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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Islamic State militants in Syria have recently seized some 700 people as hostages and are carrying out executions

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in the country’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that it would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack.
He voiced confidence that Russia could resist Western pressure and expressed hope that President...

The Russian military says one of its training jets has crashed and two pilots are missing

If Democrats win control of the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate next month, nearly every aspect of Donald Trump's presidency could face swift examination – from his long-elusive tax returns to possible business ties with Russia and conflicts of interest, congressional sources say.

British number one Johanna Konta reaches just her second semi-final this year by beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the Kremlin Cup.

The Russian President also linked the rampage, in which at least 20 people were killed, to US school shootings.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he accepts the “duel” proposed by the chief of the National Guard — if it’s is a televised debate with words as weapons

A court convicted two men over their attempts to scare investigative journalist Jessikka Aro.

Putin said the hostages were seized in part of Syria controlled by US-backed forces, and that there had been an ultimatum promising to execute 10 people every day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes that President Donald Trump would like to improve relations with Russia

President Vladimir Putin says Russia would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack

President Vladimir Putin says Russia would only use its nuclear weapons in retaliation to enemy missile attack

Vladimir Putin took a Russian-made luxury car for a spin around a F1 track in his latest testosterone-charged photo opportunity.

The French football star went back to his hometown for the first time since helping France win the World Cup in Russia.

UN official: Russian officials say Syria’s government has withdrawn controversial property law to allow refugee return

Political bickering over which country is most to blame undermines foreign policy

"But this scoundrel could not have prepared this attack on his own, in my opinion and according to my colleagues," one Russian official said.

At least 19 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a shooting at a technical college in Russian-annexed Crimea.

The latest edition of Global Conversation has an exclusive interview with Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev.

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Crimean leader says authorities are searching for possible accomplice in school attack, Russian news reports say

Russia’s health minister says at least 10 of the wounded in a shooting by a student at a vocational school in Crimea will be airlifted to hospitals in Russia

At least 18 people were killed -- most of them teenagers -- and about 50 more injured following an attack in Russian-annexed Crimea, according to Russia.

New satellite imagery shared exclusively with CNN shows Russia appearing to upgrade four of its military installations in Kaliningrad, Russia's strategic outpost on NATO's doorstep.    

Millions of tweets published by suspected state-linked accounts are made public by Twitter.

On Raw Politics this Wednesday: Brexit crunch talks, Russia's PM talks sanctions and anti-Russian sentiment, and Canada legalises pot to name just a few topics covered today.

Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate Assange from his embassy hideaway in London by naming him as a diplomat to Moscow

At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea on Wednesday when a student went through the building shooting at fellow pupils before killing himself, Russian law enforcement officials said.

The charges stem from a series of stories about suspicious financial transactions involving Trump associates.

Russian officials said an attack at a technical college on the Crimea peninsula Wednesday left at least 19 people dead, including a gunman investigators believe set off an explosive device before opening fire on his classmates.
The explosion ripped through the Kerch Polytechnic College on the far...

Nine times out of ten, this anti-Russia campaign is in pursuit of entirely internal political goals. Medvedev talks to Euronews. EXCLUSIVE

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea on Wednesday when a student went through the building shooting at fellow pupils before killing himself, Russian law enforcement officials said.

Russia's Investigative Committee said on Wednesday that a fatal attack on a college in Crimea was a case of mass murder not terrorism and named 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov as its chief suspect in the rampage.

The suspect in an attack on a college in the Crimean city of Kerch shot himself and his body has been found inside the college, the TASS news agency cited Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee as saying on Wednesday.

At least 13 killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a vocational school in Kerch.

An attack on a college in Crimea was carried out by a 22-year-old male student studying there who has since committed suicide, Sergei Aksyonov, Crimea's Russian-backed head, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency on Wednesday.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the euphoria in Crimea over Russia’s 2014 annexation has long since turned to resentment.

Russian authorities says blast in region annexed by Russia is being treated as terrorism

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the euphoria in Crimea over Russia’s 2014 annexation has long since turned to resentment.

Top Russian official in Crimea says the attacker at a Crimean college was a student who has killed himself

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that four military planes were ready to evacuate casualties of a blast in the Crimean port city of Kerch for medical treatment, the Interfax news agency reported.

Will a gas pipeline help Europe repair its relations with Moscow — or make it more susceptible to Russian interference? That question is dividing the continent.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a blast at a technical college in Crimea that killed at least 10 people could have been a terror attack. The

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told reporters that officials are looking into a possible terrorist attack. He did not elaborate.

U.S. sanctions targeting Russia's nascent high tech industry have caused a Russian microchip company significant financial woes and delayed the launch of an initiative meant to produce substitutes for Western products, the firm's owner said.

The Kremlin says it is considering terrorism as one of the causes of the blast.

The Kremlin says that Wednesday’s deadly blast in the Russia-annexed Crimea could be a terrorist attack.

Russia’s counter-terrorism agency says the blast that killed 10 people at a college in Crimea was triggered by an explosive device.

Will a gas pipeline help Europe repair its relations with Moscow — or make it more susceptible to Russian interference? That question is dividing the continent.

