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Coal dust is being blamed for turning snow black in Russia's largest mining region in Siberia

Russian lender Gazprombank has decided to freeze the accounts of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and halted transactions with the firm to reduce the risk of the bank falling under U.S. sanctions, a Gazprombank source told Reuters on Sunday.

Europeans pushed back against the Trump administration’s unilateralism at the Munich Security Conference, signaling a shift that is likely to be exploited by Russia and China.

Europeans pushed back against the Trump administration’s unilateralism at the Munich Security Conference, signaling a shift that is likely to be exploited by Russia and China.

Is a new global order in the making under Putin's watch?

The stunt has been called "disrespectful" and "stupid" in light of last year's Novichok poisoning.

The stunt came two weeks before the anniversary of a Russian nerve-agent attack on a former spy in the English city.

The stunt came two weeks before the anniversary of a Russian nerve-agent attack on a former spy in the English city.

What happens if US and Russia officially withdraw from a key nuclear treaty? Former NATO secretary-general discusses.

In this drama, the stakes are enormous.

In this drama, the stakes are enormous.

China rejected on Saturday German Chancellor Angela Merkel's appeal to join a Cold War-era arms control treaty that the United States accuses Russia of breaching, saying it would place unfair limits on the Chinese military.

Michael Calvey, the US founder of one of Russia's biggest private equity firms, has been accused of fraud in Russia.

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on Washington's traditional allies, rejecting a call by Germany's chancellor to include Russia in global cooperation efforts.

Russia, the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, is inching closer to ratifying the Paris climate accord by the end of the year, placing Moscow in yet another position to fill a void left by a United States withdrawal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top climate advisor, Ruslan Edelgeriev,...

Juan Guaidó wants to establish diplomatic ties with Nicolás Maduro’s biggest allies

Trump's decision to pull out of Syria has sent Turkey, Russia and Iran scrambling to find a solution for the northeast.

Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a robust defense on Saturday of Germany's foreign trade relations and ties with Russia, urging global leaders meeting in Munich to work together to tackle the world's problems.

Jury told of 2008 interest during trial of former bank executives

Lee Harvey Oswald did it — both ways, to the Soviet Union and back again.
Kim Philby did it — a high-ranking British intelligence officer and double agent, recruited from the halls of academe but secretly in thrall and ideological bondage to Moscow. Part of the notorious spy ring known as the “Cambridge Five,” which included Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt.
William Marlin and Bernon Mitchell did it — friends who joined the navy on the same day, later cryptologists for the U.S. National Security Agency. Vamoosed over the Kremlin wall together in 1960, although apparently deeply regretting their renunciation of America afterwards. Both died alcoholics.
Igor Gouzenko did it — a cipher agent working at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, spilling his guts about foreign espionage in Canada, initially ridiculed for his claims by most media in this country.
Bowe Bergdahl did it — haplessly,

A prominent American investor with business ties in Russia since the early 1990s has been detained on suspicion of fraud in a case that is likely to shake a Moscow business community already reeling from the country’s uncertain investment climate.
Michael Calvey, the founder and senior partner...

NASA said on Friday it was weighing an option to buy two additional astronaut seats aboard a Russian rocket as a contingency plan against further delays in the launch systems being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Boeing Co.

Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of one of Russia's biggest private equity firms, denied allegations of fraud in a Moscow court on Friday but a judge ordered him to be detained for 72 hours, a move that could raise concerns among foreign investors.

Glumly, it seems, but that hasn’t stopped style-struck viewers from attempting to shop the show.

Glumly, it seems, but that hasn’t stopped style-struck viewers from attempting to shop the show.

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A Russian court on Friday ordered Baring Vostok's founder Michael Calvey to be kept in custody for 72 hours following his detention on suspicion of fraud, allegations that he denies.

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Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group, denied allegations of fraud on Friday and told a Moscow court that accusations against him were the result of a commercial dispute between his fund and Vostochny Bank.

