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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

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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

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Russia responds to diplomatic expulsions by summoning 23 ambassadors

Heads of diplomatic missions in Moscow told to expect retaliation.

30/03/2018

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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

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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

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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

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Funerals underway for victims of Siberian shopping mall fire

The incident has roused public anger over official corruption

28/03/2018

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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

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Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats

Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats.

28/03/2018

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Football: racist chants directed at French players in Russia

Racist chants directed at two French football players were allegedly heard during a friendly between France and Russia in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.

28/03/2018

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Funerals held for victims of Russia's shopping mall fire

Some relatives don't believe the official death toll of 64 and have produced a list of 85 people missing.

28/03/2018

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Former Russian ambassador to Britain warns of military clash

And Anatoly Adamashin says Russia will likely respond to the widespread expulsions of its diplomats from many western states with tit-for-tat measures.

28/03/2018

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Grief and protest in Russia over fire that killed tens of children

Mourners chanted 'Putin resign' in towns including Moscow as mounting anger grows over a fire in a leisure complex, which investigators say had faulty fire alarms and blocked doors.

28/03/2018

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Skripal Case: Many Russians feel Moscow not to blame

Over 140 Russian diplomats have been expelled in the biggest concerted action against Russian intelligence networks by the West since the Cold War

27/03/2018

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Widespread support for UK as around 100 Russian diplomats are expelled

Over twenty countries have expelled a total of around a hundred Russian diplomats in a show of support for the UK. It is said to be the largest number of expulsions ever.

27/03/2018

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Vladimir Putin visits scene of Siberian shopping mall fire

Russian president declares March 28th will be a day of national mourning.

27/03/2018

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Russia blames Washington pressure for western expulsions of diplomats

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will retaliate.

27/03/2018

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Protest in Siberian city of Kemerovo after shopping centre fire

Hundreds of people protested against Russian officials in the Siberian city of Kemerova after the fire on Sunday that killed 64 people. Over 40 of themchildren. Russian government declares day of mourning on March 28

27/03/2018

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Euroviews. The West must cut Russia's financial roots | View

Western coordinated action against Russia has been taken to a new level, now it's time to follow the money, writes the Atlantic Council's Anders Åslund.

27/03/2018

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Biggest concerted action against Russian intelligence since Cold War

More than 100 Russian diplomats expelled following Skripal poisoning

27/03/2018

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Heart-breaking tales from families of shopping centre blaze victims

One man tells how he lost his two children in the blaze at the Winter Cherry mall in Kemorovo. At least 64 people died in the fire.

26/03/2018

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Russian fire: Witnesses say there were no alarms or sprinklers

At least 64 people are said to have died when a blaze ripped through a shopping mall

26/03/2018

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Reports: 37 feared dead, dozens missing in Siberia mall shopping fire

Up to 37 people have been killed and dozens remained unaccounted for after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Siberia on Sunday (March 25), reports say.

25/03/2018