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Putin critic Alexei Navalny given suspended prison sentence

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. His brother Oleg has been jailed for three and a half

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Gazprom to buy other half of South Stream pipeline

Russian energy giant Gazprom has agreed to buy the 50 percent of the South Stream gas pipeline it doesn’t already own. That’s despite Russian

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Travel chaos as Ukraine suspends transport links with Crimea

Thousands of vehicles have been stuck at the border between Ukraine and Crimea, after Kyiv authorities reportedly blocked movements at two out of

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Ukraine: Mass prisoner exchange following peace talks

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met some of the freed prisoners, who were exchanged with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country

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Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap prisoners

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia separatists have exchanged hundreds of prisoners as part of a peace plan. The agreement to swap 150 Ukrainian

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Russia's new military doctrine names NATO build-up as main threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a revised military doctrine that names NATO’s military build-up near Russia’s border as its main

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Russian shoppers improvise as crisis hits holiday period

A Moscow shopping mall is as crowded as any other at this time of year, but many people are taking some drastic belt-tightening measures in the face

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Moscow: I am dreaming of a white Christmas!

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Ukraine: prisoner swap between Kyiv government and rebel groups confirmed

A prisoner exchange between the Kyiv government and rebel groups in the east of Ukraine has been agreed, the Ukrainian Security Services confirmed on

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Snow in Moscow: Winter wonderland or traffic hell

The Russian capital has been blanketed in thick snow, making it a winter wonderland for tourists and a nightmare for commuters. It is the first heavy

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Father Christmases meet at Russia-Finland border

Russia’s Father Frost and Finland’s Father Christmas have had a festive meet-up on the border of the two countries. The pair exchanged festive

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Ukrainian PM calls on rebels to fulfill Minsk peace deal

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on pro-Russian rebels to fulfill a ceasefire agreement reached in September. He spoke as

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Russia successfully launches the massive Angara 5 rocket into orbit

Russia has succesfully launched its massive Angara 5 rocket. The spacecraft is the first new rocket to be developed by Russia since the fall of the

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Presidents of Central Asian states meet for security talks in Moscow

The presidents of five Central Asian states have met at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow for talks on security. Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan

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Russia calls Ukraine's bid to join NATO "counterproductive"

Russia has been reacting to the news that Ukraine has dropped its international neutrality, saying it gives false hope that the political crisis in

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Activists accuse Kremlin of trying to silence social media

Russia’s Internet watchdog has asked Facebook to block a page promoting a protest in support of government critic Alexei Navalny. Activists say the

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The presidents of Kazakhstan and Ukraine hold talks in Kyiv

The president of Kazakhstan has met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv for talks. Nazarbayev congratulated Poroshenko on holding elections and

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Ukraine: Belarus Leader makes pledge on peace talks

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko promised to help Kiev restart talks over its separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.

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Opposition activist in Russia faces 10-year sentence

Prosecutors in Russia are calling for a 10-year jail term against opposition activist Alexei Navalny, in a fraud case dismissed by his supporters as

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Business Review 2014 Part 3/4: 'Naked' Russia beset by sanctions, oil and rouble trouble