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. 19/01/2021
Russia Navalny 'not cut from the same cloth' as other politicians in the West "Alexei Navalny's ideas and hopes for his country come before his own personal ambitions and safety," Red Notice author Bill Browder told Euronews. 18/01/2021
Russia Families of Soviet Gulag prisoners still waiting for compensation The families victims who suffered Stalinist repression are still waiting for compensation 30 years after the collapse of the former Soviet Union 17/01/2021
Ukraine ECHR 'partly' allows Ukraine's rights violation suit against Russia The case concerns Ukraine’s allegations of a pattern of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation in Crimea. 14/01/2021
USA Russia likely behind huge hack on US government, say security services Officials say the hackers appeared to want to gather intelligence rather than cause disruption. 06/01/2021
no comment Russians brave an icy dip in Siberia's Lake Baikal ahead of new year The swimmers run several kilometres through a snowy forest in swimsuits and festive costumes before plunging into the world’s largest freshwater lake. 31/12/2020
no comment Russian Father Frosts surprise children at hospital Russian volunteers dressed in "Father Frost" costumes abseiled down the sides of a Moscow children's hospital on Friday to wish the young patients inside a Happy New Year. 25/12/2020
no comment Parade marks opening of new runway at Moscow airport Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on Thursday opened its newly reconstructed runway. After the official opening and the ribbon cutting by senior managers at the airport, dozens of airfield vehicles marked the event. 25/12/2020
Russia Navalny ally under investigation for 'threatening' FSB agent Police raided the home of activist Lyubov Sobol on Christmas day after she knocked at the door of an alleged FSB agent who Alexei Navalny says took part in the plot to poison him. 25/12/2020
