Russia Russia tests ballistic missiles Launches conducted for land, sea and submarine-based weapons. 27/10/2017
Russia 'Hands off our saint': controversial film about Russian tsar's affair opens in Moscow Orthodox leaders glorify Nicholas II as a saint and say his private life is off-limits. 25/10/2017
Russia Ksenia Sobchak just started her campaign and she's 'against' everyone, including Putin During her speech Sobchak had a sticker on her laptop that read "I (am) against" in Russian. 24/10/2017
Russia Russia stands by Baghdad and insists on Iraq's territorial integrity Russia dashes Kurdish hopes of support by siding with Baghdad and saying Iraq should not lose its northeastern provinces to an independent Kurdistan. 23/10/2017
Russia Russian journalist stabbed after man bursts into radio station Man is detained after attacking female radio host with a knife. 23/10/2017
Russia Alexi Navalny 'released from jail' Russian blogger Alexi Navalny has announced on social media his release from detention 22/10/2017
Sport Russia invites disgraced former FIFA and UEFA heads to Moscow for World Cup finals Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini will be Vladimir Putin's personal guests for the three-week football tournament next year 20/10/2017
Russia Who is Ksenia Sobchak, the socialite that will challenge Putin in Russia's 2018 election? Sobchak has been compared to US It Girl Paris Hilton 19/10/2017
Russia Who is Ksenia Sobchak, the celebrity who will run against Putin in Russia's 2018 election? She's married to one of Russia's most famous actors, is the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor and has her own TV show. Now Ksenia Sobchak wants to be President of Russia. 18/10/2017
Russia Putin laughs at minister's proposal to export pork to a Muslim-majority country A Russian meeting on the development of agriculture took a light-hearted turn when the Minister of Agriculture proposed to export pork to Indonesia. 17/10/2017
Russia Europes launches air pollution satellite Europe launched the sixth of its Sentinel Earth observation satellites on Friday as part of the multi-billion-euro Copernicus programme to monitor volcanic ash and ultraviolet radiation. 13/10/2017
Russia World Cup 2018: What we can expect to see, and what we won’t The World Cup firsts, familiar faces and unlikely occurrences we can expect at Russia 2018 10/10/2017
Russia Bolshoi and Met team up for first time Fans of opera will be delighted to learn Moscow's Bolshoi theatre and New York's Metropolitan Opera are teaming up for the first time to stage three shows to be shown in both cities. 10/10/2017
No Comment Market catches fire in Moscow 3000 people evacuated as construction goods market on the northwestern edge of Moscow caught fire 09/10/2017
Russia Berlusconi gives Putin a duvet cover for his 65th birthday The themed gift came after Putin previously gave the 81-year-old a double bed, where prostitute Patrizia D’Addario alleged Berlusconi slept with her in 2008 09/10/2017
Russia Russian skyscraper ‘becomes Europe’s tallest building’ The Lakhta Center in St Petersburg isn't even finished yet, but its creators are already claiming it's bigger than all other skyscrapers in Europe 06/10/2017
No Comment 19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov 19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov 06/10/2017
Russia Saudi Arabia and Russia sign arms deal Saudi Arabia has signed a memorandum of understanding on the purchase of S-400 air defence systems from Russia's state arms exporter. 06/10/2017
Russia 19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov 19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov 06/10/2017
Russia Escalating embarrassment: stairway glitch leaves king stranded First world problems caused a hiccup for Saudi Arabia’s King Salman 06/10/2017
Russia Saudi king makes historic visit to Russia Salman bin Abdulaziz is on an historic first visit to Russia by a monarch of the Gulf kingdom. 05/10/2017
Russia Jail sentence for Russian opposition leader A Moscow court has sent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to jail for 20 days for calling for an unsanctioned protest 03/10/2017
Russia Russia 'destroys chemical arsenal' Russia says it is getting rid of its final remaining chemical weapons. 27/09/2017
Russia Watch: ‘Flying motorcycle’ is put through its paces in Russia The device looks more like a drone, with just its seat reminiscent of a motorbike. 26/09/2017
Next Series Sixty years since Sputnik - the satellite that changed the world Sixty years ago, Sputnik became the first satellite in space and changed the world forever. 21/09/2017