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
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Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group
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.
11:04 14/05/2024
Steve Rosenberg considers possible reasons behind Sergei Shoigu's replacement in the middle of a war.
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.
07:10 13/05/2024
The Russian president has proposed appointing Andrey Belousov instead
13:41 08/05/2024
For Biden, Israel’s war on Hamas is a serious drain
08:11 07/05/2024
The ceremony was held in Moscow amid a tense geopolitical situation and diplomatic rift with the West
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The legislation is seen as a Russian ploy to weaken growing ties between the former Soviet state and Europe
11:29 17/04/2024
Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.
06:25 05/04/2024
Paris had earlier said it had no intelligence linking the Crocus City Hall shooting spree to Kiev
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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