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Russia

Russian rappers defy authorities to challenge society

"I fill my eyes with kerosene, let it all burn, let it all burn", sings Nastya Kreslina dousing herself with liquid outside the Russian White House, which houses the country's government, as her co-singer Nikolay Kostylev drops a lit match.

12/12/2018

USA

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

12/12/2018

Europe News

Empty chair at ceremony for Oleg Sentsov at European Parliament

Ukrainian film director, imprisoned in Russia, was awarded the Sakharov Prize 2018 for Freedom of Thought

12/12/2018

World

Russian universities attract foreign talent

In partnership with Rossotrudnichestvo

In this episode of Learning World, we take a look at the opportunities on offer for foreign students choosing to study in Russia.

11/12/2018

Russia

Nuclear-capable aircraft in Venezuela alarms US

Russia has infuriated Washington by flying two planes with nuclear weapons capability to its ally Venezuela.

11/12/2018

World News

Euroviews. Rights under threat in Europe | View

Across Europe, emboldened groups advocate hate and discrimination, levering themselves into mainstream politics. Meanwhile, established political parties are absorbing their ideas and parroting their hateful rhetoric.

10/12/2018

World News

Russia overtakes UK to become world's second biggest arms producer

Russia has become the world's second biggest arms producer, relegating the UK to third place − but the US continues to dwarf even its closest competitors.

10/12/2018

Russia

Russian human rights champion Lyudmila Alexeyeva dies

The 91-year-old had been ill for a long time after fighting for nearly seven decades to make first the Soviet Union and then Russia a better place.

09/12/2018

World News

Vote now: Which cities have the best and worst Christmas trees?

Some are modern, some classic, some ugly, and some very ugly — Christmas trees have sprung up in the streets and squares of major cities across the world. But whose is the best?

07/12/2018

World

Russian rising: the global demand to learn the language of Tolstoy

In partnership with Rossotrudnichestvo

In this special edition of Learning World, Euronews looks at the global demand to learn Russian and what opportunities are available to students.

07/12/2018

Russia

Putin threatens arms race if US exits nuclear treaty

Russia warns of a retaliation if the US exits a cold-war era missile treaty.

05/12/2018

World News

Why is the US threatening to bin its nuclear weapons pact with Russia?

"It might not happen right away but in some time we will be back to the situation in the 1980s when over 2,000 Soviet Pioneer missiles were capable of hitting Bonn, Paris, London," a Russia military analyst told Euronews.

05/12/2018

World

Ukraine resumes shipments after standoff with Russia

Shipments from the Azov sea have resumed in Ukraine after Russia decided to partially unblock two critical Ukrainian ports — Mariupol and Berdyansk.

05/12/2018

Europe News

Russia takes centre-stage at NATO meeting in Brussels

Russia takes centre-stage at NATO meeting in Brussels

04/12/2018

Ukraine

NATO set to meet over Ukraine-Russia crisis

The meeting comes as Ukraine seeks support against Russian naval attacks in Kerch Strait.

04/12/2018

World

Russia: Teaching several languages to primary school children is proving successful

In partnership with Rossotrudnichestvo

There are more than 8,500 Russian multilingual kindergartens and schools all over the world in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

03/12/2018

United Kingdom

UK issues military alert after Russian TV crew caught secretly filming

The Ministry of Defence has called on the public and troops to report suspicious activity near military sites after a Russia TV crew was caught secretly filming.

02/12/2018

Europe News

Being woman and HIV-positive in an armed conflict: a life-sentence in Eastern Ukraine

Discrimination and daily violence: this is the reality that HIV-positive women face in eastern Ukraine, where the incidence of HIV could turn into an epidemic bomb

30/11/2018

Crimea

Crimea crisis: What is happening between Ukraine and Russia?

Relations between Russia and Ukraine have been deteriorating over Moscow's seizure of three ships in the Sea of Azov. But what has happened, and how much can we expect it to escalate?

30/11/2018

Ukraine

Ukraine bans entry to Russian men to 'stop private armies'

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the restrictions had been put in place to prevent Russians from forming “private armies” to fight on Ukrainian soil.

30/11/2018