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Russia blames Ukraine for car bomb attack on pro-Kremlin writer

Russia has blamed Ukraine for the car bomb attack on the pro-Kremlin writer Sakhar Prilepin, calling it a "terrorist attack".

07/05/2023

Russia

Mixed signals: Do Russians support the Ukraine war?

Has a deeply unpopular invasion been forced upon powerless Russians or is this wishful thinking? Can we believe everything we see in Russian polls?

04/05/2023

Russia

Russia 'likely staged' Kremlin drone attack, claims ISW

The US-based think-tank suggested the attack was possibly intended to pave the way for drafting more conscripts.

03/05/2023

Russia

Russian 'ghost ships' near Nord Stream before blast - reports

The pipeline carrying gas from Russia to Europe was blown up last September.

03/05/2023

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Russia dismisses US effort to calm situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

The US is hosting new talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan after Russian and European efforts failed to defuse tension

02/05/2023

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Tinder to pull out of Russia, citing human rights concerns

Match, which owns Tinder, Hinge, Plenty of Fish and other dating apps, says it will withdraw from Russian market altogether by 30 June.

02/05/2023

Culture news

‘Red Dior’ couturier Slava Zaitsev dies aged 85

Viacheslav “Slava” Zaitsev, the couturier who gained international fame for his Soviet fashion designs infused with vibrant Russian folkloric motifs, has died at the age of 85.

01/05/2023

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Russians rehearse for Moscow's annual victory parade

Russians remember World War II each year with a victory parade on May 9th. Although events have been called off in some cities near the Ukraine border, soldiers have been rehearsing for the event in Moscow.

28/04/2023

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Euroviews. The Black Sea Grain Deal might be Russia's Trojan horse for Ukraine

Failures to rethink and redo how Ukraine gets its grain out of the country would gravely undermine the war effort and security in Europe, Cristian Gherasim writes.

28/04/2023

Culture news

Post-invasion fashion: Moscow's old Zara store opens its doors as Maag

A Lebanese clothing brand called Maag has taken over a flagship store site in Moscow that had been vacated by Spanish brand Zara when it ceased operations in Russia. Zara, and other brands owned by the same company, sold their shop sites to a Russian business after withdrawing from the country.

28/04/2023

Russia

EU 'becoming militarised', claims Russian FM

Russia's top diplomat said there is now "very little difference" between the EU and NATO.

26/04/2023

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Europe pays tribute to Kremlin critics

The Council of Europe paid tribute on Monday to Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and to other Russian and Belarusian political prisoners.

24/04/2023

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Volunteers from Ukraine’s Spartan assault brigade are training hard

As rumours of a counter-offensive grow, recruits to Ukraine's National Guard are training near Kharkiv, practising the skills they'll need to win, but also to protect themselves in the line of fire.

23/04/2023

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More explosives found after Russia bombed its own city

Seventeen apartment buildings in Belgorod were cleared by an unexploded bomb alert on Saturday as engineers cleared an area accidentally bombed by one of its own planes this week.

22/04/2023

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Russian court decides anti-war schoolgirl can remain with her family

A court in Russia has ruled that a teenage girl who drew an anti-war picture can stay with her family

21/04/2023

Russia

Russia accidentally bombs its own city Belgorod injuring three people

Moscow admits one of its warplanes accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod injuring at least three people and damaging residential buildings

21/04/2023

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Russia scrubs Kyiv and Ukraine from school textbooks, reports

Some Russian textbooks have allegedly removed references to Kyiv and Ukraine, with analysts claiming Moscow is "rewriting history".

20/04/2023

Russia

Putin's ghost ships spying on critical infrastructure 'in case of war'

Investigative journalists in the Nordic region have used data to map the Kremlin's spy efforts against wind farms, oil installations, and undersea cables.

19/04/2023

Russia

Ilya Yashin loses court appeal against eight-and-a-half year sentence

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.

19/04/2023

Russia

Russian FM wants union against Western 'blackmail'

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was necessary to "join forces" against the West, while on a Latin America tour.

19/04/2023

Russia

'I shot a 5-year-old': Ex-Wagner soldiers admit to killing children

During the hourlong confessions, ex-Wagner commanders recounted details of killings around Bakhmut and Soledar.

19/04/2023

Russia

'Crude interference': Russia summons US, UK and Canadian ambassadors

Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the US, UK and Canadian ambassadors over “crude interference in Russia's internal affairs” after they attended a court hearing.

18/04/2023

Russia

US reporter to stay in jail after Russian court rejects appeal

A Moscow court leaves unchanged earlier decision to arrest Wall Street Journal's employee Evan Gershkovich, rejecting his appeal.

18/04/2023

Russia

Could Wagner boss Prigozhin become Russia's next president?

Analysts say Prigozhin might - or might not - want Russia's top job: but describe him as entrepreneurial, opportunistic and ruthless.

18/04/2023

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Could the Russian economy thrive despite Western sanctions?

The European Union is already preparing its 11th package of sanctions against Russia. So will Russia be able to compensate for the ties that have been cut with the West through reinforced ties with other countries?

17/04/2023

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WATCH: Russian village prepares to celebrate Orthodox Easter

"Right now the people of both Russia and Ukraine are in need of compassion," said Andrey Lobaschinsky, the Archpriest of the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary in Karizha.

17/04/2023