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Putin will meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un towards the end of April

Just weeks after talks with Donald Trump stalled, North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has set up a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

18/04/2019

Russia

How much does Vladimir Putin earn? Not as much as last year...

Putin's financial declaration reported a fairly unpretentious salary in 2018, compared to 2017.

15/04/2019

Russia

Russian security forces storm suspected IS terror cell in Siberia

Russian security forces storm suspected IS terror cell in Siberia

12/04/2019

Russia

Watch: Russia seeks to send more tourists to its Arctic zone

The country has the largest share of Arctic territory, but only 5% of those who visit are Russian. Tours are still extremely expensive, ranging from €8,250 up to €27,500.

12/04/2019

Russia

Russia prison chief rejects claim jail yoga could 'turn inmates gay'

An official with the Russian prison service has said yoga lessons will continue, rejecting a theologist's suggestion that it could spark riots

10/04/2019

Russia

Russia's 'whale jail' set to close after international outcry

Russia's 'whale jail' set to close after international outcry

08/04/2019

Russia

Erdogan and Putin to talk arms sales despite US warnings

"Turkey must choose," American Vice-President Mike Pence, warned last week.

08/04/2019

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Russia's Kemerovo ski resort dresses up for carnival

Hundreds of extreme snow lovers made a massive descent in bright carnival In the Kemerovo region on the territory of the famous ski resort Sheregesh

07/04/2019

Russia

Jean-Michel Cousteau to visit Russia's much-criticised 'whale jail'

Pressure is growing on Moscow to release 11 killer whales and 87 belugas from small pens in the far east of the country.

05/04/2019

Earth News

Russia Fashion Week: the labels to know

Inspiring trends and new designers at Autumn-Winter 19 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow

04/04/2019

Russia

Explosion at Russian military academy 'injures four'

The explosion took place at the Mozhaysky Military Space Academy in St Petersburg.

02/04/2019

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Russian pilot has a pet not everyone can bear

Aviation personnel at the Oreshkovo airfield in Russia's Kaluga region, some 200 Kilometres south-west of Moscow, have a special pet living right in a cordoned off area of an airfield - a three-year-old brown bear named Mansur.

22/03/2019

Russia

NASA detects meteorite explosion ten times bigger than Hiroshima bomb

The explosion was recorded on December 18, 2018, over the Bering Sea.

19/03/2019

Destinations

Exploring a remote corner of Europe threatened by climate change

We went on an extreme expedition to one of the northernmost corners of Europe to find some answers.

16/03/2019

Russia

Russia triumphs at Ice Climbing World Championships

Russia enjoyed a clean sweep in the speed category at the Ice Climbing World Championships in Kirov at the weekend.

11/03/2019

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Russian prison inmates compete during Maslenitsa festivities

Positive recommendations by penitentiary authorities following their participation in the festival can count favourably towards the inmates being paroled.

09/03/2019

Russia

What is Russia's new 'fake news' law all about? | Euronews answers

People who spread what Russian authorities consider to be fake news or who show "disrespect" to the state will face tough new fines.

07/03/2019

Russia

Watch: Russian jet intercepts US spy plane

Russian defence ministry says the American aircraft was heading towards its borders.

07/03/2019

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Ice-skaters brave the cold in Siberia for a race on the world's deepest lake

Swimsuit wearing ice-skaters braved the Siberian cold to take part in a race on Lake Baikal on Saturday.

04/03/2019

Russia

Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88

Alferov was a Russian scientist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. He won the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics.

02/03/2019

Russia

Russia set to free 100 captive whales from 'prison'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been heavily criticised over a "whale prison" in the far east of the country, which is run by companies involved in trafficking.

01/03/2019

Russia

Canines gather for one of the longest dog sled races in the world

Dozens of competitors are waiting for the start of one of the longest dog sled races in the world in Russia's far east.

26/02/2019

Russia

Sightings of green snow concerns residents of Russian city

Repeated sightings of green-coloured snow in the Russian city of Pervouralsk is concerning residents.

25/02/2019

Russia

Russia TV names 'US targets'

A Russian state TV news show has named a list of targets in the US it claims Moscow would aim to destroy in the event of a nuclear confrontation.

25/02/2019

Cult

Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi 2019

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25/02/2019

Russia

Russian propaganda train shows off spoils of Syrian war

Five hundred exhibits of captured armoured vehicles, artillery, firearms and improvised explosive devices are on show.

23/02/2019