-
EU set to agree sanctions over Russia, Myanmar crackdowns
The move to target the Kremlin comes two weeks after EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was caught in a diplomatic ambush in Moscow that enraged member states.
-
Russia says detected first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
Russia said its scientists detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
-
Navalny faces decisive rulings in Moscow legal marathon
A Moscow court was hearing Navalny's appeal against a decision this month to imprison him for nearly three years for violating the terms of a suspended sentence on embezzlement charges.
-
Russian magnate breaks wealth record despite pollution fine
Potanin's fortune has crossed the $30 billion threshold, 'Forbes' reported, in a new record for a Russian business owner.
-
Kremlin 'interested' in Elon Musk-Putin conversation
Elon Musk, one of the world's richest people, on Sunday tagged the Kremlin's account on Twitter along with the invitation to President Vladimir Putin to talk on an audio chat app.
-
Austria open to making Russian Covid-19 vaccine
Russian-EU relations have suffered in recent weeks over the jailing of leading Kremlin opponent Alexi Navalny, after he returned to Russia from Germany where he was treated for poisoning with a Soviet-designed nerve agent.
-
Russia's Navalny goes on trial on slander charges
On Friday, Navalny was facing defamation charges for describing people who appeared in a pro-Kremlin video as 'the shame of the country' and 'traitors' in a June tweet.
-
EU sends top envoy to Moscow as Navalny controversy grows
The EU's ties with Russia have been in the doldrums since Moscow seized Crimea and began fuelling the war in Ukraine in 2014 - and there are concerns about its involvement in Belarus, Syria, Libya, central Africa and the Caucasus.
-
US condemns Russia's 'harsh' tactics against protesters
Authorities have ramped up pressure on the opposition with arrests and criminal probes, including several Navalny aides.
-
Police search Navalny's Moscow flats, office ahead of fresh rallies
Russia's Interior Ministry said it had launched a criminal probe into the violation of sanitary and epidemiological measures during a Moscow protest that saw thousands rally in support of Alexei Navalny on Saturday.
-
Russia suggests Mideast peace conference, US pledges to renew Palestinian ties
The United States -- which had firmly sided with Israel under the administration of Donald Trump -- said Tuesday it intended to "restore credible U.S. engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis."
-
Navalny releases investigation into 'Putin's palace'
The investigation, published on the opposition figure's blog with an accompanying two-hour YouTube video recorded before his return to Russia, claims the property cost $1.35 billion and was paid for "with the largest bribe in history".
-
Calls abroad grow for release of Putin critic Navalny
President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic was still waiting to see his lawyer hours after being taken away at border control following a flight from Germany where he was recovering after a near-deadly poisoning attack.
-
Police detain Kremlin critic Navalny on arrival in Russia
Navalny was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport less than an hour after he flew in from Germany, where he had been recovering from the poisoning with a nerve agent he says was ordered by President Vladimir Putin.
-
Russia says 'obliged' to detain Navalny upon return
Navalny has been in Germany since late August after he collapsed on a flight from Siberia to Moscow and was flown to Berlin by medical aircraft.
-
Kremlin critic Navalny vows to return to Russia on Sunday
The opposition leader has been recovering in Germany from a poisoning attack.
-
Algeria to roll out Russian COVID vaccine in January
Authorities will receive an initial shipment of 500,000 doses, finance ministry director general Abdelaziz Fayed told local broadcaster Echorouk.
-
Strange world: The week's offbeat news
Vladimir Putin is no doubt quaking in his pants at the prospect of boxer-brandishing protesters at the gates of the Kremlin.
-
Russia says it intercepted Islamic State attack plot
On 17 December, police killed two attackers targeting security forces in Russia's neighbouring republic of Chechnya.
-
Russia probes Alexei Navalny ally for 'threatening suspected poisoner'
Navalny said the Russian authorities' 'hysterical reaction' only proved their guilt.
-
Russia sets records for virus cases, deaths
Health officials reported 29,935 new infections, bringing the country's caseload to 2,963,688 -- the fourth-highest in the world.
