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Russia may block Antarctic protections amid global tensions

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica's pristine waters.

27/10/2022

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20th anniversary of the Nord-Ost hostage siege commemorated

Commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the Nord-Ost hostage siege held in Moscow

26/10/2022

Russia

Russia notifies US of planned nuclear drills

Washington claims Russia's decision to announce the drills lowers the risk of miscalculation.

26/10/2022

Russia

Russia rejects appeal against Brittney Griner's prison sentence

The US basketball player was convicted in Moscow on drug charges in August.

25/10/2022

Russia

Russian fighter jet crashes into a two-storey building in Siberia

Sunday's disaster was the 11th reported non-combat crash of Russian military jets since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

23/10/2022

Europe Decoded

Are Turkish mercenaries being sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine?

A video of soldiers brandishing a Turkish flag has gone viral on social media with some claiming that the men are mercenaries sent to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine.

22/10/2022

Russia

Putin fires rifle during visit to challenge reservist narrative

It comes as Russians have posted on social media pictures of shabby or non-existent gear for newly mobilised troops.

21/10/2022

Russia

Russian warplane's crash into apartment block kills 14 people

Three of the victims died when they jumped from the upper floors of the building in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, according to the vice governor of the region, Anna Menkova.

17/10/2022

Russia

Two men open fire at Russian military range in Belgorod, killing 15

The Russian Defence Ministry said the assailants were nationals of a former Soviet state and labelled the attack as "terrorism".

16/10/2022

Russia

Ukraine advancing, Zelenskyy says as Minsk mulls joining Russia's war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a confident address to the Ukrainian people, but tensions on the Belarus border continue to grow.

15/10/2022

My Europe Series

What is life like for the expats still left in Moscow?

Many face extra hassle; some even fear being called up to serve in Ukraine.

13/10/2022

My Europe Series

How Father Grigory became Russia's most prominent anti-war priest

Amid Moscow's ongoing aggression against Ukraine, Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko has decided to help thousands of Ukrainian refugees in Russia. He is also an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.

12/10/2022

Russia

Vladimir Putin tells Europe he's 'ready' to resume gas supplies

The Russian leader claimed the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines was an attempt by the US to weaken Europe by disrupting the flow of cheap gas from Russia.

12/10/2022

Russia

Missile strikes on Kyiv a response to Crimea bridge bomb, says Putin

At least 10 people were killed in the missile strikes.

10/10/2022

Russia

Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terrorism' in Crimea bridge attack

The Russian president has convened an urgent meeting of his country's security council on Monday to discuss the explosion.

10/10/2022

Russia

How Russian propaganda 'has found a way of avoiding detection online'

Russia is using Telegram to help it bypass telltale signs that would identify content as Moscow-backed propaganda to tech giants like Twitter.

07/10/2022

Russia

Putin signs annexation decrees vowing to 'stabilise' Ukraine regions

"We do not, we never did and are not going to make any difference between Russians and Ukrainians", said President Vladimir Putin.

05/10/2022

Russia

Russian journalist who staged anti-war TV protest escapes house arrest

Marina Ovsyannikova faces 10 years in prison for spreading "fake news" about Russia's military

05/10/2022

Tech News

Russia fines TikTok over LGBT material, Twitch over Ukraine content

The fines mark the latest step in Moscow's long-running dispute with Big Tech.

04/10/2022

Russia

Europe and the world react to Russia annexing Ukrainian territory

European countries leveled broad condemnation at Russia on the day Vladimir Putin signed decrees to illegally annex Ukrainian land.

30/09/2022

Sport

Russian athletes 'could be allowed back in Olympics' says IOC chief

Competitors from Russia would have to show they don't support the war in Ukraine, Thomas Bach told an Italian newspaper.

30/09/2022

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President Putin signs accord to annex four occupied Ukrainian regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs an accord to annex the occupied regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia at a treaty signing ceremony in St George’s Hall at the Kremlin.

30/09/2022

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Russian men continue to try to flee the country to escape fighting in

In Russia, at the border with Georgia, Finnad and Kazakhstan, lines of thousands of vehicles are visible since the announcement of the "partial mobilization" by the Russian president.

30/09/2022

Russia

Ukraine war: Russia illegally annexes four regions in east Ukraine

Vladimir Putin said four occupied and annexed Ukrainian regions will be part of Russia "forever" and declared "victory will be ours" at Moscow rally.

30/09/2022

Russia

Watch: Putin says four annexed Ukrainian regions are 'Russian forever'

Putin declares some 15% of Ukraine as Russian territory in the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II.

30/09/2022

Russia

'You're not welcome': Protest calls for Georgia to stop Russian influx

"Georgia is occupied by Russia, in the same way that part of Ukraine is still occupied by Russia, that’s why they are not welcome here as friends or brothers."

29/09/2022