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Moscow: activists and liberal party leader arrested during Constitution Day protests

Russian police have arrested dozens of opposition activists and the leader of the liberal Yabloko party during demonstrations in Moscow. Those taking

13/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey says ISIL oil trade accusations are old-style Soviet propaganda

Turkey has again denied that it is profiting from the oil trade with ISIL, claiming that the Russian accusations are reminiscent of old-style Soviet

03/12/2015

Russia

Get your skates on! Massive ice rink opens in Moscow

A massive ice skating rink has opened in Moscow, measuring 20,000 square metres. The attraction, at the city’s All-Russia Exhibition Centre, is

29/11/2015

Russia

Russian police raid Ukrainian library in Moscow

Armed and masked police confiscated books they said contained "anti-Russian propaganda"

29/10/2015

Economy

Russia's Transaero airline grounded over safety fears

Reports from Russia say the country’s second biggest airline, Transaero, has been grounded because of safety concerns. The transport minister has

26/10/2015

Russia

Kazakhstan's currency plunges after central bank abandons USD peg

The Kazakh currency, the tenge, has lost a quarter of its value against the US dollar after abandoning a peg to the Greenback. The country’s national

20/08/2015

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Meet you by the watermelons!

19/08/2015

Ukraine

Caught red-handed: the Russian Major fighting in Ukraine

As fighting escalates between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine, despite the February ceasefire, euronews met with a captured Russian

12/08/2015

Sport

Russia Football Union names Leonid Slutskiy as national team coach

The Russian Football Union has appointed CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutskiy as national team coach. His contract will run until the end of the Euro

07/08/2015

Sport

World fencing championships: Deriglazova and Ota strike maiden individual golds

Russia’s Inna Deriglazova celebrated her first individual World title in the foil discipline on Thursday after beating compatriot Aida Shanaeva

16/07/2015

Sport

Imre and Fiamingo strike Epee gold at world champs

Two-time Olympic medallist Geza Imre struck Epee gold at the fencing world championships in Moscow on Wednesday. The 41-year-old Hungarian was up

15/07/2015

Sport

Russians on top at World Fencing Championships

The home fans had lots to scream and shout about when sabres on the opening night at the World Fencing Championships in Moscow. Alexei Yakimenko

14/07/2015

Culture news

A new home for Moscow's Garage Contemporary Art Museum

Moscow’s Garage Contemporary Art Museum has a new home. The Garage, as it’s known, was founded in 2008 by Russian-born businesswoman, art collector

19/06/2015

World News

Cold War sports: how Moscow and the West played for supremacy

09/06/2015

Sport

Dolniceanu shines in Moscow

Romania’s Tiberiu Dolniceanu produced a superb display to edge out Matyas Szabo in the men’s sabre final at the Moscow Grand Prix on Saturday. The

30/05/2015

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Police break up unsanctioned gay rally in central Moscow

30/05/2015

Russia

Arrests as pro and anti-gay rights activists clash in Moscow

There were clashes in Moscow as gay rights activists tried to hold an unofficial demonstration on Saturday. They were attacked by a group of Russian

30/05/2015

Russia

Celebrating 80 years of the Moscow Metro

Moscow is celebrating 80 years of its metro system. The service, one of the world’s largest metropolitan underground rail lines, is used by millions

16/05/2015

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Soldiers sing as Russia marks WWII anniversary with big parade

09/05/2015

Russia

Putin accuses US of creating a "unipolar world"

The Russian President has used the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two to launch a thinly veiled attack on the United States. In his annual

09/05/2015