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Profile: the off-duty cop who shot a Russian ambassador

The picture of off-duty cop Mevlut Mert Altintas standing calmly behind his soon-to-be murder victim has chilled as much as it has shocked.

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Conspirator or lone wolf ? - Russia and Turkey investigate envoy's killer

Russian and Turkish investigators are working together to determine whether the assassination of Moscow envoy, Andrei Karlov, was the work of a lone gunman or part of a wider…

Russia

Death toll in Russian mass alcohol poisoning climbs to 58

Mass alcohol poisoning has killed at least 58 people in Russia and hospitalised dozens.

Russia

Body of Russia's ambassador to Turkey returns home

The body of the assassinated Russian ambassador to Turkey, Sergei Karlov, is back on Russian soil.

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Russia, Iran and Turkey push for Syria peace plan without US or UN

Russia, Iran and Turkey say they are ready to help broker a peace deal and ceasefire for Syria without the involvement of the US or the UN.

Russia

Russian ambassador to Turkey flown home after airport ceremony

Slain ambassador to Turkey honoured as body flies home to Russia

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Turkish police arrest gunman's family after ambassador's shooting

Turkish police have made seven arrests including family members of Russian ambassador's killer.

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Finnish, Russian Santas exchange gifts at border

The Finnish Santa Claus and the Russian Grandfather Frost met at the Finnish-Russian border to exchange gifts on Monday.

Turkey

Photographer tells of dramatic moment he captured ambassador's murder in Turkey

As other petrified onlookers dived for cover during the cold-blooded murder of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, one stood firm and kept his cool.

Turkey

Ambassador assassination "a provocation" says Russia and Turkey

The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, brought a swift response from the leaders of both countries.

Turkey

Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated, gunman 'neutralised'

Moscow has confirmed that its ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, has died of his wounds after being shot in the Turkish capital.

Russia

Dozens die of alcohol poisoning in Siberia after drinking bath lotion

Victims thought to have drunk product as cheap alternative to alcohol.

Russia

Russian plane crash lands in Siberia, 16 in serious condition

An IL-18 plane from the Russian Defence Ministry has crashed in Yakutia, Siberia.

Russia

Russian police shoot dead militants in Chechnya

Russian special forces have shot dead at least seven suspected militants during an operation in Chechnya.

USA

Russia circulates its own UN resolution on Aleppo - diplomats

Diplomats in New York say Moscow is circulating its own UN resolution on the Aleppo crisis. Earlier, UN Security Council veto power Russia said it could not allow a French-drafted resolution on Aleppo

Sport

Russia rules the sabre in Cancun

Yana Egorian beats Anna Marton in the final

USA

Opinion - Head for the Bunkers?

In August 2015, I tweeted that if Donald Trump were to be elected President of the United States, we would have to “head for the bunkers.” There we are.

USA

UN Security Council meeting on Syria: France calls on Russia not to veto 'humanitarian' resolution

France’s President François Hollande has expressed hope a UN Security Council meeting on Syria will achieve concrete results.

Japan

Japan and Russia sign trade deals but remain marooned over islands

There have been a number of economic deals at a summit in Tokyo but no breakthrough on a territorial row that has over-shadowed ties between Moscow and Tokyo since the Second World War.

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Opinion: Preventing NATO-Russian Escalation

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