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Belarus

Russia to hand €1.2 billion loan to 'closest ally' Belarus, says Putin

The meeting in Sochi between Russia's Putin and Belarus Lukashenko came a day after an estimated 150,000 people marched through Minsk demanding Lukashenko's resignation.

Travel News

The women keeping a Cossack tradition alive

These shawls have been made by Russia’s Cossack women for centuries, but its traditional production is under threat from mass, machine-produced garments

Belarus

Any Putin intervention in Belarus will meet 'huge pushback'

"Russia has not so much support inside the Belarusian society," says political analyst Katsiaryna Shmatsina, as Lukashenko meets Putin on Monday amid the ongoing political crisis in Belarus.

Ukraine

Ukraine: Music's most extreme genre uses history to fight Russia

'You can't be an apolitical musician in Ukraine,' says Konstantin 'Khaoth' Zmievsky, the drummer of Ukrainian black metal band Khors.

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World News

Alexei Navalny's condition improves after being poisoned with Novichok

The Russian opposition leader is now able to leave his bed, the Berlin hospital treating him said.

Belarus

What Lukashenko's meeting with Putin could mean for Belarus' future

Belarus' fate could be sealed in Sochi as Lukashenko sits down with his 'elder brother' Putin to discuss the ongoing unrest. What will it mean for the country's future?

Germany

Russian police requests access to question Alexei Navalny in Germany

Navalny was taken out of an induced coma on Monday after being transferred to Germany to be treated for suspected Novichok poisoning.

Russia

Lukashenko looks to "elder brother" Putin for support

"Even cornered, Lukashenko does not look very much like a puppet, he is too unpredictable. This is a big difficulty for Moscow," says Andrei Kolesnikov of the Moscow Carnegie Center.

Montenegro

Montenegro’s future is in the EU, says its prime minister-in-waiting

Russia's influence in Montenegro has been 'over-emphasised', according to the university professor who will likely be the Balkan country's next leader.

Belarus

'If Belarus protests succeed, Russia will be next' warns Lukashenko

"All of this is very painful and even tragic for me, but it doesn't mean that I'm giving up," Lukashenko told Russian media on Tuesday.

Russia

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens after six month coronvirus lockdown

The theatre kicked off its 245th season to a mask-wearing half-empty auditorium with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlo”.

Germany

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'taken out of induced coma'

Just in: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny taken out of an induced coma and is responsive, say doctors

Europe News

Kosovo-Serbia talks resume in Brussels after stateside meeting

Balkan analyst Đorđe Bojović says the Washington talks were more about Trump securing a foreign policy win ahead of November's presidential election than securing a settlement between Kosovo and Serbia.

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The 2020 WorldSkills Russia National Competition will be the largest ever thanks to distance tech

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The WorldSkills Russia National Competition takes place annually and brings outstanding students and trainers of technical and vocational education from around the country.

Belgium

US seen no proof Russian opposition leader Navalny was poisoned: Trump

"I think it's sad, it's tragic. It's terrible. It shouldn't happen. We haven't had any proof yet. But I will take a look," Trump said on Russian opposition leader Navalny's poisoning.

Belarus

Belarus crisis: Russia blasts EU for 'illegal unilateral sanctions'

"Regrettably, [the] EU continues its attempt to influence [the] situation in Belarus," said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Belarus

Belarus crisis: 'We prevented an attempt at a revolution,' says FM

We prevented an attempt at a revolution in Belarus, says country's foreign minister

USA

Network linked to Russian 'troll factory' removed by Facebook

A small network of accounts and pages linked to a Russian “troll factory” has been removed by Facebook, the company said, in a sign of ongoing Russian efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election and sow discord in the country.

Russia

Volunteers build path to site of cosmonaut landing in Russian forest

The trail, deep in the remote Perm region of Russia, will take visitors to the site where 55 years ago two cosmonauts crash-landed after their spacecraft malfunctioned.

Russia

Coronavirus cases in Russia pass the one million mark

Russia has now had more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, the fourth-highest total in the world.