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World Cup Russia 2018: How to follow Russia

Is your team not going to the 2018 World Cup? Want to become a fan of another team? You know your friends, but you want to get to know your enemies? Learn to love them? Euronews can help with our basic toolkit for the Russian national team.

Russia

Moscow court jails Ukrainian journalist for 12 years for espionage

Roman Sushchenko denies the charges.

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Moscow welcomes World Cup 2018 trophy

Less than two weeks before the major soccer championship kick-off, Russian capital Moscow presented the World Cup trophy to the public.

United Kingdom

Work on Chelsea's new stadium put on hold

In March Britain's interior minister said visas issued to wealthy foreign investors would be re-examined.

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World News

"There’s a target on my back"

Bill Browder, the prominent Putin critic briefly arrested in Spain this week, says he will continue his mission to hold corrupt politicians accountable – no matter the risks.

Ukraine

Man remanded in custody over Babchenko plot

A court in the Ukrainian capital has ordered the detention of a man accused of plotting to murder the dissident Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko.

Ukraine

Babchenko says he was covered in pig's blood for fake death ruse

Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist who faked his own death, gave details of how his "assassination" unfolded in an interview with the foreign press.

Ukraine

Babchenko staged assassination draws widespread condemnation

NGOs and journalists attack Ukrainian security services for staging assassination and misleading the press

Ukraine

Reactions to reappearance of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko

Shock and relief — fellow journalists, officials and social media users react to the surprise reappearance of Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist was reported to have been shot dead

Ukraine

Russian journalist 'returns from the dead' after staged execution

Arkady Babchenko was reportedly gunned down outside his apartment in Kiev. A day later he turned up at a press conference.

Russia

French and Russian businessmen strike deals at International Economic

Emmanuel Macron was guest of honour at event in St. Petersburg

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson ‘not an idiot’, says Russian prankster

Euronews spoke to one of the Russian pranksters who orchestrated a hoax phone call with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

World News

Macron meets with head of rights group 'Memorial'

President Macron has met with head of rights group 'Memorial' and Solzhenitsyn's widow in Russia

United Kingdom

Kremlin questions integrity of Yulia Skripal TV appearance

Moscow questions whether Skripal was speaking of her own free will

Afghanistan

Our bloodshed worth less than that of the West, says ex-Afghan intelli

Euronews spoke to former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh who explained how his country is trapped between three clashing factions because of its geopolitical location

United Kingdom

Under duress? Skripal statement splits social media | The Cube

The Cube looks at reactions to the first public statement from Yulia Skripal

World News

'We are lucky to be alive', says Yulia Skripal in first interview

Yulia Skripal, daughter of poisoned Russian spy Sergei Skripal, speaks to Reuters in London.

Russia

Moscow university students protest World Cup noise

World Cup fever is mounting in much of the world but these students at Moscow State University are not going football crazy.

Russia

No FANS ID, no World Cup, say organisers

A ticket will not be enough for fans visiting Russia for the World Cup, each supporter will need to apply online for a FAN ID.

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Iconic Russian matrioshka dolls painted with World Cup symbols

With the World Cup in Russia now less than a month away, makers of the iconic Matrioshka dolls in host city Nizhny-Novgorod have come up with a twist for visitors — the wooden nesting dolls have been painted with World Cup symbols.

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