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Euro 2016: Moscow sore over detention of fans

Russian police officers walk through a square in Lille on Wednesday after being called into to bolster security. (Photo: AP)

16 Jun 2016 3:02 AM

Russia to skip key Orthodox meet

The Russian Orthodox Church said it would not go to a historic meeting of all of the world’s Orthodox churches because other churches have walked out.

15 Jun 2016 12:53 AM

Russia: Will counter US entry in Black Sea

The Russian foreign ministry said Moscow would respond to a US naval ship’s entry into the Black Sea with unspecified measures, saying it and other deployments were designed to ratchet up tensions ahe

11 Jun 2016 12:48 AM

Russia: US won’t discuss missile system

The United States has refused Russian offers to discuss Washington’s missile defence programme, Russian deputy defence minister Anatoly Antonov was quoted as saying on Sunday, calling the initiative “

06 Jun 2016 12:28 AM

Maria Sharapova named in Russia Olympic team

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27 May 2016 2:38 AM

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Doping Mess: Olympic champion vows to clear name

Russian high jump Olympic champion Anna Chicherova on Wednesday vowed to clear her name after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, casting doubt on her participation in Rio.

26 May 2016 1:56 AM

Soviet-chic restaurant favoured by KGB spies reopens in Moscow

This file photo shows a cook working in Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant. (Photo: AFP)

17 May 2016 7:00 AM

Opec is a spent force, says Russia

Internal differences are killing Opec and its ability to influence the markets has all but evaporated, top Russian oil executive Igor Sechin said in some of his harshest remarks ever about the oil car

11 May 2016 12:07 AM

‘Russian Rambo’, hero of Kremlin’s Syria war, buried

A special forces officer killed in Syria, nicknamed the “Russian Rambo” by state media, was buried on Friday in a blaze of publicity and pomp, with the Kremlin allowing blanket TV coverage as an exc

07 May 2016 3:16 AM

Aleppo hit again as Russia hopes for truce

Russia said on Tuesday that it hoped a new ceasefire could be announced within hours for Syria’s battered city of Aleppo, where fresh fighting left at least 16 dead, including in rocket fire on a mate

04 May 2016 6:40 AM

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Russia says sent fighter to intercept US plane

Russia said on Saturday it had sent a fighter plane on Friday to intercept a US aircraft approaching its border over the Baltic Sea because the American plane had turned off its transponder, which is

01 May 2016 5:24 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders space agency shakeup

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his space officials to raise their game on Wednesday after he flew thousands of kilometres to watch the inaugural launch of a rocket from a new spaceport, only fo

28 Apr 2016 7:41 AM

Russia fights for Olympic solace

There are just 100 days until the Rio Olympics and defending women’s high jump champion Anna Chicherova is in limbo as Russia fights for a place in the athletics contest.

28 Apr 2016 2:35 AM

China commends India's GDP growth; says keen to invest more

Chinese economy remains much bigger than that of India in terms of the overall size.

24 Apr 2016 1:53 PM

Russia looks to counter US influence

The powerful chief of Russia’s equivalent to the FBI on Monday called for sweeping new rights restrictions, including curbing Internet freedoms and making it illegal to question Moscow’s annexation of

19 Apr 2016 7:03 AM

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India warns against double standards

India on Monday warned the international community of “serious consequences” if it continues to adopt “double standards” in dealing with terrorism and strongly pitched for crafting of an effective glo

19 Apr 2016 1:41 AM

In Russia, Swaraj raises issue of China blocking India's bid to ban JeM chief

This is not the first time China has blocked India's bid to get Pak-based militant groups and leaders proscribed by the UN.

18 Apr 2016 1:55 PM

Panama leaks a provocation, warns Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Syrian Army is able to carry out “serious offensive operations” despite a drawdown of Russian forces.

15 Apr 2016 2:12 AM

Russia jets ‘buzz’ US warship

A Russian military jet came within 30-feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea, US officials said, but Russia on Thursday defended the manoeuvre as safe.

14 Apr 2016 11:54 PM

Twin blasts hit police station in Russia's Stavropol region

The bombings took place near a police station in Russia, no casualties reported yet.

11 Apr 2016 2:31 PM

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