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Golden days for the French judoka at the Grand Prix in Zagreb

First day of competition from the Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb saw five finals.

Sport

Russia set up semi with hosts Canada in the Ice Hockey World Cup

Russia advanced into the semi final of the Ice Hockey World Cup in Toronto with a clinical victory over Finland.

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Russian 'Mowgli' survives 3 days in Siberian wilderness

A Russian toddler who went missing in the Siberian taiga forest was found three days later alive and well.

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Russia: eight firefighters die in Moscow warehouse fire

Eight firefighters have been killed in a major fire in Moscow, according to Russia’s Emergencies Ministry.

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Business Line

OPEC and other oil producers tentatively inch towards a production freeze

In this edition of Business Line we look at the chances of OPEC and non-member producers, including Russia, reaching an agreement on limiting oil production.

Syria

Claim and counterclaim as US and Russia row over destroyed aid convoy

The short lived truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia is in tatters after a UN aid convoy was destroyed.

Syria

US accuses Russia of air strike on Syria aid convoy

The Obama administration has accused Russian forces of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy, which shattered the fragile peace agreement in Syria.

Sport

Russia puts Team North America to the sword

Russia bounced back from their opening defeat to Sweden by downing Team North America 4-3 in their second group B encounter of the the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

World

United Russia claims majority in state Duma

Natalia Marshalkovich: "How should we interpret the results of the Russian general election? We are joined from Paris by Tatiana Stanovaya from the Centre for Political Technologies.

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Russian election: Putin's party wins absolute majority

President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is on track to take more than three-quarters of the 450 seats following this weekend’s parliamentary elections.

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United Russia Party's victory clears way for Putin's 4th term

Putin’s, United Russia party’s landslide victory in this weekend’s parliamentary elections, where they were on track to increase their majority to 76 percent, gives Vladimir Putin a clear run at a fou

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Kyiv: protesters block entrance to Russian embassy

Dozens of protesters gathered around the Russian embassy in Kyiv on Sunday, where a polling station for Russia’s parliamentary elections was set up.

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United Russia set to win 343 of 450 seats in lower house of parliament

With 93 percent of the votes counted in Russia’s parliamentary elections, the country’s Central Election Commission announced the governing United Russia party is on track to win 343 seats in the 450-

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Russia elections: Putin's United Russia continues domination

Russia’s ruling United Russia party has won the country’s general election.

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Russia's political also-rans lament United Russia's power

Against all odds could be how the leader of Russia’s Liberal Democrats might describe his party’s performance.

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First results confirm big election lead for Putin-backed United Russia

The governing United Russia party is well on course to consolidate power in Russia's lower house after a parliamentary election on Sunday.

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Crimea votes in Russian parliamentary elections amid protests from Ukraine

Residents of Crimea are voting in Russian parliamentary elections for the first time since the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Russia

Russians go to polls in parliamentary election

Russians are going to the polls in a parliamentary election, expected to give the ruling United Russia party even greater dominance of the lower house.

Syria

Russia casts doubt on US commitment to Syria ceasefire

A fragile ceasefire in Syria appears largely to be holding, but tensions are rising between its brokers.

Syria

What next for Syria's ceasefire? UN meeting cancelled at last minute

The US and Russia say they want to extend the ceasefire they have brokered in Syria.