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Moscow has hired its first female metro drivers after ban relaxation

Special uniforms have been designed for the new roster of employees and will allow them to choose between wearing a skirt or trousers in the driving seat.

05/01/2021

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Russians enjoy winter weather at snowman festival

Dozens of Russian families enjoyed winter weather in Kazan on Sunday while competing at a snowman festival.

03/01/2021

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Russians brave an icy dip in Siberia's Lake Baikal ahead of new year

The swimmers run several kilometres through a snowy forest in swimsuits and festive costumes before plunging into the world’s largest freshwater lake.

31/12/2020

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Russia announces new retaliatory travel sanctions on UK nationals

Russia says it has expanded the number of British nationals barred from entering the country in response to "unacceptable and unfounded'' UK sanctions over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

30/12/2020

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Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on senior German officials

The move comes after the EU sanctioned Russian military intelligence officials in October, accusing them of hacking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015.

29/12/2020

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Russia admits COVID-19 death toll is more than triple official numbers

Official figures from the Russian health authority say 55,265 people have died from COVID-19; however, the statistics agency has said this figure is more than three times higher.

29/12/2020

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Russian police officer killed in knife attack in Chechnya

The two assailants, described as "terrorists" by the region's leader, were shot dead by authorities after trying to seize police weapons.

28/12/2020

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More than a dozen sailors missing after Russian fishing trawler sinks

The fishing vessel sank near the New Zealand archipelago of Nueva Zembla.

28/12/2020

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Top associate of Russia's Navalny released from detention

Lyubov Sobol was charged with trespassing after ringing the doorbell of an alleged security operative who inadvertently revealed details of Navalny’s supposed poisoning.

27/12/2020

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George Blake, notorious Soviet Cold War double agent, dies at 98

Blake was jailed in the 1960s for betraying the British foreign intelligence service but escaped and spent the rest of his life behind the Iron Curtain.

26/12/2020

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Russian Father Frosts surprise children at hospital

Russian volunteers dressed in "Father Frost" costumes abseiled down the sides of a Moscow children's hospital on Friday to wish the young patients inside a Happy New Year.

25/12/2020

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Parade marks opening of new runway at Moscow airport

Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on Thursday opened its newly reconstructed runway. After the official opening and the ribbon cutting by senior managers at the airport, dozens of airfield vehicles marked the event.

25/12/2020

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Navalny ally under investigation for 'threatening' FSB agent

Police raided the home of activist Lyubov Sobol on Christmas day after she knocked at the door of an alleged FSB agent who Alexei Navalny says took part in the plot to poison him.

25/12/2020

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Navalny poisoning: Russia slams retaliatory sanctions on EU officials

The Kremlin mantains it didn't poison Alexei Navalny, saying the activist suffers from 'persecution delirium'.

21/12/2020

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Football for Friendship scheme attracts more than a million youngsters

In partnership with Gazprom

Supported by famous athletes, representatives of football academies and journalists, young participants held over 50 events this season and acquired an impressive Guinness World Records title for the largest online football lesson.

18/12/2020

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'It makes no sense': Russia's doping ban halved to two years

The Court of Arbitration for Sport had initially slapped the country with a four-year ban but halved it on Thursday "to effect cultural change".

18/12/2020

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If Kremlin had been behind Navalny poisoning, he'd be dead, says Putin

He made the claim during his annual marathon press conference on Thursday.

17/12/2020

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Navalny: Russian FM dismisses claims security agents behind poisoning

The investigation conducted by Bellingcat and The Insider in cooperation with CNN and Der Spiegel found that agents of Russia's domestic security agency have followed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on trips since 2017.

16/12/2020

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Oliver Stone says he has taken Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

The US movie director told Russian state TV that he had received the first of two jabs of the Sputnik V vaccine.

16/12/2020

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11 people killed after fire sweeps through Russian retirement home

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire in which 11 care home residents are believed to have perished.

15/12/2020

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Russian President Putin congratulates Joe Biden on US election win

The Russian president had held off sending his congratulations, citing the "internal political confrontation" ongoing in the US.

15/12/2020

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Russia successfully test-launches Angara-5 space rocket

It blasted off from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Monday.

14/12/2020

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Probe implicates Russia's FSB in poisoning of Putin critic Navalny

Kremlin critic Navalny fell ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow on August 20.

14/12/2020

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Russia completes second successful test launch of Angara A5 rocket

Russia has successfully launched its Angara A5 rocket, the second successful test flight of the rocket officials said.

14/12/2020

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Russian submarine test-fires four nuclear missiles in western Pacific

Russia's Vladimir Monomakh nuclear submarine test-launched four ballistic missiles on Saturday in the Sea of Okhotsk, the western Pacific Ocean, Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement.

12/12/2020

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Football for Friendship goes digital

In partnership with Gazprom

Football for Friendship is an International Children’s Social Programme which unites kids worldwide. Its aim is for kids to share their experiences, meet new friends and learn from one another whilst promoting a health and human values.

10/12/2020