At least 10 people were killed and 50 more wounded when a bomb exploded in a school in Crimea, Russian state media reported, citing the country’s anti-terrorist committee. “A terrorist act is one of the versions being considered,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a phone call. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine four years […]

Russian anti-terrorist agency says blast that killed 10 people at Crimean college was triggered by explosive device

Mr. Corden joked, “Trump has raised so much money, this time he says he might not even need the Russians.”

Mr. Corden joked, “Trump has raised so much money, this time he says he might not even need the Russians.”

Imagine if a doctored video of a politician appeared the day before an election. It’s everything Vladimir Putin ever dreamed of.

Russian news agencies say that up to 10 people may have been killed and at least 40 others wounded by a natural gas explosion at a college in Crimea

Imagine if a doctored video of a politician appeared the day before an election. It’s everything Vladimir Putin ever dreamed of.

Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate Assange from his embassy hideaway in London by naming him as a diplomat to Moscow

Kremlin critic Bill Browder files complaint against Nordic region’s biggest lender

A Crimean delegation visited Damascus for two days, bearing gifts for President Bashar al-Assad. Both Syria and Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine four years ago, have been hit by Western sanctions, and their economies are struggling.

Ukraine is pulling churches away from Russia's grip - a very sensitive issue in the current conflict.

The Saudis have a powerful tool in their ability to raise oil prices but are loathe to use it. And they could not easily switch to China or Russia for defense.

The Saudis have a powerful tool in their ability to raise oil prices but are loathe to use it. And they could not easily switch to China or Russia for defense.

Russia’s Foreign Minister has hit out at the UK for using the EU to facilitate sanctions against Russia in the wake of the Novichok scandal.

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Paris for an event that President Donald Trump is also set to attend, but a meeting between them isn’t planned

British number one Johanna Konta beats Elise Mertens 6-3 7-5 in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.

For a secret service, Russia’s GRU spy agency has been in the public eye an awful lot lately.
And it hasn’t been a good look.
Like Russian President Vladimir Putin, the GRU — the country’s military intelligence agency — is more accustomed to being feared than being mocked.
But a recently exposed...

For a secret service, Russia’s GRU spy agency has been in the public eye an awful lot lately.
And it hasn’t been a good look.
Like Russian President Vladimir Putin, the GRU — the country’s military intelligence agency — is more accustomed to being feared than being mocked.
But a recently exposed...

The Constantinople Patriarchate's recognition of Ukraine's Orthodox Church as independent leads to Russia cutting ties.

The Moscow Patriarchate rejects Constantinople's recognition of the Ukrainian Church's independence.

The Russian Orthodox Church says it’s severing ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community after his decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Moscow Patriarchate

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has arrived in Russia on a visit expected to further boost ties between the two nations

“I wouldn’t make the assessment that Trump allowed that possibility,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president.

Rights group Amnesty International says its researcher in Russia’s North Caucasus has been abducted and beaten while reporting on protests in the region

With 3 million civilians crammed into Idlib, Russia and Turkey have been trying to stave off a Syrian offensive.

Relations with Russia high on bloc’s agenda amid divisions over how to deal with Putin

Armed groups were supposed to withdraw from the buffer as a final condition to implementing a Russian-Turkish agreement.

Recognition of Ukrainian church’s split from Russia is proxy for wider independence battle

A classical music concert featuring the work of famous Russian composers wouldn’t normally cause controversy ..... except when it’s in the English city of Salisbury and is titled 'From Russia With Love’

The lucky lady who bagged the job was given a bicycle and a uniform complete with a bright green jacket, a black bow tie and a hat.

Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from jail after serving 50 days on two consecutive sentences of organizing unsanctioned protests

Navalny, one of Putin's biggest political rivals, was in prison for organising protests against the Kremlin.

Turkey and Russia appear to have succeeded in creating a demilitarized zone along the front lines of Syria’s flashpoint Idlib region, but a breakdown of the truce could cause massive displacement and bloodshed

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released on Sunday after 20 days in jail where he was held on charges of staging an illegal protest last month.

Forget the new TV series. Books about the family, executed during the Russian revolution 100 years ago, are filled with lurid details.

Russia tops the medals table on day 1 of the Cancun Judo Grand Prix 2018. Argentina's Paula Pareto, who won gold in the -48kg final, was our woman of the day, while Tornike Tsjakadoea was our man of the day as the Dutch-Georgian judoka claimed his first ever medal on the IJF World Judo Tour.

A U.S. pastor left Turkey on Friday after a Turkish court freed him from two years of detention, in a step that could improve U.S.-Turkish ties strained by differences over Syria, Iran and Ankara's planned purchase of Russian military equipment.

A U.S. evangelical Christian pastor left Turkey on Friday after a Turkish court freed him from two years of detention, in a step that could improve ties between the two countries which are strained by differences over Syria, Iran and Ankara's planned purchase of Russian military equipment.

US space agency considers privately built back-up systems to send astronauts to ISS

Authoritarian states such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia use spectacular violence and disorienting denials to strike fear.