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United Kingdom

Russian super yacht impounded in Gibraltar

Ahoy! Russian billionaire industrialist Andrey Melnichenko's new €400 million “super yacht” impounded by the Gibraltar Port Authority

21/02/2017

World News

Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin dies at 64

He reportedly suffered a heart attack in New York, a day before his 65th birthday.

20/02/2017

Ukraine

Ceasefire holds in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists respect ceasefire

20/02/2017

Russia

Russia's UN ambassador dies

64-year-old Vitaly Churkin had served as Moscow's permanent representative to the UN in New York since 2006.

20/02/2017

Russia

Russia defends decision to recognise rebel passports in eastern Ukraine

The RIA news agency quotes the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying the order is temporary. Russian officials are also quoted as saying the order corresponds with international law.

20/02/2017

USA

Flows of major weapons 'highest since Cold War'

The import and export of major weapons is at its highest global level since the end of the Cold War, a new report has claimed.

20/02/2017

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Russian sport lovers ride dog sleds through Siberian snow

Several dozen Siberian sports fans gathered on Saturday (February 18) in a snow-covered field outside the city of Irkutsk to take part in a dog sled race.

19/02/2017

Syria

ISIL under pressure as fighting rages in Syria

Are ISIL’s days numbered in the extremist group’s de facto capital of Raqqa?

18/02/2017

Germany

Mike Pence pledges 'unwavering' US support for NATO

US Vice President Mike Pence pledged the Trump administration’s ‘unwavering’ commitment to NATO on Saturday.

18/02/2017

Germany

US Vice President Pence seeks to reassure Transatlantic allies

Addressing the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, US Vice President Mike Pence has sought to assure allies that Donald Trump’s administration will back NATO and stand with…

18/02/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. Russia and the West: how to avoid an escalation in Europe

16/02/2017

World News

Tillerson and Lavrov hold first meeting in Bonn

Russia does not ‘‘interfere in the domestic matters’‘ of other countries, Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

16/02/2017

Next Series

Five reasons why Yuri Gagarin is a legend of space

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew to space In 1961.

16/02/2017

World News

Euroviews. Arms control in Europe: the Baltic test for Russia and NATO

Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in early 2014, its political and military relations with the West have deteriorated sharply. To head off the risk of an arms race or military confrontation, both sides must urgently agree to reciprocal measures to limit military capabilities

15/02/2017

World News

US believe Russia deployed new cruise missile, violating treaty

If confirmed, it's a major test for the Trump administration, just as it faces a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

15/02/2017

Cult

Bolshoi Ballet stages Mieczysław Weinberg's opera 'The Idiot'

Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Ballet is staging ‘The Idiot’ which is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel.

15/02/2017

World News

Trump and Russia a cause for concern on Capitol Hill

Trump camp and Russia a cause for concern

15/02/2017

USA

Trump under pressure for failing to fire Flynn earlier

Pressure is mounting on President Donald Trump amid revelations he knew for weeks that his national security adviser misled the White House about his contacts with…

14/02/2017

USA

Russia says Flynn resignation engineered by opponents of good US-Russian relations

Russian politicians have been quick to defend Mike Flynn, Donald Trump's national security advisor, who has resigned. They claim he has been forced out by those seeking to ruin better US-Russian relat

14/02/2017

Syria

Report chronicles deliberate destruction of Aleppo by Russia and Assad

Russia and the Assad regime in Syria pursued the deliberate and systematic destruction of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a new report concludes.

13/02/2017