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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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

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

Russia

Russia expels 60 US diplomats in escalating global standoff

Moscow expels 60 US diplomats and closes the American embassy in St Petersburg in an escalating global standoff provoked by the poisoning of a former Russian double-agent living in the UK.

31/03/2018

Russia

Russia responds to diplomatic expulsions by summoning 23 ambassadors

Heads of diplomatic missions in Moscow told to expect retaliation.

30/03/2018

Russia

Watch: Russia test launches new 'Satan' intercontinental ballistic missile

Moscow has released video of its latest Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile - dubbed 'Satan' by NATO - being test launched.

30/03/2018

Russia

Russia to expel 60 US diplomats and close Washington's St Petersburg consulate - Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

Russia to expel 60 US diplomats and close Washington's St Petersburg consulate - Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

29/03/2018

Russia

Russia confirms military flight exercise between North Pole and North America

Russia's defence minister said the country had conducted its first military training flight via the North Pole to North America since Soviet times.

29/03/2018

Russia

Funerals underway for victims of Siberian shopping mall fire

The incident has roused public anger over official corruption

28/03/2018

Russia

Families of Kemerovo fire victims demand answers from officials

Protesters call for the authorities to be held to account for the fire that killed at least 64 people, most of them children

28/03/2018

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Hundreds attend funeral for three killed in Kemerovo mall fire

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral service on Wednesday for two school-age children and their grandmother killed in the deadly shopping mall fire in Kemerovo.

28/03/2018