Russia Thousand detained at Moscow free elections protest Russian police detained more than 1,000 people in central Moscow on Saturday during a protest over opposition candidates allegedly being prevented from taking part in city council elections. 26/07/2019
United Kingdom RT tries to offer 'alternative view' of world affairs says presenter Afshin Rattansi, who presents ‘Going Underground’ on RT, called the Media Freedom Conference a 'politicised charade' after the network was banned from attending. 11/07/2019
Russia Russia to release investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, drop charges Russian authorities will release investigative journalist Ivan Golunov and drop all charges against him after public outcry and claims he was framed 11/06/2019
Russia Outcry over arrest of Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov The arrest last week of Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov has caused widespread outcry amid allegations of a set-up by law enforcement 10/06/2019
Russia Russian journalist Ivan Golunov walks free after 'framing' outcry Russia police say they have dropped a criminal case against an investigative journalist amid claims he was framed. 10/06/2019
World Meet the disabled man behind Russia's most-read political blog "When people found out I was behind Stalingagulag there were millions of comments. How can you use profanities? Like, if you’re in a wheelchair, you can't do anything, you just have to pray, ask for someone's help and look at the world from the window of your apartment." 13/05/2019
Russia Unmasked Russian 'StalinGulag' blogger: I won't be silenced by Kremlin StalinGulag blogger Alexander Gorbunov: I won't be silenced by Russian police 06/05/2019
Venezuela Russia's Gazprombank freezes accounts of Venezuela's state oil company While many foreign firms have been cutting their exposure to PDVSA since sanctions were imposed, the fact that a lender closely aligned with the Russian state is following suit is significant given the Kremlin has been among Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's staunchest supporters. 17/02/2019
Russia Russian TV channel sends "joke" gifts referencing Skripal poisoning Russian TV channel sends "joke" gifts referencing Skripal poisoning 28/12/2018
Russia What is Russia's secretive GRU intelligence agency? The UK government has claimed two GRU officers carried out the Salisbury Novichok attack — different from the KGB, what do we know about Russia's most secretive intelligence agency? 07/09/2018
Russia Watch: Putin enjoys the great outdoors as he hikes in Siberia Russian President Vladimir Putin gets back to nature in the Siberian hills on his summer holiday 28/08/2018
Russia Russian ministry continues using Telegram despite ban The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Telegram channel continues to be active despite a court ruling that blocked country-wide access to the messenger service back in April. 20/07/2018
Ukraine Russian journalist 'death' was to foil murder plot A journalist from Russia who was reported to have been shot dead in Ukraine faked his own death to foil an assassination plot. 30/05/2018
United Kingdom Boris Johnson ‘not an idiot’, says Russian prankster Euronews spoke to one of the Russian pranksters who orchestrated a hoax phone call with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. 25/05/2018
Russia Russians protest Moscow's Telegram ban with paper planes Russians are launching paper planes in protest against Moscow’s crackdown on messenger app Telegram. 23/04/2018
United Kingdom Yulia Skripal rejects Russian help to recover from poison attack The daughter of the ex-Russian spy suffering from a nerve agent attack wants to be left alone 12/04/2018
Russia Market analysts assess impact of Russia sanctions New round of sanctions by the US targets top businessmen close to the Kremlin 10/04/2018
Russia Russia accuses UK, allies of "playing children's games" over ex-spy poisoning Russia's Foreign Minister said the nerve agent attack could benefit both the British special services and the UK government. 02/04/2018
Russia Russia 'ready to help' in UK spy case However Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he has no information on what he called a 'tragic situation' 06/03/2018
Russia Nemtsov march draws thousands to Moscow According to White Counter, an NGO that counts participants at rallies, around 7,600 people took part in the Moscow march for Boris Nemtsov, for which organisers had been granted permission by the city authorities. 25/02/2018
world news Trump administration admits 'oligarchs list' derives from Forbes’ rich Almost all 96 oligarchs listed, clocking a net worth of at least $1 billion, can be found in Forbes' ranking of the '200 richest businessmen in Russia 2017'. 30/01/2018
USA Trump says he's willing to testify in Robert Mueller's Russia probe "I could be interviewed under oath within weeks" 25/01/2018
brussels bureau Russia targets EU in information war The Iron Curtain has been lifted but the Cold War carries on, with social media and internet platforms now weaponized in its service. 17/01/2018
Poland Tusk says Polish government following "the Kremlin's plan" Tusk tweets in Polish on personal account that PiS policies mean Europe cannot "sleep peacefully". 19/11/2017
USA New claims about Sessions and contact with Russia There are more damaging headlines concerning the US Attorney General, just days after being criticised by President Trump 22/07/2017
Russia Moscow artist 'arrested for wearing a virtual reality headset' A woman has claimed she was arrested in Moscow for refusing to remove a virtual-reality (VR) headset. Artist-activist Katrin Nenasheva was detained 23/06/2017
