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Euroviews. The West must cut Russia's financial roots | View

Western coordinated action against Russia has been taken to a new level, now it's time to follow the money, writes the Atlantic Council's Anders Åslund.

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'Orange snow' transforms ski slopes in Eastern Europe into Mars

A blanket of orange-tinted snow transformed ski slopes in Eastern Europe, including Romania and Russia, so that they looked like the red planet.

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Half-finished TV tower demolished in Russia

It was once the world's tallest abandoned building, now it is no more.

United Kingdom

Research laboratory denies making nerve agent used in Salisbury spy po

Porton Down said the laboratory had the “highest levels” of controls and security.

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State of the Union: UK-Russia war of words hits fever pitch

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EU agrees to recall bloc’s envoy to Moscow for consultations

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been asking other nations to match her decision to expel Russians over the attack

United Kingdom

Police officer discharged from hospital after Salisbury nerve agent at

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey said “normal life for me will probably never be the same.”

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May seeks EU support for UK over 'pattern of Russian aggression'

European Union leaders are meeting for a two-day summit in Brussels, where British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Russia poses a threat to the whole bloc.

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Euroviews. Is the West too soft on Putin? | View

A gloves-off approach to the Russian leader might be what Europe and its allies need to defend Western values and interests, writes the Centre for European Reform's Ian Bond.

United Kingdom

Russian diplomats leave UK amid spy poisoning crisis

Some 23 Russians and their families departed the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday. They were expelled after the UK blamed Moscow for the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

United Kingdom

Car recovered in Skripal poisoning case

Police have recovered a car near Salisbury in the UK. The vehicle is thought to have been used to collect poisoning victim Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia from the airport on 3 March.

Belgium

EU and NATO back Britain over spy attack

Meanwhile, Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov appeared to backtrack on previous suggestions that the nerve agent used in the UK attack could have come from a British laboratory.

United Kingdom

Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern

A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government.

United Kingdom

Skripal: Russia can ask for an inquiry over its toxin fears

A leading chemical weapons expert says if Russia is concerned that the nerve agent used in the Salisbury spy attack may have been produced in the UK, it can ask the OPCW to launch an investigation.

Russia

What tricks were played in the Russian election?

Allegations range from ballot box stuffing to cheap food deals near polling stations.

USA

Top Republicans warn Trump: Let Robert Mueller do his job

As Trump continues his Twitter campaign against Robert Mueller's Russia probe, top Republicans take to the airwaves to warn Trump: Let the Special Counsel do his job.

Russia

Contradicting opinions over lawfulness of Russian elections

Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged that voters are being compelled to show up at polling stations but officials say the vote will be fair

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Was the Salisbury spy toxin from the UK?

That is the claim from Russia's Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov.

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Polls open across Russia

President Vladimir Putin eyes six more years in office as Russians voting are expected to give him an easy victory

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Russia is using Interpol to target Putin’s political rivals, says NGO

Justice campaigners Fair Trials claim Russian authorities have used Interpol to target an associate of Alexei Navalny over the alleged theft of a €2 poster.

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