Russia Moscow airport workers plead guilty over Total CEO's fatal jet crash Two Moscow airport workers plead guilty to causing the jet crash that killed Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie in 2014. 28/07/2016
Sport Threadbare Russian Olympic team en route to Rio A threadbare Russian Olympic team gathered at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport to board a flight to Rio. 28/07/2016
Russia Exclusion of Russian athletes from Rio is 'discrimination', says Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the exclusion of some Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics is "discrimination". 27/07/2016
World 'Cheats welcome at Olympics' after IOC Russia doping decision Russian athletes have started to arrive in Rio ready to compete at the Olympic Games that start on August 5. 26/07/2016
Sport Seven more Russians banned from Rio Olympics Seven more Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday after being implicated in the damning World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into state-sponsored doping and cover 26/07/2016
Russia Russia's participation in the Olympic Games in Rio: a presumption of innocence or collective punishment? The International Olympic Committee’s decision not to enforce a blanket ban on all Russian competitors from going to the Rio Games could lead to “lesser protection for clean athletes”, according to th 25/07/2016
Russia Moscow court begins hearings in Nemtsov case Moscow’s military court has started preliminary hearings in the case of slain Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. 25/07/2016
Russia Russia welcomes IOC decision against blanket ban on Rio athletes The Kremlin says it welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling against a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the next month’s Olympics. 25/07/2016
Russia Russian teams arrive in Rio, IOC criticised “Doping issues, we have nothing, we have never had this issue, never in our life. 25/07/2016
Russia Russia welcomes IOC decision as "objective" Moscow has welcomed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying it was grateful that it had not imposed a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio… 25/07/2016
Russia Moscow 'grateful' for IOC decision not to impose blanket ban on Russian athletes in Rio Russia’s Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko has said he is ‘grateful’ to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not imposing a blanket ban on Russia competing at the Rio… 24/07/2016
Russia Russia escapes blanket ban from Rio Olympics The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opted not to impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month’s Rio Olympics amid the scandal over state-sponsored… 24/07/2016
World IOC rule against Olympic blanket ban for Russia The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sunday it will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month’s Rio Olympics. 24/07/2016
Sport Court upholds IAAF ban on Russian athletes from competing in Rio The ban on Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics is set to stand after the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out an appeal by 68 Russian athletes. 21/07/2016
Sport Zhukov downplays possible boycott with Russia's participation in Rio Olympics in the balance The head of Russia's Olympic Committee says he expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire team will be banned from Rio over allegations of state-sponsored doping. 20/07/2016
Russia IOC to "explore legal option" of banning Russia from Rio Olympics The International Olympic Committee says it will take legal advice on the possibility of banning Russia from next month’s Rio Games over doping. 19/07/2016
Russia Russia's long running doping saga The findings of Richard McLaren, the Canadian law professor and head of the independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to investigate allegations of systematic cheating in Ru 19/07/2016
Russia Putin says claims of Russian doping 'political' Vladimir Putin said the latest report on doping among Russian athletes lacked substance and was highly political. 18/07/2016
Russia Wada confirms widespread Russian doping at Sochi 2014 The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed allegations of widespread Russian doping at the Sochi Olympics. 18/07/2016
Sport Japan make it big in Russia at the Tyumen Judo Grand Slam Japan ran away with the medal table at the Tyumen Judo Grand Slam. 17/07/2016
Sport Japan dominates on first day of the Tyumen Grand Slam Japan led the way winning all but one of the medals on offer on the opening day at the Tyumen Grand Prix. 16/07/2016
Sport Silk Way Rally: Peterhansel bounces back Reigning Dakar champion Stéphane Peterhansel produced yet another flawless run to clinch the shortened Kostanay -Astana stage, taking the overall lead in this year’s Silk Way… 12/07/2016
Russia Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov launches solo around-the-world bid Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, 65, on Monday took off in a hot-air balloon in Western Australia in a bid to beat the record time for a solo flight around the… 12/07/2016
Sport Silk Way Rally: Cyril Despres clinches third stage France’s Cyril Despres produced a stunning display to clinch the third leg of the Silk Way Rally as rival Stéphane Peterhansel suffered an early puncture. 11/07/2016
No Comment Russia: Annual cow dung slinging festival in Urals village The village of Krylovo in the Urals region of Russia has celebrated its national day with a cow dung slinging competition. 11/07/2016
My Europe Series Daring Russia, nervous Europe: ghosts of the Cold War haunt NATO NATO is set to send more troops to the Baltics and Poland to deter any perceived Russian aggression. What does this say about peace in Europe? 08/07/2016