Russia, U.S. remain divided over extending last nuclear arms pact
Russia and the United States on Wednesday remained at odds over extending the last major...
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China, Russia elected to U.N. rights council; Saudi Arabia fails
China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but...
Russia evacuates thousands as munitions explode in fire
Smoke rises from a fire at a munitions depot as fire engines are seen on...
Russia warns that Nagorno-Karabakh could become Islamist militant stronghold
The Kremlin issued a new appeal for an end to hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh...
What are they going to do about it?: Chemical weapons body confirms nerve agent Novichok in Navalny’s blood
Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent...
Syria’s Assad says Russian bases in his country keep balance of power in region
Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russia’s major naval and air...
Turkey rebuffs Russia, France and U.S. over Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire moves
The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate...
Kremlin critic Navalny to magazine: Putin was behind crime against me
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind...
Russia jails Gulag historian for 13 years, overturns earlier sentence
A Russian court abruptly handed Yuri Dmitriev, a historian of Stalin-era crimes, a 13-year jail...
Russia’s Novak says global energy players should jointly tackle demand crisis
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Sunday urged all global energy market players to combine...
Putin says Russia and U.S. should agree not to meddle in each other’s elections
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States...
Kremlin critic Navalny’s bank accounts frozen, apartment seized: spokeswoman
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized as...
U.S. blacklists individuals, entities linked to leader of Russia’s IRA
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on individuals and entities linked...
Russian cult leader who claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus is detained by special forces in Siberia
A former traffic cop who now leads a sect in Siberia, claiming he is Jesus...
Russian president Vladmir Putin ‘probably directing’ efforts to interfere in 2020 election against Joe Biden – CIA assessment says
According to a new report by the Washington Post, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly...
Navalny demands Russia returns his clothes for Novichok investigation
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told Russia on Monday to hand over the clothes he was...
Russian jets strike Syrian rebel-held bastion in heaviest strikes since ceasefire
Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday in the most...
Navalny posts photo of himself walking, describes recovery
‘Now I am a guy whose legs tremble when he takes the stairs,’ wrote Navalny...
Russia’s Lavrov sketches out post-Western world order
“It is time to stop applying Western metrics to our actions and stop trying to...
Navalny aides say Novichok nerve agent found on hotel water bottle
A water bottle is seen in a hotel room where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny...
Chemical weapons watchdog says examining Navalny samples
Alexei Navalny posted to Instagram from his hospital bed this week Handout Instagram account @navalny/AFP/File...
Turkey, Russia nearing deal on Libya ceasefire, political process
Earlier on Wednesday night, Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj announced his intention to...
Russia says Navalny sanctions talk is affecting its borrowing plans
Russia said on Wednesday that talk of possible sanctions over the case of Alexei Navalny...
Russia accuses U.S. of promoting revolution in Belarus, toughens stance
Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus, where it...
Navalny posts picture from Berlin hospital, says he can breathe on his own
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poses with his family at Berlin’s Charite hospital in this...
Russian teachers ordered to track, report LGBTQ students to gov’t – report
The Education Dept. said it “will immediately inform internal [security] agencies about minors that were...
Russian paramedics’ accounts challenge Moscow’s explanation for Navalny’s coma – sources
The paramedics who treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he fell violently ill on...
Putin throws $1.5 billion lifeline to Belarus leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a $1.5 billion loan on Belarus on Monday in a...
French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny poisoned with Novichok
The German government announced that labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader...
Kremlin set for election wins, but Navalny supporters make rare gains in Siberia
The ruling United Russia party looked set for an array of local election wins on...
Russia to send paratroopers to Belarus for joint drills starting on Monday: RIA
Russia will send troops from its Pskov division of paratroopers to Belarus for joint military...
Navalny’s illness energises push to challenge Kremlin at vote in Siberian town
When Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny collapsed on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk...
Key aide to prosecutor reviewing origins of Trump-Russia probe resigns
A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of...
On election eve, several thousand join anti-Kremlin rally in Russian Far East
Several thousand people gathered in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for what...
Belarus president to visit Russia on Monday: Kremlin
Thousands of protesters have been detained – TUT.BY/AFP/File Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will...
Russia votes in local elections targeted by stricken Navalny
Russians vote in an array of local elections on Sunday that will test the ruling...
Germany says it will investigate Navalny poisoning case, if he agrees
Berlin prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the case of Russian opposition politician Alexei...
Russian regional polls test Kremlin’s crisis management
Opposition activist Sergei Boiko says regional elections have not been decided in advance this time...
Turkey considers allowing Phase III testing of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and...
U.S. could restrict funds for malign activities over Navalny poisoning
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks with journalists after he was released from...
Putin to set up inquiry into Navalny poisoning: Italy’s PM
FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, gestures during a news conference at a field...
Microsoft believes Russians that hacked Clinton targeted Biden campaign firm – sources
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign...
‘Substantial chance’ Russian officials behind Navalny poisoning: U.S.’s Pompeo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the...
Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm – sources
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign...
Some scientists spot “highly unlikely” patterns in Russia vaccine data: letter
Twenty-six scientists, most of them working at universities in Italy, have signed an open letter...
Russia detains deputy energy minister Tikhonov over fund embezzlement allegations
Russian state investigators have detained Anatoly Tikhonov, a deputy energy minister, on funds embezzlement allegations,...
Russia says Germany exploiting Navalny illness, demands medical data
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand...
Ex-U.S. official was told to halt assessments on Russian 2020 election meddling threat: whistleblower
Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing...
G7 foreign ministers condemn Navalny’s ‘confirmed poisoning’
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the...
U.S. House members ask Trump to probe Navalny poisoning, suggest sanctions
FILE PHOTO: Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) arrives to vote at a polling place in the...
