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Russian Highline Festival 2018 takes place in Kislovodsk

200 people headed to Kislovodsk to pass over the precipice in the Russian Highline Festival 2018

30/04/2018

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Russia, Iran and Turkey commit to political solution in Syria

Russia, Iran and Turkey have held talks and agreed that a political solution should be sought in Syria despite Western missile strikes.

28/04/2018

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Watch: Europe launches latest environment observation satellite

The Sentinel-3B satellite is set to observe the Earth’s oceans, lakes and vegetation.

25/04/2018

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Russia to study U.S. missiles

Russia plans to study an unexploded U.S. Tomahawk missile that failed to explode in order to improve its own missiles.

25/04/2018

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Russians protest Moscow's Telegram ban with paper planes

Russians are launching paper planes in protest against Moscow’s crackdown on messenger app Telegram.

23/04/2018

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Russia threatens to clamp down on Facebook

After its attempts to block messaging app Telegram, Facebook could be next

18/04/2018

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Catch me if you can: Russia internet chaos as Telegram ban backfires

The instant messaging service evades regulators implementing a court ban, while millions of IP addresses are blocked in the attempted crackdown.

17/04/2018

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Bear helps kick off Russian football match

The circus animal was invited onto the pitch before a league game.

17/04/2018

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UK, US, and Australia blame Russia for global cyber attack

Security officials in the UK, US and Australia have accused Russia of hacking into millions of machines and using them as part of an espionage campaign against the West since 2015.

17/04/2018

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Russian journalist dies after falling from apartment window

The editor of a Russian investigation reporter who died after falling from his from his fifth-floor apartment has expressed doubt amid police claims that the journalist killed himself.

16/04/2018

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Russia: Cultural 'soft power'

At a time when the Kremlin is caught up in worldwide controversy, Russians abroad are pulling together to celebrate their cultural heritage

13/04/2018

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Russia blocks Telegram chat app after court ruling

The intelligence services say they want access to people's messages to prevent terrorist attacks. Telegram says because of the way the app is built it has no access to its users' messages

13/04/2018

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Russia's Lavrov uses Libya and Iraq to warn against Syria intervention

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday he hoped that there would be no repeat of the experience of Libya and Iraq in the Syria conflict.

13/04/2018

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Russia says "think about possible consequences"

As tensions increase over the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged against 'any steps which could lead to an escalation of tensions.'

12/04/2018

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Russian paratroopers film their drill jumps

The Russian military has release footage of the moment its paratroopers jumpr from an airplane

11/04/2018

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Market analysts assess impact of Russia sanctions

New round of sanctions by the US targets top businessmen close to the Kremlin

10/04/2018

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Russia's President Putin attends Orthodox Easter church service

Hundreds of people gathered in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow on Sunday for Easter Mass led by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.

08/04/2018

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Expelled US diplomats leave Moscow embassy

Sixty diplomats leave Russia in the retaliatory expulsions following the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal.

05/04/2018

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Russian cold no obstacle for sunbathers in St Petersburg

Taking a dip in icy water or sunbathing with temperatures around zero is something most people would attribute to daredevils and professionals, but for the people of St Petersburg, it is a pastime.

04/04/2018

Russia

Euroviews. Russia's influence is much more than propaganda and fake news | View

How Russia’s growing soft power among Western populists has been underestimated.

04/04/2018

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Russian postal drone spectacularly crashes on inaugural flight

The machine slammed into a wall in front of gathered officials and members of the public.

03/04/2018

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Russia accuses UK, allies of "playing children's games" over ex-spy poisoning

Russia's Foreign Minister said the nerve agent attack could benefit both the British special services and the UK government.

02/04/2018

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Boy, 11, learns of family’s death in Kemerovo blaze

A young boy that was caught up in a shopping mall fire that killed at least 64 people has learned that his parents and sister are among the dead.

01/04/2018

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Diplomats on the move as Russians and Americans return home

The diplomats expelled from the USA are back home, while the American consulate in St. Petersburg closes for business.

01/04/2018

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US diplomatic staff load truck outside St Petersburg consulate

US diplomatic staff continued to move items out from their consulate building in St Petersburg on Saturday after Moscow ordered its closure and the expulsion of 60 US diplomats days earlier.

01/04/2018

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Russia’s Kemerovo governor quits over shopping centre fire

Aman Tuleyev has resigned as governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region following the deadly fire that killed more than 60 people at a shopping complex, news agencies report.

01/04/2018