OPPOSITION activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism…
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THE death toll from a Russian strike on a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk climbed…
AN Egyptian official has described as “utterly baseless” allegations in leaked Pentagon documents that Cairo planned to secretly produce and…
RUSSIA has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move. Each of…
THE Russian authorities may have shut down his newspaper, but journalist Dmitry Muratov refuses to be silenced. When we meet…
RUSSIA will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin has said. President Putin said the move would not…
RUSSIA’s ambassador to the United States on Wednesday called on Washington to stop “hostile” flights near his country’s border, after…
THE US has accused Russia of reckless behaviour after an American surveillance drone crashed into the Black Sea following an…
THE International Criminal Court will open two cases against Russian officials over the invasion of Ukraine, the New York Times…
MOSCOW said Thursday it was expelling four Austrian diplomats after Vienna expelled four employees of Russia’s foreign missions in Austria,…
FEW people know Vladimir Putin quite as well as Alexander Lukashenko does. The authoritarian leader of Belarus is a firm…
A BRITISH security guard at the UK’s embassy in Germany who pleaded guilty to spying was snared in an elaborate…
MOLDOVA’s president has accused Russia of plotting to use foreign “saboteurs” to overthrow her pro-EU government. Maia Sandu nominated a…
RUSSIAN forces have bombarded power facilities across Ukraine as officials said a new Russian offensive was under way in the…
RUSSIA’S latest aerial attack on Ukraine saw missiles cross Moldovan airspace, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have said. Kyiv’s top general…
NOTORIOUS Russian army captain and mercenary Igor Mangushev has died in hospital, days after he was shot in the head…
RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has promised continued military support for Mali, which has been battling a jihadist insurgency for…
UKRAINE’S defence minister reiterated the view that a new Russian offensive is expected later this month. At a news conference,…
THE Russian ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR) has said that 1,890 “Russian instructors” were present in the country,…
A RUSSIAN company said it will offer five million roubles ($72,000) in cash to the first soldiers who destroy or…