# Moscow

Russia shoots down drone headed for Moscow in sixth consecutive night of strikes

Moscow was rarely targeted during the early stages of the conflict in Ukraine though attacks have mounted of late.

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Aug 26th 2023, 8:45 AM

Russia says it has downed 42 Ukrainian drones over Crimea

It comes a day after Kyiv claimed a special forces raid on the territory.

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Aug 25th 2023, 8:24 AM

# Evan Gershkovich

Moscow court extends arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter in jail on espionage charges

The 31-year-old US citizen was arrested in Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip in late March.

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Aug 24th 2023, 5:35 PM

Eight dead after Moscow underground river floods during a tour

The victims are believed to have become trapped by rising water levels following a downpour.

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Aug 22nd 2023, 1:06 PM

Russia says it shot down three drones during the latest aerial assault inside its borders

The air attack is at least the fifth this month over the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow.

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Aug 16th 2023, 7:22 AM

Russia tests digital ruble in bid to bypass sanctions

The Russian ruble is at its lowest level against the US dollar since March 2022.

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Aug 15th 2023, 5:50 PM

Russia says it downed a wave of Ukrainian drones overnight nearing Crimea and Moscow

Russia said there were no reports of damage or casualties in any of the affected areas.

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Aug 10th 2023, 7:26 AM

Ukrainian official says drones have successfully hit naval ship in Russian port

Russia, however, claimed it fended off the attack, saying ships patrolling the perimeter of the naval base destroyed two sea drones.

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Aug 4th 2023, 1:50 PM

Russia downs drones aimed at vessels in Black Sea and Moscow as office block struck again

Russia said its air defence systems shot down several drones and blamed Ukraine for the attack.

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Aug 1st 2023, 10:25 AM

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July 2023

Zelenskyy warns 'war' coming to Russia after office towers damaged as drones target Moscow

Moscow and its environs had rarely been targeted during the conflict in Ukraine until several drone attacks this year.

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Jul 31st 2023, 8:14 AM

Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and Crimea

Two office towers in the capital were damaged and while one of it’s four major airports was briefly shut following the attack.

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Jul 30th 2023, 11:20 AM

Ukraine downs drones over Kyiv after Russia warns of retaliation over Moscow strike

The Kyiv regional military administration had earlier issued an alert for drone attacks and warned residents to stay in shelters.

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Jul 25th 2023, 7:01 AM

Moscow and Crimea hit by drones as Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south

One of the drones crashed close to the defence ministry in the centre of the Russian capital.

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Jul 24th 2023, 9:39 PM

Kyiv says 60,000 tonnes of grain destroyed in Odesa attack as fire breaks out at Crimea military site

Russian authorities have ordered the temporary evacuation of more than 2,000 civilians adjacent to the military site.

Ukraine said that 10 civilians, including a nine-year-old boy, were injured in the attack on Odesa.

Over 2,000 civilians have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a military site in Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a conference in South Africa, ending speculation on whether the country would carry out an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader.

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Jul 19th 2023, 2:27 PM

Russia claims it downed Ukrainian drone near Moscow region airport

Several flights were redirected to other airports in the early hours of this morning, Russia’s transport agency said.

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Jul 4th 2023, 7:57 AM

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2023

Russian court orders trial of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny be held behind closed doors

Navalny is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges that his supporters see as punishment for his political work.

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Jun 19th 2023, 4:02 PM

# Kakhovka dam

World leaders condemn dam attack in Ukraine as flooding and evacuations continue

Officials raced to check cooling systems at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station.

Ukrainian and Russian authorities accused each other of destroying the dam as tens of thousands of residents evacuate.

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Jun 6th 2023, 8:15 PM

Ukraine denies it was behind drone attack on Kremlin as Moscow accuses Kyiv of 'assassination attempt'

“We don’t attack Putin or Moscow. We don’t have enough weapons for this,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Moscow said Putin was not hurt and there were no casualties.

Kyiv insisted it had "nothing to do" with the alleged attack, suggesting it was "staged" by Moscow.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also cast doubt on the veracity of the report.

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May 3rd 2023, 9:02 PM

Detained US journalist denied bail as he appears in Moscow court for first time

Evan Gershkovich’s arrest for alleged espionage has drawn international condemnation.

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Apr 18th 2023, 1:23 PM

Russian lawmakers back new digital conscription system

If passed, the bill will prevent men from leaving Russia to avoid joining the country’s war effort.

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Apr 11th 2023, 3:20 PM

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2022

'We have not gone crazy': Putin says Russia will not be first to deploy nuclear weapons

The Russian president said the threat of nuclear war is “rising”, but said that Russia would only use a nuclear weapon in response to an enemy strike.

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Dec 8th 2022, 7:46 AM

Ukraine urges Nato to speed up weapons deliveries following Russian strikes on energy grid

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg accused Vladimir Putin of targeting infrastructure in a bid to use winter as “a weapon of war” against Ukraine.

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Nov 29th 2022, 10:53 PM

World Health Organisation says millions of lives at risk in Ukraine this winter

It comes after Ukraine said it had discovered four Russian torture sites in the southern city of Kherson.

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Nov 21st 2022, 9:25 PM

Ukraine probes videos which Russia claims depict its prisoners being executed

The footage was circulating on Russian social media this week.

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Nov 19th 2022, 4:36 PM

Moscow's delegates miss UN review of human rights in Russia

The meeting had already been postponed twice from its planned date in March

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Oct 20th 2022, 10:50 PM

# russian protests

Russian police disperse protests against army mobilisation in Russia

More than 300 people demonstrating against the mobilisation of reservists to fight in Ukraine were arrested in Moscow.

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Sep 25th 2022, 11:53 AM

# russian invasion

EU calls for war crimes tribunal over mass graves found in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have found around 450 graves outside the formerly Russian-occupied city of Izyum, with most of the exhumed bodies showing signs of torture.

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Sep 17th 2022, 5:34 PM

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Hundreds of mourners, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lined up to file past Gorbachev’s open casket.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 2:40 PM

# lukoil

Chief of Russia's largest private oil company dies ‘in fall from hospital window’

News reports said Ravil Maganov’s body was found in the grounds of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.

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Sep 1st 2022, 3:58 PM

# Putin

Putin signs decree making it easier for Ukrainians to live and work in Russia

The decree allows Ukrainian passport holders who have entered Russia since Moscow’s invasion to live and work there indefinitely.

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Aug 27th 2022, 4:30 PM

# United Nations

Fresh shelling at Ukraine power plant as operator warns of radiation risk

The Zaporizhzhia facility was seized by Russian troops in the opening weeks of the February invasion and has remained on the front line ever since.

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Aug 27th 2022, 1:20 PM

# looking ahead

Dennis Rodman planning Russia trip - reports

The former player is seeking the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner.

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Aug 22nd 2022, 6:51 PM

US basketball star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russia

Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

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Jul 7th 2022, 4:40 PM

Russia sanctions dozens of UK journalists and media figures

The list names BBC director-general Tim Davie and The Times’ editor John Witherow.

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Jun 14th 2022, 6:29 PM

Two British soldiers and Moroccan national ‘sentenced to death' by pro-Moscow rebels in Donetsk

The men were accused of being “mercenaries” after fighting with Ukrainian troops.

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Jun 9th 2022, 4:26 PM

Fighting rages on 100th day of Russian invasion as Zelenskyy says 'victory' will be Ukraine's

The sombre milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory.

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