Russia

Russia

US Election: Analysts say 'chaos' would be the best outcome for Russia

Relations between the US and Russia have steadily declined since Trump took office, and the country will not overwhelmingly express support for him as it did in 2016.

03/11/2020

Sport

Russia wants to keep sports fans in stadiums despite coronavirus

Russia has allowed thousands of people to attend sporting events in recent weeks including Champions League games and an F1 race.

29/10/2020

Russia

Edward Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer says

Snowden, a former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S..

23/10/2020

Russia

Navalny: Putin 'intervened' to allow critic's evacuation to Germany

The Russian president said he asked the country's Prosecutor General to immediately allow opposition figure Alexei Navalny to be moved to Germany for urgent treatment.

22/10/2020

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Moscow disinfects train stations amid rising COVID-19 cases

Russia has the fourth-highest virus caseload in the world with a total of 1.3 million registered infections, and more than 23,000 deaths.

15/10/2020

Russia

Russia: Suspect found dead after 3 people killed in bus stop shooting

Russian authorities say the suspect in Monday's fatal shootings in the Nizhny Novgorod Region has been found dead. Three people were killed and three others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bus stop in central Russia.

13/10/2020

Earth News

'Unusual but nice': The Russian house covered in discarded bottle tops

Creator Svetlana Kuzevanova started making murals with bottle caps after being inspired by her cross stitch-patterns.

11/10/2020

Earth News

What's going on in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula?

Kamchatka residents have been documenting this unfolding environmental catastrophe in real-time on social media.

09/10/2020

Russia

Russia launches criminal investigation into unexplained sea pollution

Russia has launched a criminal investigation into unexplained sea pollution and the loss of sea life in the Kamchatka peninsula.

08/10/2020

Russia

Environmental activists demand answers about Russian marine pollution

Environmental activists demand answers for marine pollution on the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Russia after several large sea animals washed ashore.

06/10/2020

Earth News

This zero food waste cafe serves you soup in an edible bowl

An innovative way to minimise waste - but what exactly are they made of?

04/10/2020

Russia

Russian journalist sets herself on fire and dies after police search

Irina Slavina set herself on fire outside a regional police headquarters on Friday.

03/10/2020

The Cube

Navalny poisoning: Decoding the Kremlin's information war | #TheCube

In this 30-minute special edition of #TheCube, we examine the clash of information between east and west, and why Alexei Navalny is such an enemy of the Kremlin.

02/10/2020

Russia

Russia given five months to fix 'deficient' doping response

World Athletics had previously said RusAF could be expelled from membership if it didn't compose an anti-doping plan.

26/09/2020

Russia

Russian bailiffs seize Alexei Navalny's assets, says spokeswoman

Navalny's flat and some of his bank accounts were frozen while he lay in a coma in Berlin, the Kremlin critic's spokeswoman said on Thursday.

24/09/2020

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23/09/2020

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Russian artist fills Moscow museum with colourful latex sculptures

The latex sculptures and dresses were made by Russian artist Sasha Frolova, who argues they represent extreme femininity, not overt sexuality.

17/09/2020

Russia

Novichok-tinged bottle found in Navalny's room, his colleagues say

Supporters of the Russian opposition leader, who is being treated in a Berlin hospital, say they found the item in his hotel room shortly after he collapsed

17/09/2020

Russia

'Venus is a Russian planet,' Russian space agency director says

Russia's space agency has announced an independent national effort to explore Earth's twin after news there could be signs of life in the Venus' clouds.

15/09/2020

Travel News

The women keeping a Cossack tradition alive

These shawls have been made by Russia’s Cossack women for centuries, but its traditional production is under threat from mass, machine-produced garments

14/09/2020

Russia

Russia elections: Navalny allies claim symbolic wins in regional polls

Allies of the poisoned opposition leader claim wins in Siberia as independent monitors condemned a reported "stream" of voting irregularities.

14/09/2020

Russia

Russians vote in local elections in key test for ruling party

Before being poisoned, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was urging Russians to vote tactically by casting their ballot for candidates best placed to defeat the ruling United Russia party.

13/09/2020

Russia

Putin apologises to Serbian leader over ministry spokeswoman's post

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry, posted a picture of Vucic's meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week with a picture of Sharon Stone's legs from the Basic Instinct movie underneath.

11/09/2020

Russia

Lukashenko looks to "elder brother" Putin for support

"Even cornered, Lukashenko does not look very much like a puppet, he is too unpredictable. This is a big difficulty for Moscow," says Andrei Kolesnikov of the Moscow Carnegie Center.

11/09/2020

Russia

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens after six month coronvirus lockdown

The theatre kicked off its 245th season to a mask-wearing half-empty auditorium with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlo”.

07/09/2020

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The 2020 WorldSkills Russia National Competition will be the largest ever thanks to distance tech

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The WorldSkills Russia National Competition takes place annually and brings outstanding students and trainers of technical and vocational education from around the country.

06/09/2020