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US suspends Syria talks with Russia over Aleppo offensive

The US has suspended Syria talks with Russia, as the regime backed by the Kremlin intensifies its bombing campaign of rebel-held areas of Aleppo.

Syria

Russia wants 'clarity' from US on Syria

With ties between Moscow and Washington increasingly strained, the Russian Foreign Minister has said a deal between the two countries on Syria is in limbo, blaming the US for a lack of…

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Russia-US relations take another hit as Moscow suspends plutonium disposal deal

Alleged 'unfriendly' acts by the US towards Russia see the Kremlin put a halt to a deal on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium.

Syria

Russia to send more warplanes to Syria - reports

As reports claimed Russia was sending more warplanes to Syria, a US State Department spokesman described the peace process as 'on life support'.

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Flight MH17: Tension mounts between Russia and The Netherlands

Each country has summoned the other's ambassador after Moscow rejected the findings of an international probe into the downing of the plane.

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State of the Union: Russia blamed for MH17 crash

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Syria

Syria: US on verge of ending peace talks with Russia

As Russia vows to press ahead with its Aleppo offensive, the US says it is on the verge of ending Syria peace talks with Moscow.

Ukraine

Russia rejects report into downing of MH17 as "biased"

Russia rejects MH17 report as “biased” JIT has “ignored evidence” Moscow denies any involvement Russia has firmly dismissed a report into the 2014 downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, call

Netherlands

Dutch investigation into MH17 crash 'biased and politically-motivated' says Russia

Moscow has denounced as ‘biased’ an investigation into the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Russia

State of emergency declared in Siberia

A huge forest fire has been burning out-of-control since Tuesday. The Russian Emergency Ministry says the fire covers more than 400 hectares of land, most of it forest.

Netherlands

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MH17 shot down by Russian Buk missile - investigators

Prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine say the Buk missile system used to shoot down the plane was fired from the village of Pervomaysk and later returned to Russia

Syria

Air strikes hit two hospitals in eastern Aleppo

Monitors say Syria's government and its Russian backers have stepped up air attacks on rebel-held parts of the city since the end of a ceasefire last week.

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Child pornography claims see photo exhibit closed in Moscow

An exhibition by a US photographer has been shut down in Moscow amid claims it was showing child pornography.

Syria

Russia slams US rhetoric for rising tensions over Aleppo

The Syrian military announced a new offensive against the city of Aleppo on Monday .

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New Russian military base 100km from Ukraine 'almost ready'

Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.

Russia

Child porn row shuts down US photographer's Moscow show

An exhibition in Moscow by a well-known US photographer, Jock Sturges, has closed following a protest over alleged depictions of naked children.

Syria

Russia accused at UN of 'barbarism' and 'war crimes' in Syria

There was a bitter war of words on Sunday at a specially-convened meeting of the UN Security Council over Syria – as diplomatic efforts to broker peace give way to…

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Canada leave it late to beat Russia and take World Hockey Cup final place

Canada versus Russia is always a titanic clash in ice hockey, and it was the match everyone was waiting for at the World Cup of Hockey.

Syria

American-Russian Syrian diplomacy gets bogged down as bombs fall on Aleppo

Russia and the United States continue their stumbling diplomacy over Syria on the margins of the UN General Assembly, with little sign of progress.