Russia Armed police arrest 'warrior shaman' who wants Putin out of Kremlin As many as 50 officers swooped in on Aleksandr Gabyshev and his followers. 19/09/2019
Russia Moscow protester's 3.5-yr jail term for throwing rubbish bin at police Yevgeny Kovalenko is one of several protesters to be jailed after being arrested at demonstrations in Moscow calling for free elections. 04/09/2019
Russia Unexploded WWII bomb found in Kremlin Vladimir Putin's schedule was not interrupted by the removal of the bomb. 15/08/2019
Russia After 20 years in power, is Putin's grip weakening? Friday marks Vladimir Putin's 20-year anniversary as Kremlin chief. 10/08/2019
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 News 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