Brazil

Russia loses appeal against Paralympics ban

Russia won’t take part in next month’s Rio Paralympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a ban imposed over the state-sponsored doping…

23/08/2016

Iran

Russia stops using Iranian airbase to launch Syria air strikes

Russia has suddenly stopped using an Iranian airbase to launch airstrikes in Syria.

22/08/2016

Ukraine

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed on Donbass frontline, says Kyiv

Ukraine’s defence ministry says two soldiers were killed and eight wounded in a 24-hour period on the frontline of the war-torn Donbass region.

20/08/2016

Sport

Russian pole-vault champ announces retirement

She was barred from competing at the Rio Games – and now Russia’s double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has announced her retirement.

19/08/2016

Russia

Putin says he is not planning to downgrade relations with Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he is not planning to reduce ties with Ukraine despite accused Kyiv of attempting to stage acts of sabotage in Crimea.

19/08/2016

Russia

Only half of Russians remember the 1991 failed Soviet coup - poll

Russians have marked the 25th anniversary of a coup attempt, when a group of hardline members of the USSR Communist Party tried to seize power from then-Soviet president Mikhail…

19/08/2016

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Russian jets leave Iran for Syria sorties

The Russian Defence Ministry released a video showing jets taking off from an airbase in Iran.

19/08/2016

Syria

Russia signs on to 48-hour Aleppo ceasefire for aid deliveries

The United Nations has welcomed Russia saying it will support a 48-hour ceasefire in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo with the first "humanitarian pause" next week.

19/08/2016

Russia

Twenty five years ago the USSR collapsed

It’s 1991 and President Mikhail Gorbachev has brought in Perestroika, a set of reforms to the Soviet system but he’s still trying to keep Communism alive.

18/08/2016

Russia

Why has Iran let Russia use its bases for bombing Syria?

Images of Russian jets bombing Syria have become commonplace since Russia decided to enter the war in support of the Assad regime last September.

17/08/2016

Russia

Four militants killed in Russia anti-terror raid

Four militants have been killed after Russian special forces stormed an apartment in St Petersburg as part of an anti-terrorism operation – according to…

17/08/2016

Russia

Russia hits back at US claims over its Syria raids from Iran

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected US suggestions that it might be violating a UN resolution by using an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria.

17/08/2016

Russia

Russia stripped of Beijing Olympic relay gold for doping

17/08/2016

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Moscow: wakeboarders take to the streets following torrential rain

Russian wakeboard riders seized an opportunity to show off their skills in Moscow after water flooded the city streets following torrential rain on Monday.

17/08/2016

Syria

Russia changes tactics and uses an Iranian base to launch airstrikes inside Syria

Russian military jets have taken off from an Iranian airbase to launch strikes at Syrian targets in a move which will cut flight times and increase bombing payloads.

17/08/2016

Syria

War in Syria: Russia uses Iran airbase for the first time

Russian military jets have taken off from a base in Iran, targeting ISIL fighters and other militant groups in Syria.

16/08/2016

Syria

Russia raises prospect of joint military action with US in Aleppo

Syrian troops have repelled a rebel advance near Aleppo forcing opposition forces to retreat from positions they seized a day earlier.

16/08/2016

Sport

Rio Olympics: Cavendish claims Omnium silver behind winner Viviani

Italy’s Elia Viviani recovered from a mid race crash in the final points race to win the men’s Omnium title.

16/08/2016

Sport

Pole vaulter Isinbayeva arrives in Rio to compete in IOC commission election

Russia’s two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva arrived in Rio on Monday not to compete in the Games but to compete for a post on the 12-member International Olympic committee Athletes

15/08/2016

Russia

Moscow sees 'worst rains in 130 years'

Monday saw nearly half of the monthly rainfall in just 24 hours.

15/08/2016