Ukraine Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels begin troop withdrawal in east The pullout could pave the way for a high-stake summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. 09/11/2019
World Moscow meddling: Does Vladimir Putin want to destabilise Europe? A contested parliamentary report will not be released until after the December 12 election. 09/11/2019
Russia Putin wants to replace Wikipedia with 'reliable' Russian equivalent "It's better to replace it with a Big Russian new encyclopedia in electronic form," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of Wikipedia on Tuesday. 08/11/2019
focus Russia and Africa: working towards a win-win partnership The first edition of the Russia-Africa Summit was co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah Al-sissi to re-define and intensify strategic trade relations between the two continents. 30/10/2019
Hungary Eastern Bromance: Orban and Putin set to meet, again The two leaders, who share a common disdain for western liberal values, have maintained and enhanced their special relationship over the years, even as the EU implemented sanctions against Moscow over Russia's annexation of Crimea. 29/10/2019
World Russia-brokered deal in Syria: Why Putin holds the key to the conflict The Russian-brokered agreement concluded on Tuesday highlights how central President Vladimir Putin has become in the Syrian conflict, experts told Euronews. 23/10/2019
World Why did Erdogan come to meet Putin? Clue: It's about Syria... Turkey will resume military operations "with determination" after a US-brokered ceasefire expires later on Tuesday if promises given by Washington have not been kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of the visit. 22/10/2019
no comment Vladimir Putin celebrates 67th birthday in Siberian mountains Russian President went for a walk in the Siberian taiga and climbed a mountain ahead of his birthday on Monday 07/10/2019
Good Morning Europe Elections to take place in separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced local elections in separatist-held parts in the east of the country. But his plans are being criticised because the vote will take place before Kyiv takes full control of the borders and before Russian-backed forces have withdrawn from the occupied areas. 03/10/2019
Russia Armed police arrest 'warrior shaman' who wants Putin out of Kremlin As many as 50 officers swooped in on Aleksandr Gabyshev and his followers. 19/09/2019
Good Morning Europe Moscow asks Interpol for location of former Kremlin official Russia has asked the United States via Interpol to confirm the whereabouts of a former Kremlin official who Russian media have said may have been a U.S. spy extracted by the CIA. A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Moscow learned via the media that Smolenkov and his family were in the U.S. 13/09/2019
Russia Putin critic Navalny says raids carried out against supporters Days after Russia's ruling party lost a third of its seats in Moscow's city legislature, raids were carried out about opposition activist Alexey Navalny's supporters, he said. 12/09/2019
Russia Russian theatre director has house arrest conditions lifted by court Kirill Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since 2017 following accusations of embezzlement which supporters say are politically motivated 12/09/2019
world news NATO 'preparing' for a world where nuclear arms treaty doesn't exist Speaking at a Brussels commemoration event for the September 11 attacks, Jens Stoltenberg said Europe needs to prepare for a world where Russia could place nuclear-capable missiles on its doorstep. 12/09/2019
View Why Vladimir Putin's iron grip on power is finally weakening ǀ View Russia's leadership is increasingly worried that a faltering economy will lead more people to demand change. 10/09/2019
Russia Russia's ruling party loses a third of seats in Moscow election Russia's ruling party has seen its majority decrease dramatically in Moscow’s city legislature after a summer of protests 08/09/2019
Ukraine Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap: How the world reacted The Netherlands "deeply regrets" that Volodymyr Tsemakh, a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, the Dutch government said on Saturday. 07/09/2019
Russia What you need to know about Russia’s controversial local elections In Moscow, all ruling party candidates are running as independents as its popularity wanes. 06/09/2019
Russia Watch: Russia marks 15 years since deadly Beslan school siege More than 330 people — of whom 186 were children — died after Chechen separatists stormed a school during a back-to-school event in Beslan in September 2004. 03/09/2019
Russia Thousands defy protest ban in Moscow and march against Putin's government Weeks of demonstrations over elections for the city legislature have turned into the biggest sustained protest movement in Russia since 2011-2013, when protesters took to the streets against perceived electoral fraud. 31/08/2019
Russia Erdogan & Putin agree steps to 'normalise' situation in Syria's Idlib Erdogan's one-day visit comes to Russia comes less than two weeks after a Turkish convoy was targeted in Syria's Idlib province by the Syrian army. 27/08/2019
France Macron urges Putin to respect free speech, democracy at pre-G7 talks French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he must respect democratic principles as they held a joint press conference in France. 19/08/2019
View If we know our history well, the right wing populist wave sweeping Europe will ebb away ǀ View A wave of populist electoral triumphs has been presented by those who have surfed it into power as reflecting a turn in history’s tide. They should know their history better, argues Robin Wilson. 19/08/2019
France Ukraine high on agenda at Macron-Putin meeting Emmanuel Macron will host Vladimir Putin before the G7 with Paris hoping to get Russia to help end the conflict in east Ukraine. 19/08/2019
Russia Washington links rocket accident to secretive Russian missile programme An explosion at a Russian military base killed five nuclear scientists 14/08/2019
Russia Russia honours 'national heroes' killed in mysterious rocket blast Russia honours 'national heroes' killed in mysterious rocket blast 11/08/2019