German Gref, the chief executive of Russia's biggest state lender Sberbank, said on Friday he hoped the criminal case against Baring Vostok's founder Michael Calvey would turn out to be a misunderstanding.

Olga Markelova's ex-husband was killed two years ago on a clandestine mission in Syria for the Russian state.

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Russia has detained the U.S. founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group in Moscow on suspicion of fraud, a Moscow court said on Friday, a move likely to concern foreign investors.

Michael Calvey denies claims of ‘large-scale’ fraud made by Moscow prosecutors

Thirty years ago, the Soviets withdrew, but peace didn’t follow. Let’s hope the world can get it right this time.

Thirty years ago, the Soviets withdrew, but peace didn’t follow. Let’s hope the world can get it right this time.

The United States led a rise in Western defense spending in 2018 as it moved to keep ahead of Chinese and Russian pushes into advanced military technology, a report said on Friday.

New details have emerged about a third Russian linked to the 2018 Salisbury poisonings by the investigative website Bellingcat. According to travel records revealed yesterday by Bellingcat and seen by CNN, the same man appears to have flown in and out of the UK and Catalonia multiple times in the run up to their referendums.

After complex discussions with Turkey and Iran about the future of Syria in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin was up for a bit of exercise. So the judo black belt joined his country's national team for a warm up and training session.

He is claimed to be a Russian intelligence officer who was in the UK at the time of the 2018 attack.

The U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr as attorney general on Thursday, installing a seasoned lawyer with decades of Washington experience to head the Justice Department and putting him in charge of overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-running probe of whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

The U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr as attorney general on Thursday, installing a seasoned lawyer with decades of Washington experience to head the Justice Department and making him in charge of overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-running probe into whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

William Barr will oversee Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Bellingcat investigative website has identified high-ranking Russian intelligence officer Denis Sergeev as the third suspect in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran say US withdrawal is good for the country as they meet in the Russian city of Sochi.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia, Turkey and Iran had agreed to take unspecified extra steps to clear Syria's Idlib region of what he called "a hotbed of terrorists," but the Kremlin said there would be no military operation there.

A third man suspected of involvement in the nerve agent poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in England last year is a high-ranking Russian military intelligence agent, the investigative website Bellingcat said on Thursday.

The president’s actions prompted Andrew G. McCabe to order the team digging into Russia’s election interference to investigate whether Mr. Trump had obstructed justice by firing James B. Comey.

The president’s actions prompted Andrew G. McCabe to order the team digging into Russia’s election interference to investigate whether Mr. Trump had obstructed justice by firing James B. Comey.

President Erdogan in talks with Hassan Rouhani in Russia vows to strengthen trade ties with Iran.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had not noted any big changes suggesting the United States was moving to withdraw its troops from Syria, following an order from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Hopes for a political resolution to the conflict in Syria have never been stronger, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said, following a Syria summit with his Iranian and Russian counterparts on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that aggressive actions by militants in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib would not go unpunished.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkey and Iran on Thursday he wanted them to devise a joint plan to wipe out what he called "a hotbed of terrorists" in Syria's Idlib region, an idea Moscow has so far tried and failed to sell to Ankara.

The president’s actions prompted Andrew G. McCabe to order the team digging into Russia’s election interference to investigate whether Mr. Trump had obstructed justice by firing James B. Comey.

The president’s actions prompted Andrew G. McCabe to order the team digging into Russia’s election interference to investigate whether Mr. Trump had obstructed justice by firing James B. Comey.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told his Turkish and Iranian counterparts that the presence of what he called terrorist groups in Syria's Idlib region should not be tolerated.

Announcement on Thursday comes as leaders from Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Sochi for summit on Syrian conflict.

Uncertainty remains over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

Russia told Turkey on Thursday it had no right to create a "safe zone" inside Syria unless it sought and received the consent of President Bashar al-Assad, signaling tensions as a three-way summit on the Syrian conflict began.

