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The five people on board are believed to have died.
Edward Snowden has publicly criticised the strategy of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Russian president hasn’t been seen in public in a while.
Boris Nemtsov was a fierce opponent of Vladamir Putin and was set to lead an opposition rally. He was shot in the back on a bridge near the Kremlin
The West needs to stop hiding behind treaties that Russia has already invalidated, writes John O’Donnell.
Western powers have been reactive rather than proactive in their approach to the situation all summer, writes Jack Lahart.
The US President added that more sanctions could be imposed on Russia
The billionaire ‘chocolate king’ also vowed to avert civil war, the possibility of which still looms in the south-east.
Turchynov spoke of his “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” that aims to dislodge pro-Russian gunmen from their positions.
Russia has accused Ukraine of sending ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor militants to these areas.
Russia’s partners in the G8 have condemned Moscow’s military escalation and cancelled their participation in preparations for the group’s summit in Sochi this June.
In a statement he requested that Russian armed forces be used on Ukrainian territory ‘until the normalisation of the political situation’.
The Kremlin critic surfaced in Germany hours after his release on Friday from a prison in an obscure corner of northern Russia, following a surprise pardon by President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s most famous prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky walked out of jail today after spending more than 10 years behind bars.
Organisers say 100,000 turned out, though police say attendance was closer to 20,000. It was the biggest such rally since the 2004 ‘Orange Revolution’.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin just crept over the finish line to win 51.3 per cent of votes in yesterday’s poll.
The 30-year-old, who leaked details of the US’ vast surveillance operation, has agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, a top pro-Kremlin lawmaker said in a tweet that was later deleted.
The liberal politician has received strong criticism from some commentators unwilling to come to terms with the crimes of the Stalin era.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during his capture, was known to have been in contact with a Dagestan militants.
Police in England say there was nothing to indicate a struggle had taken place at the home of the exiled Russian oligarch.
The 67-year-old was found dead at his home in Surrey in southeast England earlier today, his spokesperson said.
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said the country was under no obligation to “allow propaganda of homosexuality”.
Today Russia marks the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
The Russian president said today he will sign a controversial bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
Litvinenko died in November 2006 after ingesting polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope that was secretly slipped into his tea at a London hotel.
Observers from the independent monitoring organisation Golos recorded more than 1,000 violations nationwide, including voter roll irregularities and multiple voting.
Freed Pussy Riot member, Yekaterina Samutsevich denies there is a split among the trio.
A former lieutenant colonel has been formally charged – 11 months after his arrest – with helping to organise the 2006 killing of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
It’s 67 years since the end of World War II, and Russia has been marking it with a display of its military might in Red Square.
The vote has been tainted by claims of violations.
Tens of thousands of Russians are due to attend protests today over allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections.
Recent opinion polls indicate Vladimir Putin’s party could lose its parliamentary majority – making it unable to impose constitutional changes at will.
Formally announcing his presidency bid, the current PM warned Western leaders not to meddle in Russian polls.
Supporters of the Russian premier blamed the boos on tanked-up spectators needing the toilet.
Watch Vladimir Putin take on Dmitry Medvedev in a game of badminton.
Alexei Kudrin was publicly told to resign by president Dmitry Medvedev in a row over the country’s leadership.