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Putin approves €170 bonus for police and military ahead of election

Critics say the move is designed to encourage the military to vote for Putin's ruling United Russia party ahead of next month's parliamentary election.

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Rare and expensive cars on show at festival in Russia

The annual "Autoculture" festival has taken place at the Museum-Estate "Arkhangelskoye" in Moscow region.

Norway

'Don't urinate towards Russia' sign appears at border with Norway

Written in English, the new sign orders people "no peeing towards Russia" or they will face a hefty fine.

Russia

Russia fines Booking.com record €14.9m for alleged market dominance

Russia's regulators said Booking.com had abused its market dominance by preventing hotels from offering lower prices on other services.

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Why has it taken Moldova so long to shake off its Soviet legacy?

It's exactly 30 years since Moldova declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Italy

Italy wants to host an emergency G20 meeting on Afghan crisis

Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the G20, has proposed an extraordinary G20 summit on Afghanistan to be held in Rome in September.

Russia

Russian wildfires have spread to central regions, warn officials

Authorities were fighting 15 wildfires in the Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the Russian emergencies ministry said.

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Russia: Firefighters trapped in fire manage to escape from forest.

Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry got surrounded by flames in the middle of the forest on the border with the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Ukraine

Ukraine 'has very significant international support' over Crimea

It comes as Ukraine marked 30 years since it decided to leave the Soviet Union.

Ukraine

Ukraine celebrates 30 years of independence amid tensions with Russia

On Tuesday Ukraine marks 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union, amid tense relations with Russia. Watch the parade once again in the media player.

Ukraine

‘Crimea is Ukraine’: Zelenskyy opens inaugural Crimea summit

Representatives of 46 nations and blocs attended the first international summit on the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, a summit dismissed as an “anti-Russian event” by the Kremlin.

Russia

Russia arrests Ukrainian on suspicion of trying to steal state secrets

The individual is alleged to have been collecting secret information about "the latest weapons and their secret technical documentation".

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Street art festival turns Russian city into open-air art gallery

In Russia, east of the Ural mountains, the city of Yekaterinburg turns into an open-air art gallery. The annual street art festival brings in local and international artists and volunteers from all over Russia.

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Russian National Flag Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the official ceremony of hoisting the national flag in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, which marks the National Flag Day.

Russia

Navalny demands West crackdown on corruption on poisoning anniversary

From his prison cell, where he is spending the first anniversary of his poisoning, Navalny wrote that corruption is "almost invariably one of the main causes of the global challenges that face the west".

Germany

Merkel tells Putin: Germany will 'stay on the case' over Navalny

The German Chancellor met the Russian President in Moscow on the first anniversary of the Kremlin critic's poisoning.

My Europe Series

It's 30 years since the failed coup to oust Soviet leader Gorbachev

The world held its breath 30 years ago when a group of senior Communist officials attempted to oust Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and flooded Moscow with tanks. The August coup collapsed after just three days and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Russia

Google fined €162,000 by Russia for failing to remove banned content

A Moscow court has fined Google for violating Russian rules on banned content and failing to delete illegal posts.

Russia

Russia expands state of emergency over wildfires in Far East

Russian authorities have expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia to bring in outside resources to combat wildfires.

Russia

Two people die after explosion on Russian bus

Authorities believe the blast on Thursday evening in Voronezh is not terror-related.

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