# Moscow

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# Sergei Skripal

Boris Johnson says Russia's poisoning denials 'grow increasingly absurd'

The Kremlin has denied its involvement in the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Salisbury.

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Mar 19th 2018, 12:54 PM

# diplomatic tensions

Russia threatens to ban all British media from its country if the UK bans Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT

Tensions are rising after the UK said it was likely Russia was behind a recent poisoning attack on an ex-spy.

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Mar 13th 2018, 9:02 PM

# Moscow

Ice on sensors 'may have been cause' of Russian plane crash

The plane took off from Moscow on Sunday and went down in a field around 70 kilometres southeast of the city shortly after.

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Feb 13th 2018, 4:13 PM

# Moscow

Terrorism not being considered as probe into one of Russia's worst ever air disasters begins

71 people lost their lives in yesterday’s crash near Moscow airport.

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Feb 12th 2018, 7:34 AM

# Moscow

Russia plane crash: Officials confirm all 71 people on board have died

Around 65 passengers and 6 crew members were on board the regional flight destined for Orsk.

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Feb 11th 2018, 2:33 PM

# Protests

Russian opposition leader arrested during anti-Putin protests

Earlier, police raided the Moscow office of Navalny as the demonstrations calling for a boycott of Russia’s presidential election took place.

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Jan 28th 2018, 12:40 PM

# Russia

Investigation underway after bus ploughs into Moscow pedestrians, killing four

Authorities have not mentioned terrorism as a possible cause.

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Dec 26th 2017, 8:59 AM

# Russia

At least five dead after bus ploughs into Moscow pedestrian underpass

Video footage shows the bus driving down into the underpass, hitting a number of people.

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Dec 25th 2017, 12:50 PM

# Nuke Free Zone

Russia denies it had a nuclear accident after radioactive pollution reported to be 986 times higher

A station close to the Mayak nuclear facility in the Chelyabinsk region detected “extremely high pollution”.

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Nov 21st 2017, 5:33 PM

# critical condition

Russian journalist stabbed in the neck by man who claimed a 'telepathic connection' with her

The assailant attacked Tatyana Felgengauer at the radio station where she worked.

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Oct 23rd 2017, 8:28 PM

# anonymous threats

Shopping centres, colleges and train stations evacuated in Moscow after bomb threats

Over 30 locations were temporarily emptied after anonymous threats.

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Sep 13th 2017, 6:14 PM

# Donald Trump

Trump Organisation lawyer emailed Putin aide for business deal help

Trump’s personal lawyer has said the president’s company pursued a Trump Tower in Moscow during the Republican primary.

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Aug 28th 2017, 10:39 PM

# Russia

Three dead in shooting at Moscow courthouse during 'Grand Theft Auto' hearing

Russian outlets say a guard and a court official were injured.

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Aug 1st 2017, 1:41 PM

# Get Out

Vladimir Putin says more than 750 US diplomatic staff will have to leave Russia

The call is in response to fresh US sanctions against Moscow.

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Jul 31st 2017, 7:08 AM

# Star City

Here's the gruelling training aspiring astronauts have to go through at Moscow’s famous Star City

‘You feel like you can’t breath, it feels as if your stomach is glued to your back.’

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Jul 29th 2017, 5:00 PM

# Afghanistan

Video footage suggests Russia may be arming the Taliban

The footage obtained by CNN shows Taliban fighters brandishing weapons they claim were supplied by Russian government sources.

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Jul 25th 2017, 8:11 AM

# Meetings

Trump says he wouldn't have picked Sessions as Attorney General if he knew he'd recuse on Russia

Three of the pivotal players in the Trump campaign will be questioned by senators next week.

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Jul 20th 2017, 8:50 AM

# From Russia With Love

Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny jailed for 30 days after anti-corruption protests

Russian authorities detained the 41-year-old opposition leader and nearly 1,000 of his supporters.

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Jun 12th 2017, 10:40 PM

# Moscow

Russian man kills nine people after drunken row at party

The alleged assailant gunned down five men and four women after a drinking session on Saturday night.

