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Russia plane crash: more fragments and bodies pulled from Black Sea

Amid a huge search for Russian military plane which crashed on Sunday, several large fragments and bodies from the jet have been pulled from the Black Sea.

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Russia mourns plane crash victims

Flags are being flown at half mast both at the Kremlin and across Russia, as the country held a national day of mourning on Monday for the 92 victims on board the Tu-154 military…

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Russia rules out terrorism as cause of Christmas day plane crash

The Russians are now investigating pilot error or technical failure as the only probable causes of the Christmas day plane crash.

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Russia mourns plane crash dead

Sochi’s seafront has become a place of mourning, as residents lay flowers and light candles to honour the victims of Sunday’s plane crash.

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Terror not ruled out as cause of Russia military plane crash

Hopes of finding survivors have long since faded.

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Russia crash: Media crews perish on doomed aircraft

Russian television is mourning nine of its own – reporters and TV crew members from three different channels were on board the military plane that crashed early on Sunday en route to…

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Putin declares Day of Mourning for Russia plane crash victims

Muscovites laid floral tributes at the headquarters of the famed Alexandrov Ensemble choir on Sunday, after at least 60 of its members were killed in the crash of a Russian military plane en route to…

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Russia: 92 killed as military plane crashes into Black Sea

A Russian defence ministry plane, carrying 92 people on route to Syria, has crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi.

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Russian military plane carrying army choir crashes near Sochi

A Russian defence ministry plane, carrying 92 people on route to Syria, has crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi, the defence ministry said.

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Underwater Christmas Eve celebrations in subzero Lake Baikal

Russian divers stage a pre-New Year party underwater in Lake Baikal

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Putin denies state-sponsored doping programme in Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday once again denied allegations of state-sponsored doping programme in the country, but admitted Russia “does have problems with…

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Annual Putin news conference: Tough talk and praise for Trump

“We are stronger than any potential aggressor”.

USA

Trump and Putin call for stronger nuclear forces

Donald Trump has called for the US to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear weapons capability.

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Russian student jailed for attempting to join ISIL

Varvara Karaulova pleaded not guilty, saying she was motivated by love for a man fighting in Syria whom she had met online.

Turkey

Turkish security over Russian ambassador's murder called into question

Moscow has called Andrei Karlov's assassination 'a blow to Turkey's prestige' and has sent its own investigators to Ankara.

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Russia lays to rest slain envoy to Turkey

Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow was packed with Russians paying their respects to slain ambassador Andrei Karlov on Thursday.

Turkey

Gülen denies involvement in murder of Russian envoy to Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was "no doubt" the policeman who carried out the attack had ties to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen, his archenemy.

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Ceremony for slain ambassador Andrei Karlov begins in Moscow

Russia pays tribute to slain ambassador Andrei Karlov.

Turkey

Funeral of Russia's murdered envoy takes place in Moscow today

Books of condolence have attracted queues of visiters at embassy facilities in Turkey as people pay tribute to the Russian envoy who was shot dead by a gunman in Ankara on…

Turkey

'It's too early to say', Kremlin distances itself from Turkey's claims over ambassador's killing

Turkey's Foreign Minister told US Secretary of State John Kerry that Gulenist supporters were behind the killing of Andrei Karlov

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