Russia

History in images: tanks shot at the Russian parliament 25 years ago after its leaders staged a mutiny

October 04, 2018

What happened in Moscow on 4 October 1993 and what Russians say about the events today

How 'Salisbury tourist' Anatoliy Chepiga became a Hero of the Russian Federation

Russia

October 02, 2018

Journalists found out that the suspect in the Skripal poisoning case is a distinguished Russian intelligence officer

Chechnya loses out on border deal

October 01, 2018

Chechnya and Ingushetia have officially defined the border between the two republics, but it’s still too early to say that there are no more territorial claims

Op-ed: Has Vladimir Putin run out of luck?

September 27, 2018

The list of the Russian president's failures grows every day. Why that's so, and what the current state of affairs may lead to

Op-ed: Honeymoon month in Azerbaijani-Russian relations

Politics in Azerbaijan

September 25, 2018

What’s behind all the talk about Azerbaijan joining the pro-Russian security alliance?

Ethnic clashes, arrests in Kabardino-Balkaria. What’s happening and why?

September 23, 2018

Kabardians and Balkars in the North Caucasus have entered into a confrontation with one another. Is it a historical dispute or a land issue?

Russian citizens suspected in Novichok poisoning case in the UK give interview

September 14, 2018

The pair identify themselves as Aleksandr Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov and deny their participation in the crime

Moscow: General challenges leader of Russian opposition to a duel

Alexei Navalny

September 13, 2018

Viktor Zolotov challenges Alexei Navalny while the latter is currently imprisoned

Mass arrests and beatings in Russia at demonstrations against pension reform

September 10, 2018

Photographs explaining what the protests are about and how events may develop further

How pro-Russian media are managed and financed abroad

September 10, 2018

Journalists have uncovered how a Russian holding company finances publications in Baltic countries

Stalin returns to Dagestan

September 07, 2018

Some residents of Dagestan want to see a street renamed after Stalin; many of them are sure that Putin is in favour of the idea as well

Georgians protest against media forum financed by the Russian Foundation

September 05, 2018

Critics say the event’s goal is to spread Russian propaganda

“A very humane person” – Russian TV channel launches programme about Putin

September 03, 2018

Similar TV programmes from across the world and why the 'Putin special' was made

Frightened parents renounce their children while Chechen authorities persecute human rights advocates, LGBTI individuals and teenagers

September 02, 2018

The OSCE has given Moscow ten days to explain what is happening. What charges have been put forward against the Chechen authorities?

President of Czech Republic in favour of lifting EU sanctions against Russia

August 31, 2018

EU foreign ministers to discuss a new package of sanctions

36 films at independent film festival in Abkhazia

August 30, 2018

The international, open-air Russian film festival 'Point in an infinite universe' took place this year in a village of Kodori Gorge

Social media users laugh as Kalashnikov Concern unveils prototype electric car to compete with Tesla

August 29, 2018

Kalashnikov has drawn inspiration from an old Soviet vehicle

The ‘transportation war’ between Russia and Ukraine is becoming more intense. What is happening, and what can be expected?

August 27, 2018

"It’s mostly passengers who are suffering, the lion’s share of which are Ukrainians”, say Ukrainian experts

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