of a recent dip, Russian banks face record profits this year

High interest rates took a bite out of consumer lending and took a toll on banks' profits in September.

20/10/2023

Russia

Euroviews. The Israel-Hamas war is the latest proof Russia is an agent of chaos

Russia’s leadership doesn’t even have a stable, non-contradictory set of principles or values it adheres to, and its hodgepodge of narratives shows it is trying to fuel any conflict it can, all with the goal of carving out an empire for itself, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

18/10/2023

Russia

Russian Duma moves to revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

Moscow will remain a signatory to the treaty prohibiting nuclear tests and says it will continue to supply data to monitoring systems

17/10/2023

Russia

IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian regions

Russia has been proscribed by multiple international sports bodies over the last decade for doping violations and geopolitical aggression.

12/10/2023

Russia

IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the move by the Russian Olympic Committee on 5 October violated the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian Olympic body.

12/10/2023