focus Kazan student games a Tatar triumph Nearly 10,000 athletes from more than 160 countries take part in the World Student Games. With 27 sports in which you can win 351 sets of medals it 10/07/2013
Russia Russia loses $200 mln satellites as launch ends in flames A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around $200 million crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur 02/07/2013
Russia Edward Snowden rules out Russia but waits on other asylum requests Former US security service contractor and fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden remains in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where 02/07/2013
Russia Iran plans to produce 20,000 MW of nuclear power by 2020 Iran intends to produce “about 20,000 megawatts of nuclear-generated electricity” over the next few years, according to the Director of the Atomic 29/06/2013
World Back in the Day: the Beginning of Nuclear Power June 27, 1954: the world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, in the USSR. It was the first civilian nuclear power station in the world 27/06/2013
World Russia sliding towards totalitarianism, says rights activist Euronews, Andrei Beketov: From euronews’ studio in Brussels, we welcome Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights campaigner, a leader of the Moscow 04/06/2013
explore Travelling the Trans-Siberian From Moscow to the eastern borders of China, the world’s longest railway line – the Trans-Siberian, stretches for more than 9,000 kilometres; a truly 27/05/2013
explore Traveller's diary: The Trans-Siberian railway “Unless you made all the way in the third class, and unless you visited every major city along the road, you haven’t really seen the 27/05/2013
musica Star-studded gala opens new Mariinsky in St. Petersburg All the big names in Russian opera and ballet performed at a recent gala to open the new Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Guests were 23/05/2013
explore Astrakhan: Fishing on the Volga This week, Russian Life takes you to the Volga Delta near Astrakhan, where Europe’s largest river flows into the Caspian Sea. This unique environment 13/05/2013
explore Traveller's diary: the Astrakhan region As Steven Write famously said, “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” We went to Astrakhan, Russia’s 13/05/2013
explore A rocky journey This week, Russian Life takes us to the mountains on the shores of the Black Sea, at the foothills of the Caucasus, one of Russia’s most picturesque 29/04/2013
explore Traveller's diary: Krasnodar Krasnodar Krai is famous for its outdoors routes: hikers and bikers enjoy the diversity of its picturesque landscapes, with snow-covered mountains 29/04/2013
target Russia's quest for foreign investors In the early 1990s Russia was Eldorado or the ‘Wild, Wild East’ as far as foreign businesses and investors were concerned. But Jean-Noel Lemond 24/04/2013
explore Traveller’s Diary: Saint Petersburg Having visited other Russian cities, the first thing you notice in the northern capital is how surprisingly well-preserved is its historic 16/04/2013
explore Behind the curtain at the Mariinski Theatre In this series, we will be discovering the most amazing places in the largest country on Earth, where life sometimes resembles a theatre – and a 15/04/2013
World Hulk, Russia and racism It was at London’s Wembley Stadium that the Brazilian national football team lost the Olympic final against Mexico last August. The only trophy in 08/02/2013
World EU-Russia: different views Russia in recent weeks has clashed with the European Union and the United States over international policies. Of key note are the civil war in Syria 20/12/2012
World Leaving no orphans behind We all know that the outlook for orphans is often bleak. Life is also tough for children whose parents cannot look after them – for whatever reason 14/12/2012
Business MegaFon makes market debut Russia’s second biggest mobile phone operator has entered the markets in Moscow and London and raised 1.7 billion dollars at its IPO. The company 28/11/2012
Unreported Europe Russian trade union revival During the Soviet era, from 1917 to 1991, trade unions in Russia were state run organisations which had nothing to do with helping workers fight for 20/07/2012
explore Moscow along the river In the final episode of our journey around Russia, euronews takes a trip through the capital along the Moskva river. Moscow was named after the 11/06/2012
explore Moscow by metro In the penultimate episode of Russian life, euronews explores the capital Moscow. We began with the city’s famous underground. Carrying over 7 04/06/2012
explore Traveller's Diary: Moscow Denis Loktev, Moscow The final destination in our two-month long televised journey across Russia, Moscow remains the city all Russian roads lead 04/06/2012
explore Russian Life: Kaliningrad, the Amber City For this edition of Russian Life, euronews travels to the Kaliningrad exclave. Isolated from the rest of the country, it is the smallest, youngest 28/05/2012
explore Traveller's Diary: Kaliningrad Denis Loktev, Kaliningrad Russia’s Kaliningrad region is believed to hold more than 90 percent of the world’s total amber deposits. This beautiful 28/05/2012
