Russia rocket accident likely had two explosions, Norway monitor says
The explosion that killed five Russian scientists during a rocket engine test earlier this month was followed by a second blast two hours later, the
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Putin held Security Council meeting to discuss U.S. missile test (Updated)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered a like-for-like response to a recent U.S. missile test, which he said showed that Washington aimed to deploy
Russia, China accuse US of stoking tensions with missile test
Russia and China accused the United States on Tuesday of stoking military tensions by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, but the foreign ministry in Moscow
Russia tells nuclear test ban monitor: Test accident not your business
Russia on Tuesday told an international organisation set up to verify a ban on nuclear tests that a military testing accident in northern Russia earlier
Chiding Macron, Putin says ‘I don’t want yellow vests in Russia’
By Clotaire Achi and John Irish Vladimir Putin rebuked his French counterpart on Monday, saying he did not want “yellow vest” protests spring up like
Global network’s nuclear sensors in Russia went offline after mystery blast
The operator of a global network of radioactivity sensors said on Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion on Aug. 8 went offline
‘Nobody is not afraid’: Chernobyl pilot recalls his fear 33 years ago
More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, the site of the world’s
Kremlin shrugs off Moscow protests, backs tough police response
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth The Kremlin on Tuesday shrugged off five weeks of street protests in support of free elections in Moscow, saying
U.S.-based experts suspect Russia blast involved nuclear-powered missile
U.S.-based nuclear experts said they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during the testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile vaunted
Russians rush to buy iodine after blast causes radiation spike
Residents of two northern Russian cities are stocking up on iodine that is used to reduce the effects of radiation exposure after a mysterious accident
Radiation briefly spikes in Russian city after rocket engine explosion – TASS
A short-term spike in radiation levels was recorded in a northern Russian city after a rocket engine exploded at a military testing site on Thursday, TASS
Russia says Siberian wildfires started on purpose by illegal loggers
Russian prosecutors said on Tuesday that some of the vast Siberian wildfires that environmentalists have dubbed a climate emergency were started on purpose by arsonists
Putin to Trump: We’ll develop new nuclear missiles if you do
By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if
Russian opposition plans new protest despite over 1,000 arrests
Russia’s anti-Kremlin opposition said it was planning a nationwide protest next weekend despite police forcibly detaining over 1,000 people on Saturday for attending what they
Russian police detain nearly 700 in opposition crackdown (Update)
Russian police forcibly detained nearly 700 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities
Siberian wildfires turn up heat on Russian oil producers
Raging Siberian wildfires are forcing Russian oil firms to evacuate workers and suspend drilling, industry sources said, adding to challenges facing the world’s second-largest crude exporter
US formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia (Update)
The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty,
UN decries Russian use of force against protesters
Russian police appear to have used excessive force against protesters at the weekend, allegedly injuring more than 70, and may have violated their basic right
Russian opposition leader Navalny hospitalised for allergic reaction
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently serving time in jail for calling for unauthorised protests, was hospitalised after suffering an acute allergic reaction on Sunday,
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown (Updated)
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent years against an increasingly defiant