No Comment Russian Snow Village opens early Russia’s seasonal Snow Village in the northern town of Kirovsk has sprung up again this year, ahead of its official opening on December 25th. 11/12/2016
Russia Russian athletics chief: 'we are working to resolve problems' The newly re-elected head of Russian athletics says reforms are underway, after more revelations of systematic doping. 09/12/2016
Russia More than 1000 Russian athletes benefited from state-sponsored doping - report More than 1000 athletes, including Olympic medalists, are implicated in the McLaren report on Russian state-sponsored doping. 09/12/2016
Business Series Russia sells stake in oil giant Rosneft Qatar and commodities trader Glencore have bought a stake in Russia's giant oil firm Rosneft. 08/12/2016
Business Series Russia sells share in country's largest oil company Russia has sold a share of oil giant Rosneft for 10. 08/12/2016
Russia NATO boss urges West to maintain pressure on Russia over Ukraine NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged the international community on Wednesday to maintain pressure on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. 07/12/2016
Sport Russian athletes remain suspended The IAAF has voted to extend Russia’s ban from international athletics competitions for state-sponsored doping. 01/12/2016
Russia Russia needs 'friends' not 'enemies' Putin addresses the nation Russia is committed to peace and cooperation, but will defend Russian interests. 01/12/2016
Russia We are not seeking enemies - Putin The Russian president has given his highly-anticipated annual address to the country's Federal Assembly in the Kremlin. 01/12/2016
Russia French 'Space' star complains of Moscow 'ambush' after plagiarism row The French founder of the 1970s electronic band Space is complaining of having suffered a “hooligan ambush” after being briefly detained by police in Moscow over a dispute with a Russian singer he had 30/11/2016
No Comment Russia: Flowers for Castro People laid flowers at the Cuban Embassy in Moscow in tribute to the memory of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, who died aged 90 on 25 November. 27/11/2016
Russia Russia reacts to Fidel Castro's death World leaders paid tribute to socialist Cuban icon Fidel Castro on Saturday. 26/11/2016
Russia Ukraine: exiled ex-President Yanukovych's testimony cut short in Maidan murder trial Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appeared in court via video link to give evidence in the trial of five ex-riot policemen accused of shooting dead protesters in… 25/11/2016
Russia Moscow seeks closer ties with Bulgaria and Moldova following presidential elections A senior aide to Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is planning for more constructive ties with Bulgaria and the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova. 23/11/2016
Russia Amnesty International condemns Russia's 'draconian' foreign agents law Amnesty International in Russia has strongly condemned what it calls a ‘draconian’ foreign agents law, ahead of the fourth anniversary of it coming into effect. 18/11/2016
Economy Russia blocks LinkedIn Russia's communications regulator has ordered public access to social networking site LinkedIn blocked over its violation of a data storage law. 17/11/2016
Russia Russia withdraws from the International Criminal Court Officials are quoted as saying the Hague-based tribunal is not "truly independent" and has not lived up the hopes of the international community. 16/11/2016
Russia Russia bribery inquiry - more suspects? There could be more suspects in a criminal case, which has seen Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev detained on bribery charges. 16/11/2016
Russia Russian economy minister charged with bribery 60-year-old technocrat Alexei Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official to be arrested while in office since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. 15/11/2016
Russia Russia's economy minister charged with bribery 60-year-old technocrat Alexei Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official to be arrested while in office since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. 15/11/2016
Russia Russian economy minister is detained over bribery allegations Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been detained over the equivalent of an alleged 1. 15/11/2016
Russia Trump and Putin talk on the telephone Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump have agreed to work towards "normalising relations" between their two countries. 14/11/2016
Russia Moscow locals look forward to Trump presidency Following the US election result, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency Tass that the level of Moscow’s relations with Washington “is not living up to Russia’s… 09/11/2016
Russia Russia ready to restore relations with US, says Vladimir Putin Russian president Vladimir Putin was among the first world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory. 09/11/2016
No Comment Moscow military march More than 5,000 people marched along Red Square on Monday (November 7) to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the historic military parade held in Moscow on November 7… 08/11/2016