The U.S. Senate was set to approve President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr on Thursday, putting the veteran Republican lawyer in charge of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of any ties between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

While the US-sponsored conference focusing on Iran continues in Warsaw, the notable absentees from that event are holding their own meeting today in the Russian ski resort of Sochi.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose stiff new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine, the latest congressional effort to push President Donald Trump to ratchet up Washington's response to Moscow.

U.S. Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday will introduce a bill that would impose sanctions on Russia's banking and energy sectors and foreign debt for Moscow's meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine.

U.S. Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday will introduce a bill seeking to punish Russia for meddling in U.S. elections and for its aggression in Ukraine by imposing sanctions on its banking, energy sector and foreign debt.

Trilateral summit between 'guarantor countries' to focus on long-term settlement of the Syrian crisis, the Kremlin says.

Russia is moving to ban its soldiers from sharing information on the internet, a step that follows the use of social media posts by investigative journalists to shine a light on Moscow's clandestine role in foreign conflicts.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen calls on Russia, China and India to help Dhaka in tackling the Rohingya refugee crisis.

President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, could win confirmation in the U.S. Senate as soon as Wednesday despite Democrats' concerns about how he might handle Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Russia said on Tuesday it was ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela's government and opposition but warned the United States against intervening in Caracas' internal affairs.

Anger is growing in Russia over the house arrest of activist Anastasia Shevchenko.

Russia, China, North Korea and Iran developing technologies to counter US' galactic dominance, Pentagon report says.

Russia said on Tuesday it was ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela's government and opposition but warned the United States against intervening in Caracas' internal affairs.

A Russian Arctic archipelago has been on high alert since Saturday over an "invasion" of polar bears in the main settlement.

Russia stands ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela's government and opposition, TASS news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Tuesday as saying.

On Central Europe tour, top US diplomat says Moscow and Beijing seeking to erode sovereignty, freedom in the region.

Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to tighten controls over the internet in a bid to defend the country from foreign attacks. But a Russian tech expert told Euronews the bill was just "another layer of censorship" from the government.

Latest round of measures could be levied in the next two months

Bill intended to better position the country to fend off potential cyberattacks from abroad, particularly from the US.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will discuss the situation in Venezuela later on Tuesday by phone, Lavrov said.

Bears on the Novaya Zemlya island chain halted a seasonal migration to congregate near a military outpost, in a possible omen of climate change.

Bears on the Novaya Zemlya island chain halted a seasonal migration to congregate near a military outpost, in a possible omen of climate change.

Russia is planning to disconnect its internet systems from the global network - as a test of its cyber-defences. This means that data from its own organisations and users would stay within Russia, rather than being distributed globally.

Why is part of Russia in a state of emergency over polar bears?

The US secretary of state is on a visit to Hungary, Slovakia and Poland this week.

The Skripal probe just got even more complex as Sofia investigates a possible link between the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England in 2018 and the poisoning of an arms dealer on its soil in 2015.

Defence ministers meet amid calls from Moscow for Ankara to do more to remove hard-line fighters from the province.

Russia and Turkey agreed on Monday that they needed to take decisive measures to stabilize the situation in Syria's Idlib province after talks between the two country's defense ministers, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Bulgaria is investigating a possible link between a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy in England in 2018 and the poisoning of an arms dealer in Sofia in 2015.

The Manchester United ex-manager is to provide Champions League analysis in a fortnightly programme.

Scared by looming U.S. anti-cartel legislation for the oil industry, the Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies such as Russia have decided against creating a formal body, at least on paper.

Russia is planning to briefly disconnect from the internet as part of planning against a future conflict.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins this Monday a week-long tour across Central Europe in an attempt to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

Since 1987, a treaty with Moscow to limit midrange missile deployment has boosted trans-Atlantic security. But Russia has been cheating, and is fielding missiles banned by the compact.

Are the United States and Russia entering a dangerous new era of unchecked nuclear weapons development?