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Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed

Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release.

22/02/2017

Russia

Russia's UN ambassador dies

64-year-old Vitaly Churkin had served as Moscow's permanent representative to the UN in New York since 2006.

20/02/2017

Russia

Russia defends decision to recognise rebel passports in eastern Ukraine

The RIA news agency quotes the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying the order is temporary. Russian officials are also quoted as saying the order corresponds with international law.

20/02/2017

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Russian sport lovers ride dog sleds through Siberian snow

Several dozen Siberian sports fans gathered on Saturday (February 18) in a snow-covered field outside the city of Irkutsk to take part in a dog sled race.

19/02/2017

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Five reasons why Yuri Gagarin is a legend of space

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew to space In 1961.

16/02/2017

Cult

Bolshoi Ballet stages Mieczysław Weinberg's opera 'The Idiot'

Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Ballet is staging ‘The Idiot’ which is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel.

15/02/2017

Cult

The stage play 'Stalin Watchmaker' reflects the life of the former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin

A man or a murdering monster?

13/02/2017

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Russian warships welcomed home after Syria mission

Russia’s navy holds an honouring ceremony in Severomorsk to welcome back the crews of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and the Pyotr Veliky heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser returning from S

10/02/2017

Russia

Britain scrambles jets to monitor Russian bombers

Britain has confirmed that it scrambled Typhoon jets to monitor two Russian Blackjack bombers, which flew near its airspace.

10/02/2017

Russia

Russian opposition leader Navalny given suspended sentence

Navalny says he will take part in 2018 presidential elections

08/02/2017

Russia

Euroviews. Is it all going swimmingly for Vladimir Putin?

07/02/2017

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New chapter: world's first ice library launched in Russia

The first ice library in the world was launched in Baikalsk, Russia.

06/02/2017

Russia

Meet the Russian 'Hobbit' who lives underground in the woods

Yuri Alekseyev used to work as a lawyer in Moscow, but packed in his job and city life to move to the forest.

02/02/2017

Sport

IOC disqualify three athletes from 2012 London Olympics

Russia’s female 4×400 metres relay team from the London 2012 Olympics has been disqualified after one of the athletes returned a positive dope test for a banned…

01/02/2017

Sport

Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years

Dimitriy Trunenkov, a member of Russia's four-man Bobsleigh gold medal winners at the Sochi Olympics, has been banned for unspecified doping offences for four years.

31/01/2017

Russia

Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence

Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race?

30/01/2017

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Russia shows off new Mig-35 jet

Russia has been showing off the latest generation of its MiG-35 fighter jet.

29/01/2017

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Russia softens the law on domestic violence

The country's lower house has passed a bill decriminalising some forms of domestic violence. It will make battery of a relative a civil and not criminal offence when the victim suffered no serious har

27/01/2017

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Russian woman drags two tram cars

A Russian power lifter has managed to pull two tram cars full of passengers.

26/01/2017

Russia

Putin sings Soviet song about space with Russian students

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined a group of students in singing a Soviet song about space exploration.

25/01/2017

Russia

Russian Duma backs draft law easing penalty for domestic violence

The Russian parliament’s lower house the Duma has overwhelming backed a draft law that would ease some penalties for domestic violence.

25/01/2017

Russia

Russians try to decipher Trump's policy towards Moscow

Two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, and like the rest of the world, Muscovites are waiting to see how Russian-US relations will change once he takes…

18/01/2017

Russia

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden granted extended stay in Russia

Russia extends NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's residency visa to 2020.

18/01/2017

Russia

Putin on those accusing Trump: they are worse than prostitutes

The Russian President has hit out at those he claims are spreading fake information about the US President-elect.

18/01/2017

Russia

Lavrov pours scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian cyber attacks

Lavrov denies Russian involvement in election hacking

17/01/2017

Russia

Russian figures claim Trump scandal an Obama ruse to scupper better relations

Russian politicians are bemused by the chaotic transition in US politics, and most are convinced it is a Democrat ploy to sabotage any Trump rapprochement with Moscow.

12/01/2017