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Russia complains to UEFA as Ukraine PM backs 'political' football kit

The Russian sports federation said Ukraine's Euro 2020 kit went against UEFA guidelines, while Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiyy has come out in support of the design.

08/06/2021

Focus

Football for Friendship: eWorld Championship final wraps online season

In partnership with Gazprom

The children's football tournament has also had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.

07/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Russia

Russia reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2008. Could they go one further in 2021?

07/06/2021

Russia

Russia criticises Ukraine's EURO 2020 kit for featuring Crimea

Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 but Kyiv considers the move to have been illegal. The peninsula is regarded as occupied Ukrainian territory by the majority of governments worldwide.

07/06/2021

Russia

Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine

A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation that he has left the country for Ukraine.

06/06/2021

Russia

U.S. risks going down same path as Soviet Union, warns Putin

Putin also criticised European, U.S. criticism of police crackdown on protesters in Russia and Belarus as hypocritical.

05/06/2021

Russia

First stage of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is complete, says Putin

The controversial project aims to deliver Russian gas to Germany.

04/06/2021

Business

Vladimir Putin set to address St Petersburg business forum

Vladimir Putin is set to talk about the country's attractiveness to foreign investors.

04/06/2021

Russia

Russian opposition activist sent to jail amid crackdown

a court ordered Andrei Pivovarov, the head of the Open Russia movement that has just disbanded itself, to be held for two months pending an investigation, rejecting the defence’s appeal against his arrest.

02/06/2021

Russia

Russian authorities ramp up pressure on opposition ahead of elections

Andrei Pivovarov, the head of the Open Russia movement that dissolved itself last week, was pulled off a plane at St. Petersburg's airport late Monday and was to be taken to Krasnodar in southern Russia.

01/06/2021

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny urges court to halt 'torture' checks in prison

“I just want them to stop coming to me and waking me up at nighttime,” jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told a judge on Monday.

31/05/2021

Russia

Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO

Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO

31/05/2021

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Kremlin regiment hosts changing-of-the-guard ceremony

Russia's presidential regiment, a prestigious regiment responsible for keeping watch over the Kremlin in Moscow, hosts a changing of the guard ceremony. The traditional display resumed this year after a year's hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

29/05/2021

Russia

Russia brands 3 German NGOs 'undesirable'

The German Foreign Ministry has criticised the move, saying that "nothing about their work can warrant or justify such a serious step."

27/05/2021

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Female aerobatic pilot dazzles in Moscow

One of Russia's most decorated female aerobatic pilots took to the skies on Saturday during an air show in Moscow

23/05/2021

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Homages to world cultures created in sand

International travel may still be restricted for many due to the coronavirus pandemic, but residents of St. Petersburg can get a flavour of world cultures in artworks built from sand. The theme of this year's St. Petersburg Sand Sculpture festival is a world without borders

22/05/2021

Russia

At least 10 workers die after accident at Russian sewage plant

At least 10 people have died while cleaning sewers near the Russian city of Taganrog after inhaling toxic fumes, local authorities said.

21/05/2021

Russia

Putin warns Russia's enemies will have 'teeth knocked out'

Vladimir Putin was speaking at a government meeting Thursday when he made the strong comment.

21/05/2021

Russia

Man sentenced in Russia for preparing to commit school shooting

Russia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for preparing to massacre students, one week after nine people were killed at a school shooting in Kazan.

19/05/2021

Russia

Lavrov, Blinken set for showdown over Arctic, Ukraine at summit

The U.S. Secretary of State and Russia's foreign minister will meet ahead of a proposed summit between President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.

19/05/2021

Russia

Russian MPs move step closer to banning Navalny allies from elections

Russian MPs voted on Tuesday to pass the first reading of a bill that would ban members of “extremist” organisations from elections - a move which could pave the way to prevent allies of Alexei Navalny from standing for office.

18/05/2021

Earth News

Siberian wildfires kickstart and extreme heat in northwestern Russia

Areas within the Polar Arctic Circle recently reached temperatures nearing 30º C. Dry and warm conditions are sparking the first significant wildfires in Siberia.

17/05/2021

Russia

Former army green beret sentenced to 15 years for Russian espionage

Peter Dzibinski Debbins had admitted to divulging US military secrets to Russia for 15 years.

14/05/2021

Russia

Kazan school shooting: Suspect charged with multiple counts of murder

The attacker, identified as 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviyev, appeared in court on Wednesday and was placed in pre-trial detention for two months.

13/05/2021

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Mourners attend funeral of teacher killed in Kazan shooting

Mourners attend the funeral of English teacher Elvira Ignatyeva, the day after a lone gunman killed nine victims, mostly children, at a Russian school in one of the country's worst shooting incidents in recent history.

12/05/2021

World

Day of mourning held to honour victims of Kazan school shooting

Many local residents have left candles, flowers and toys at a makeshift memorial set up outside the school gates after Tuesday's horrific incident.

12/05/2021