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Jun 5th 2017, 7:15 PM

# Interview

Putin tells Megyn Kelly he only had 'brief acquaintance' with former US national security adviser

The contacts Flynn and other Trump aides had with Russian officials and bankers are drawing intense scrutiny.

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Jun 5th 2017, 6:15 AM

# Turbulence

Extreme turbulence injures 27 on Aeroflot flight to Bangkok

Some passengers were slammed into the ceiling of the aircraft such was the force of the turbulence.

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May 2nd 2017, 1:16 PM

# The Kremlin

Russian opposition leader jailed following unsanctioned Moscow protest

Alexei Navalny has been a vocal critic of the Kremlin.

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Mar 27th 2017, 1:34 PM

# fall of berlin

Germany's anger after Russian theme park creates mock-Reichstag for children to attack

German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said today the plan was “surprising and speaks for itself.”

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Feb 24th 2017, 7:24 PM

# Classified

Ex-British MI6 spy behind 'dirty dossier' that Donald Trump has branded as 'fake news'

Trump has hit out at intelligence agencies for allowing the report to leak.

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Jan 11th 2017, 11:17 PM

# Clapper

John McCain says 'every American should be alarmed' by Russian interference in election

The US intelligence community has said Moscow interfered to help Republican Donald Trump win.

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Jan 5th 2017, 4:34 PM

# Siege

Russia has stopped bombing Aleppo - but for how long?

Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo as of 7am this morning, Russia’s defence minister said.

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Oct 18th 2016, 10:50 AM

# The Heat Is On

Tension soars between Ukraine and Russia over 'terror attack' claims

The UN Security Council was to discuss the growing tensions today at the request of Ukraine.

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Aug 11th 2016, 9:26 PM

# last warning

Euro 2016: Russia handed suspended ban over fan violence, fined €150,000

It means the side are allowed remain in the competition but face being kicked out if there’s more trouble.

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Jun 14th 2016, 12:05 PM

# putin it off

Putin has put off meeting Elton John to talk about gay rights

The popular singer is due to meet the Russian leader at some stage to discuss matters in Russia.

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May 26th 2016, 6:03 PM

# Security concerns

10-year-girl flies across Russia with no ID or ticket

It sounds a bit like a scene from Home Alone.

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Apr 28th 2016, 6:30 AM

# MISSION TO MOSCOW

This teen left her small US town to become a ballet dancer in Russia

Harper Ortlieb left her home in Oregan to follow her dream.

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Mar 6th 2016, 8:00 PM

# Investigation

Woman arrested in Moscow after being found 'carrying child's head'

The child’s body was found after a fire in an apartment.

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Feb 29th 2016, 12:01 PM

# lick the USA

Vladimir Putin basically trolled the world at his epic end-of-year press conference

Donald Trump? “Outstanding man.” Sepp Blatter? “Should be given the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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Dec 17th 2015, 9:34 PM

# butt out of it

Assad says there's one quick way to achieve peace in Syria

It’s not happy with other countries getting invovled.

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Dec 2nd 2015, 7:57 AM

# red pen in red square

If you're going to use a fake letter, make sure you can at least speak the language properly

A Russian newspaper found this out the hard way.

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Nov 19th 2015, 10:09 PM

# crossing paths

The US and Russia are starting "deconfliction" talks on Syria

The Pentagon was riled, after getting only one hour’s vague ‘heads-up’ from Russia that it was about to start bombing.

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Oct 1st 2015, 4:18 PM

# Billion Dollar Spy

The story of the most important Cold War spy most people have never heard of

Meet Adolf Tolkachev – and find out how he was betrayed by the CIA.

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Aug 8th 2015, 7:00 PM

# Russia

Woman accidentally shoots herself in the head while taking a selfie

The 21-year-old Russian woman was posing with a 9mm handgun left behind by a security guard at her Moscow office.

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May 23rd 2015, 8:15 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Morning… Here’s everything you need to know as we head into Sunday.

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Mar 1st 2015, 8:42 AM

# Putin the boot in

The EU is getting tough on Russia. Well, kind of...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned of a new Cold War atmosphere emerging.

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Jan 30th 2015, 12:09 PM