Netherlands

NATO joins search for 'Russian submarine' off Scottish coast

The Dutch air force has released video of the moment it is said to have intercepted Russian military aircraft over the Baltic sea on Monday. More

10/12/2014

Ukraine

Chechen 'death' unit fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine

Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have joined the insurgents in East Ukraine. The so-called “death unit” has made a former

10/12/2014

Russia

Russian oligarch Usmanov to return Watson's auctioned Nobel medal

Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov says he will give a Nobel prize medal which he bought in an auction, back to its original owner. The billionaire

10/12/2014

Ukraine

'Day of Silence' in eastern Ukraine reportedly shattered by shelling

A storm of shelling reportedly shatters the calm in eastern Ukraine as a 'Day of Silence' is brought to an abrupt end.

09/12/2014

Europe News

EU energy officials mull next move over South Stream

A number of EU energy minister have held talks in Brussels after Russia’s move to cancel the South Stream gas pipeline. Officials from eight

09/12/2014

Russia

Gazprom resumes gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine

Russian gas producer Gazprom says it has resumed supplies to Ukraine after a six-month suspension over a dispute about prices and unpaid debts. The

09/12/2014

Travel News

Saint Petersburg: The Art of Life

08/12/2014

Russia

Russian Hermitage museum celebrates 250th anniversary

The Russian Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has celebrated its 250th anniversary with a dazzling light show

07/12/2014

Russia

France's Hollande meets Russia's Putin in surprise stopover at Moscow airport

French President Francois Hollande has met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an unscheduled visit in Moscow. Hollande was travelling

06/12/2014

Sport

UEFA bars Crimean clubs from playing in Russian football league

UEFA makes no exceptions for Crimea and prevents its football clubs from changing federation to play in the Russian leagues .

04/12/2014

Sport

German documentary claims large-scale Russian doping

Ninety-nine percent of Russian Athlete’s are guilty of doping – that’s according to a recent German documentary aired on ARD. The programme also

04/12/2014

Russia

Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of 'worst crackdown since Soviet era'

The international organisation says a 'dramatic deterioration in the past decade has made Russia's human rights landscape virtually unrecognisable'.

04/12/2014

World News

Rebel raid on Chechen capital Grozny leaves 20 people dead

At least 20 people were killed in Chechnya - 10 police and 10 suspected militants - after heavily-armed rebels stormed the turbulent Russian region's capital, Grozny.

04/12/2014

Switzerland

Kerry tells Russia the US is not seeking confrontation over Ukraine

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed Ukraine at talks on the sidelines of an OSCE summit in Switzerland.

04/12/2014

Russia

Putin defies West over Ukraine and 'sacred Crimea'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused what he called “enemies of yesterday” of trying to bring a new Iron Curtain down around Russia. As it

04/12/2014

Europe News

Bulgaria, EU still want South Stream pipeline

Brussels says the South Stream gas pipeline can still go ahead. Russia had scrapped the 400 billion euro project to pump gas to the European Union

04/12/2014

Russia

Putin attacks West and claims Russia can withstand any challenge in State of Nation speech

Putin's State of the Nation speech roundly attacks the West and affirms Russia will meet every challenge, yet his economic proposals to revive the sagging economy fail to convince critics.

04/12/2014

World News

Chechen rebels stage deadly attack on Grozny ahead of big Putin speech

At least 19 people have been killed as security forces battled rebels who stormed the Chechen capital Grozny ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the union address.

04/12/2014

Russia

Putin's annual parliamentary address promises Russia will overcome all challenges

Vladimir Putin has slammed the West, sanctions and politics of containment that "will fail" in his annual parliamentary address, insisting that Russia is strong.

04/12/2014

World News

School siege underway in Grozny after deadly gunfight in Chechen capital

Just hours ahead of Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Russian parliament violence erupts in restive Chechnya

04/12/2014