Russia

Vladimir Putin self-isolates after close aides infected with COVID-19

The Kremlin has stated that Putin has tested negative for the virus but will be self-isolating for a "certain period".

14 September 2021

Earth News

Putin and Kerry discuss climate change in phone call from the Kremlin

Putin told US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Kerry, that dialogue on the climate should not be politicised, according to the Kremlin this week.

14 July 2021

Russia

Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine

A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation that he has left the country for Ukraine.

6 June 2021

Russia

Putin warns Russia's enemies will have 'teeth knocked out'

Vladimir Putin was speaking at a government meeting Thursday when he made the strong comment.

21 May 2021

Russia

Euroviews. In Europe, information is a battleground and Russia is winning | View

"A major poll, released last week by GLOBSEC, found that citizens in these neighbouring countries are more likely than not to see Russia as the world’s leading military power, as well as a victim of western machinations."

23 April 2021

USA

US expels Russian diplomats and imposes sanctions for hacking

The measures are meant to punish Russia for actions that US officials say cut to the core of American democracy and to deter future acts.

16 April 2021

Russia

Alexei Navalny health 'deteriorating' in jail, lawyers say

"The rapid deterioration of his health condition raises our extreme concerns," they said.

25 March 2021

Russia

Russian parliament passes law that could keep Putin in office to 2036

Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a law allowing acting President Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms.

24 March 2021

Russia

Russian police detain participants at opposition forum in Moscow

The detained included leading opposition figures, like Yulia Galyamina.

13 March 2021

Russia

Boris Nemtsov: Thousands pay tribute on sixth anniversary of murder

Thousands of Russians, as well as some western diplomats, have marked the sixth anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

27 February 2021

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal and is found guilty of defamation

The opposition leader, who returned to Russia in January after being treated for Novichok poisoning in Germany, appeared before a Moscow court in two separate cases on Saturday.

20 February 2021

Russia

'Heavy-handed' tactics likely from Moscow at pro-Navalny rallies

Protests are planned across 60 Russian cities on Saturday in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny

22 January 2021

Russia

Russia rebuffs calls to release detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

The opposition figure returned to Russia on Sunday five months after he arrived for treatment and convalescence in Germany for nerve agent poisoning.

19 January 2021

Netherlands

Navalny: Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok poisoning

"Any use of chemical weapons is serious and cannot be without consequences," Germany said after the OPCW confirmed that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok.

6 October 2020

The Cube

Navalny poisoning: Decoding the Kremlin's information war | #TheCube

In this 30-minute special edition of #TheCube, we examine the clash of information between east and west, and why Alexei Navalny is such an enemy of the Kremlin.

2 October 2020

Russia

Russian bailiffs seize Alexei Navalny's assets, says spokeswoman

Navalny's flat and some of his bank accounts were frozen while he lay in a coma in Berlin, the Kremlin critic's spokeswoman said on Thursday.

24 September 2020

World

Moscow says it has not seen evidence Navalny poisoned with Novichok

A Kremlin spokesperson says Moscow hasn't received any evidence from Germany that Russian opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

4 September 2020

Russia

Doctors say improvement in symptoms of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

On Friday, the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated said there was "some improvement" in his symptoms.

28 August 2020

Russia

Fourth week of anti-Kremlin protests in Russia's far-east

Thousands of protesters took to Russia's eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for a fourth consecutive weekend, up in arms over what they call a politically motivated arrest of the region's popular governor.

1 August 2020

Russia

Third protest in Russia's Far East demands fair trial for governor

Demonstrators in Khabarovsk, Russia, continue for the third week calling for a fair trial of the former regional governor, Sergei Furgal.

25 July 2020