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Russia - Page 3

Russia, the world’s largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. It’s famous for Moscow's Bolshoi and St. Petersburg's Mariins

Yulia Navalnaya at a polling station near the Russian embassy in Berlin in March. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny

 05:58 10/07/2024

Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group

FSB officers conduct an anti-terrorist operation in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia in this photo taken from video released by the National Antiterrorism Committee on June 24, 2024. © Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee via AP

Death toll rises in Russia's Dagestan region after coordinated attacks on churches, synagogues

 11:06 24/06/2024

The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated attacks in two of the republic’s most important cities.

Sergei Shoigu (left) has long been a Putin loyalist. EPA

Why has Putin removed key ally as defence minister?

 11:04 14/05/2024

 

Steve Rosenberg considers possible reasons behind Sergei Shoigu's replacement in the middle of a war.

This file photo shows Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov at an event in Bangkok on November 18, 2022. © Jack Taylor, AFP

Putin defence minister shake-up a sign of plans for ‘long confrontation’ with West

 13:58 13/05/2024

President Vladimir Putin's nomination of top economic official Andrei Belousov as defence minister is a sign of the importance the Russian leader places on the war economy in gaining the upper hand in what he expects will be a long conflict against Ukraine, analysts say.

Putin removes Shoigu as Russian defense minister

Putin removes Shoigu as Russian defense minister

 07:10 13/05/2024

The Russian president has proposed appointing Andrey Belousov instead

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For Putin, Gaza is an endless gift

 13:41 08/05/2024

For Biden, Israel’s war on Hamas is a serious drain

Putin inaugurated for fifth term as Russian president

Putin inaugurated for fifth term as Russian president

 08:11 07/05/2024

The ceremony was held in Moscow amid a tense geopolitical situation and diplomatic rift with the West

A protester clashed with riot police during a demonstration against the bill near Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia. PHOTO: DAVID MDZINARISHVILI/SHUTTERSTOCK

In Russia’s Backyard, Georgians Protest Against Moscow-Inspired Bill

 14:16 01/05/2024

The legislation is seen as a Russian ploy to weaken growing ties between the former Soviet state and Europe

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Russia's meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead

 11:29 17/04/2024

Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.

French President Emmanuel Macron © Getty Images / Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu via Getty Images

Macron slams Moscow’s claims of French role in terror attack

 06:25 05/04/2024

Paris had earlier said it had no intelligence linking the Crocus City Hall shooting spree to Kiev

A view of the burnt-out Crocus City Hall following the deadly attack on the concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, on March 27, 2024. © Maxim Shemetov, Reuters

A view of the burnt-out Crocus City Hall following the deadly attack on the concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, on March 27, 2024. © Maxim Shemetov, Reuters

 14:12 01/04/2024

Russia’s FSB security service said Monday that four people arrested over a foiled “terror” plot had provided money and arms for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall last month.

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Three more suspects in Moscow terrorist attack arrested

 13:11 25/03/2024

Security services had detained 11 persons during the weekend in connection with the deadly shooting spree
Four men, all visibly injured, charged in deadly Moscow concert hall attack

Four men, all visibly injured, charged in deadly Moscow concert hall attack

 08:12 25/03/2024

Russian media had reported that the men were tortured during interrogation
A woman lights candles at the fence next to the Crocus City Hall venue where the attacks took place. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Moscow attack is grim reminder that large-scale acts of terror have not gone away

 23:09 23/03/2024

Atrocity underscores need for vigilance in face of threat from branch of Islamic State that appears to be on the rise
Medics work next to bodies of victims near the Crocus City Hall concert venue following a reported shooting incident, near Moscow, Russia. ©  Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev

Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack climbs to 133 – investigators

 14:40 23/03/2024

More bodies have been recovered from the fire-ravaged building, with the search still ongoing, Russia’s Investigative Committee says
©  Sputnik/Maksim Blinov

Deadly Moscow terrorist attack: What’s known so far

 14:37 23/03/2024

Eleven people, including four directly involved in the Crocus City massacre, have been detained, Russia’s security service says
Law enforcement officers carry out the body of a victim. Picture: Olga Maltseva / AFP

Arrests made after 133 killed in shooting

 14:23 23/03/2024

Russian news agencies are reporting multiple arrests have been made after at least 133 people were killed during a mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall.
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