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...
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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...
Russia, South Korea trade conflicting claims over airspace dispute (Updated)
Russia’s embassy in Seoul on Wednesday denied that Moscow had formally apologised over an alleged airspace violation the previous day after South Korea said that...
Russia delivers more air defence equipment to Turkey
Russia flew a fresh shipment of advanced air defence equipment to Turkey on Saturday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, continuing to implement a deal that...
Turkey begins receiving Russian missiles in challenge to U.S. and NATO
Turkey began taking delivery of an advanced Russian missile defence system on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions against a NATO ally and...
First parts of Russian S-400 system delivered to Turkey
Russia began delivery of an advanced missile defence system to Turkey on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions against a NATO ally and...
Putin, Zelenskiy discuss ending conflict in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy held their first telephone conversation on Thursday and discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and...
Putin opposes Russian parliament call for Georgia sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected on Tuesday a parliamentary call to impose sanctions against Georgia, saying patching up strained relations was more important than reacting...
Putin, after three days, says fire-hit Russian submarine was nuclear-powered
Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed on Thursday for the first time that a secret military submarine hit by a fatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting...
Russia accused of cover-up over lethal submarine fire
Russian commentators have challenged officials for not releasing full details about an accident on board a military submarine that killed 14 sailors. The incident took...
Fourteen sailors killed in Russia submersible fire – ministry (Update 2)
Fourteen Russian sailors on board a deep water research sub were killed in a fire while carrying out a survey of the sea floor, the Russian defence...
Putin says liberal values are obsolete
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that liberal values were obsolete because they had been rejected by the majority of...
Two killed, 7 injured as Russian plane makes emergency lending
Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Russia’s Buryatia republic,...
Putin and Trump will meet on June 28 in Osaka
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will have an hour-long meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit on June 28 in...
Council of Europe readmits Russia, five years after suspension over Crimea
Europe’s main human rights forum on Tuesday approved Russia’s readmission, the first time that an international sanction imposed for its seizure of Crimea in 2014...
No evidence Russia influenced Brexit via Facebook, says Clegg
There is “absolutely no evidence” that outside forces such as Russia used Facebook to target users and influence Britain’s vote to leave the European Union,...