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The world comes to Siberia as Krasnoyarsk prepares for the Student Winter Games

In partnership with Nornickel

"Follow us in Siberia" looks at the event local authorities hope will begin putting the Siberian city on the international map.

20/09/2018

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Krasnoyarsk: an old city whose future will be defined by its youth

In partnership with Nornickel

Young hearts run free in the heart of Siberia as Krasnoyarsk bets on its young people.

20/09/2018

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Taiga, taiga burning bright

In partnership with Nornickel

"Follow us in Siberia" takes a look at the region's dazzling natural beauty, which provides much of the region's wealth, and that is reflected in its local cuisine,

20/09/2018

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Russia says it no longer blames Israel for downing its plane in Syria

Russia's defence ministry had earlier on Tuesday suggested that Israeli warplanes flying nearby had deliberately attracted Syrian anti-aircraft fire to down the place.

18/09/2018

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Russia says flight MH17 downed by Ukraine-owned missile

Russia's Defense Ministry claims the Buk missile was manufactured in 1986 and delivered to Ukraine.

17/09/2018

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Prayers on wheels — the mobile church with hop-on services

For many worshippers living in the remote regions of Russia's Tatarstan republic, the Zainsk church is a journey too far.

16/09/2018

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Russia military: Fifth day of Vostok 2018

The military test their multi-rocket launcher and howitzer artillary. Three hundred thousand troops are being put to the test as air, sea and land drills take place close to the border with China

15/09/2018

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Russia's Orthodox Church freezes ties with Constantinople over Ukraine

The Russian Orthodox Church has downgraded "diplomatic relations" with Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

15/09/2018

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Russia and China conduct massive joint military exercises

For decades China has been considered by Russia as one of its potential threats.

14/09/2018

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Activist from anti-Kremlin Pussy Riot group "poisoned"

A tweet from the group said Pyotr Verzilov's life is in danger - adding "We think that he was poisoned."

14/09/2018

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What's behind Russia's war games involving China?

'For Russia, it's really about showing they're a global military power.'

14/09/2018

Russia

Anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov 'was definitely poisoned'

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina tells Euronews anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov was poisoned and is in a critical condition in hospital.

13/09/2018

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Russian war games: What you need to know

For the past two days, the Russian military has been conducting the country's biggest drills in decades, as President Vladimir Putin seeks to send a message to the West but also to his own increasinly-dissatisfied electorate.

13/09/2018

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Russia's Putin attends biggest post-Soviet war games in Siberia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (September 13) arrived at Tsugol firing range in the country's Siberia Zabaikalsky region to observe large military drills.

13/09/2018

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Show of force by Russia military on exercise

Three hundred thousand troops are involved in the joint China and Russia drills close to the Chinese border

12/09/2018

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President Putin offers to sign a peace treaty by the end of this year with Japan

The Russian President made the suggestion at a conference stage on Wednesday. It's to formally end World War Two hostilities between their countries. But Abe, did not give his response

12/09/2018

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‘I’ll beat you to a pulp’: Putin's ex-head of security tells Navalny

"Nobody has ever kicked your butt properly so that you’d feel it in your liver but now you came to the right person," Viktor Zolotov, the head of Russia's National Guard and Putin's ex-head of security, threatened the opposition leader.

11/09/2018

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Putin and Xi treat themselves with pancakes, vodka and caviar

President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping demonstrated their cooking skills on Tuesday (September 11) after their talks in Russia's Far Easten city of Vladivostok.

11/09/2018

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Watch: Putin squirms as voting machine rejects his ballot

Is this the trickiest an election has ever been for Russia's president?

10/09/2018

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Russian parliamentary elections tarnished by unprecedented pension reform outcry

As Russia votes in this year's parliamentary and regional elections on September 9, the imminent victory of Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party might be tarnished by nation's outrage over highly unpopular pension reform.

09/09/2018

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Moscow mayor and residents vote for city head

Polls show President Vladimir Putin's former chief-of-staff will comfortably be re-elected, but public anger over planned increases to the nationwide pension age means many voters may stay away.

09/09/2018

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Domino's Russia 'free pizza for life' tattoo campaign ends early

Customers were offered 100 pizzas a year for 100 years if they got a permanent tattoo of the brand's logo.

08/09/2018

Russia

What is Russia's secretive GRU intelligence agency?

The UK government has claimed two GRU officers carried out the Salisbury Novichok attack — different from the KGB, what do we know about Russia's most secretive intelligence agency?

07/09/2018

Russia

Grozny: Nine dimensions of the post-war city explored by photographs

Three photographers invite us to explore the dimensions of post-war Grozny

07/09/2018

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'No one in Russia believes this story' Russia security expert tells Eu

Russian security expert Aleksey Podberezkin tells Euronews that no one in Russia believes that Moscow was involved in the poisoning of former agent Sergei Skripal.

05/09/2018

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Russian TV launches weekly show hailing Putin

Vladimir Putin's "love of children" and "great physique" were some of the topics discussed in a new Russian state-television show entirely dedicated to the president's image.

03/09/2018