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Russia orders closure of watchdog ahead of vote
Russia has ordered independent election watchdog Golos be closed down for breaking a controversial NGO law, less than two months before a national vote.
29 Jul 2016 12:45 AM
Depleted Russian squad leave for Rio
Some 70 Russian competitors from the country’s depleted Olympics team flew out from Moscow for Rio on Thursday as sports federations whittled down the number of athletes allowed to take part.
28 Jul 2016 11:52 PM
Absence of Russian stars hurts games: Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the absence of top Russian competitors will “markedly lower” next month’s Rio Games, as he met competitors set for Brazil and those barred over state-run doping
27 Jul 2016 11:39 PM
IOC bows to Vladimir Putin and Russian dopers
Once again, the people who run the Olympics just can’t say no to Vladimir Putin.
25 Jul 2016 11:33 PM
‘Our athletes have only one per cent chance’
There is just a one per cent probability that the International Olympic Committee will allow Russian track-and-field athletes to take part in the Rio Olympics, TASS news agency quoted Russian sports m
24 Jul 2016 12:36 AM
Russia waits as IOC reports new test failures
The International Olympic Committee reported 45 new doping failures on Friday from the 2008 Games in Beijing and London 2012, bringing the total number of positive drug test to 98 since a retesting programme was launched. (Photo: AP)
23 Jul 2016 1:51 AM
Hooligans temper 2018 cup work
Russia’s footballers failed to leave a mark on Euro 2016 but brutal violence by hardcore hooligans in France sparked fears about the World Cup that Russia will host in two years.
11 Jul 2016 2:13 AM
Russia says 68 athletes asked to compete in Rio
Russia’s athletics federation on Tuesday published a list of the 68 athletes who have formally requested to be allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics following a decision to suspend the track and fiel
06 Jul 2016 7:04 AM
Russian firefighting plane missing with 10 on board
Search-and-rescue teams including five planes and two helicopters had been dispatched to the area.
01 Jul 2016 4:10 PM
‘Brexit uncertainty top risk to global economy’
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union a week ago has created uncertainty that poses a major threat to the global economy.
01 Jul 2016 7:20 AM
Russia will countenance an Assad exit, but not yet
Russia will countenance Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaving office, but only when it is confident a change of leader will not trigger a collapse of the Syrian government, sources familiar with th
01 Jul 2016 12:10 AM
Turkey President apologises to Vladimir Putin over downed jet
The Kremlin said Monday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had apologised to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Ankara’s downing of a Russian military jet in Syria last year that shatter
28 Jun 2016 5:40 AM
Russia to deploy nukes on Nato border by 2019
Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019, casting the move as a reply to a US-backed missile shield, and may one day put them in Crim
24 Jun 2016 12:34 AM
Vladimir Putin condemns Nato’s ‘aggressive’ rhetoric
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday slammed Nato for ratcheting up its rhetoric and its “aggressive actions” close to Russia’s border, warning it was forcing Moscow to increase its military capacity
23 Jun 2016 1:04 AM
America is the only superpower: Vladimir Putin
Accepting the United States is probably the world’s sole superpower, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow was ready to work with Washington.
19 Jun 2016 11:46 PM
IOC crushes Vladimir Putin hope, backs Rio ban
Twenty-four hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would seek the intervention of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the International
19 Jun 2016 1:52 AM
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
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