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Now playing Next Russia Russia blocks Wikipedia over banned charas cannabis information Update: The Russian authorities say that Wikipedia has edited the page and therefore restrictions on the site will be lifted A Russian government 24/08/2015
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine: 24 years of independence from Soviet rule Ukraine is marking 24 years of independence from Soviet rule. There have been ceremonies in the centre of Kiev, including a show of military might 24/08/2015
Now playing Next 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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Now playing Next Russia Russia jails 'kidnapped' Estonian 'spy' for 15 years An Estonian security official has been sentenced to fifteen years in a Russian jail for ‘spying’. The court said Eston Kohver also smuggled weapons 19/08/2015
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Now playing Next Russia Crimea: Putin blames Kyiv for Ukraine violence, warns Tatars not to expect special status Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Kyiv for the latest burst of fighting in Ukraine’s restive east. Putin made the accusation on the second 18/08/2015
Now playing Next Russia Bringing the trolls out of the dark: Russian 'troll' awarded 1 rouble damages Lyudmila Savchuk, received one rouble in damages after suing an alleged online 'propaganda' factory in order to 'bring them out of the shadows'. 18/08/2015
Now playing Next Ukraine Both sides blame each other for latest Ukraine violence Sunday night’s fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and rebels claimed the lives of several civilians, according to both sides. In 17/08/2015
Now playing Next Russia Russia urges Syrian opposition groups to unite against terrorism Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on all Syrian opposition groups to unite in the fight against terrorism in the local region. The 14/08/2015
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Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine and rebels accuse each other of ceasefire violations Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists are accusing each other of attempting to break a peace agreement. It comes after Kyiv’s military reported the 12/08/2015
Now playing Next Russia Russia remembers Kursk disaster Cities across Russia have held ceremonies remembering the 118 sailors who died when a nuclear submarine sank in the Barents Sea 15 years ago. Twelve 12/08/2015
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next Ukraine Missile parts found at crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine Investigators in the Netherlands say they have found fragments of a suspected Russian missile system at the site where flight MH17 crashed in 11/08/2015
Now playing Next Russia Wildfires rage in Russia More than 5,000 Russian emergency workers are battling wildfires in forests across Siberia. More than 1,250 square kilometres of woodland have been 11/08/2015
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine: claim and counter-claim as the shelling continues *Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels in the east of carrying out the heaviest military attacks on government positions in six months. * Officials 11/08/2015
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia and South Ossetia mark anniversary of 2008 war Georgia and South Ossetia have been marking the seventh anniversary of a brief war in 2008. A five-day Russian offensive prevented Tbilisi from 08/08/2015