Russia

Putin defends Russia's Syrian intervention and withdrawal in TV phone-in

Vladimir Putin has used his annual live TV phone-in to say that Russia’s intervention in Syria left the government’s forces there in a position to

14/04/2016

Cinema

'Houston, We Have a Problem!' - docu-fiction explores space race

The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing. They were all landmark events that defined an era. Docu-fiction “Houston, We Have a Problem!”

14/04/2016

Russia

Crimea-Russia bridge delayed by one year

The completion of a new bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea has been pushed back by one year. The problem is the plans didn’t

14/04/2016

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenians protest against Russian arms sales

Hundreds of young Armenians have protested against Russian weapon sales to Azerbaijan. They held a march through central Yerevan on Wednesday (April

14/04/2016

USA

Russian attack jets "buzz" US destroyer

The United States military has strongly condemned the close “flybys” by two Russian warplanes. The aircraft staged what looked like simulated attack

14/04/2016

Culture news

Russian cartoon Masha and the Bear goes viral

Russian cartoon TV series “Masha and the Bear” has become a world wide hit and is broadcast in over 120 countries. The show was launched in 2009 and

13/04/2016

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Skiing in swimming suits

A reported 1,000 skiers took to the slopes at the Rosa Khutor resort near Sochi on Saturday (April 9). Brave skiers wore colourfully clad bikinis

12/04/2016

Russia

Suicide bombers target police in Russia

Security has been stepped up in southern Russia after a failed suicide attack at a rural police station on Monday. Up to three bombers targeted the

11/04/2016

Cinema

Shamim Sarif brings her novel "Despite the Falling Snow" to the screen

A sign of the times for sure, but after years in hibernation the Cold War thriller is back, and the latest addition to the genre is “Despite the

11/04/2016

World News

Poland: six years since Smolensk crash

Inquiry has been reopened into the disaster that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others

10/04/2016

Syria

Syrian towns retaken from ISIL

A pro-rebel Syrian news agency (SMART) reported the southern town of Tasil has been retaken by rebel groups linked to the Free Syrian Army. The town

09/04/2016

World News

Russia leads diplomatic efforts in brokering agreement over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev was in Yerevan to urge the Armenia and Azerbaijan to end the fighting which erupted this week over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.

07/04/2016

Cinema

'Hardcore Henry', a ground-breaking first person action

‘Hardcore Henry’ is a first-of-its-kind – a film entirely seen from the first person perspective, completely shot with Go-Pro cameras. Everything is

07/04/2016

Azerbaijan

Calls for calm after third day of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia’s president has warned that renewed fighting in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh could spiral into all-out war after a third day of

04/04/2016

Russia

Huge fire rips through Russian Defence Ministry building

A massive fire at a former headquarters of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow was finally brought under control Sunday evening after sending

04/04/2016

Turkey

Man held in Turkey over Russian pilot death

Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the

31/03/2016

Russia

Mass gang arrests in Russian city of Yekaterinburg

Russia’s interior ministry has released a video of a police raid on a restaurant on Wednesday night (March 30) in which 167 suspected gang members

31/03/2016

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Russia soldiers train for Syria

Footage broadcast on Russian television showed Russian military engineers training with sniffer dogs and specialist equipment near Moscow, in

31/03/2016

Russia

Russian farmers furious about alleged illegal land grabs

All signs pointed to the European Union’s sanctions on Russia being a positive move for the country’s small domestic farmers. But two years on

30/03/2016

France

France football team to play at national stadium for first time since Paris attacks

Tuesday evening will see France’s national football team play at the Stade de France for the first time since the Paris attacks in November, when the

29/03/2016