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Five key points from Putin's marathon four-hour news conference

Putin said Russia’s Olympic doping ban was unjustified and warned that global warming could be “a disaster” for northern territories.

19/12/2019

Russia

Russia to expel two German diplomats over Berlin murder investigation

Tensions have risen between the two countries since a Russian-Georgian man was murdered in Berlin in August.

12/12/2019

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'Stop Putin's war!' topless Femen protesters yell ahead of Ukraine sum

Police apprehended on Monday (December 9) topless Femen protesters who chanted slogans against Russia's leader outside the Elysee presidential palace in Paris ahead of a Ukraine crisis summit.

10/12/2019

France

Macron positive after Zelenskiy's first face-to-face with Putin

A ceasefire and further prisoner swaps are among the items on the agenda at the summit in Paris.

09/12/2019

Belarus

Mass protests in Belarus over president's meeting with Putin

Demonstrators gather in Minsk in Belarus to protest against closer ties with Russia.

07/12/2019

Russia

Russia media freedom under threat as Putin puts pressure on the press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed two controversial security bills into law. One will require certain technology sold in the country to include pre-installed software from the government, the other would designate certain journalists and bloggers as "foreign agents."

04/12/2019

Ukraine

Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels begin troop withdrawal in east

The pullout could pave the way for a high-stake summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany.

09/11/2019

World News

Moscow meddling: Does Vladimir Putin want to destabilise Europe?

A contested parliamentary report will not be released until after the December 12 election.

09/11/2019

Russia

Putin wants to replace Wikipedia with 'reliable' Russian equivalent

"It's better to replace it with a Big Russian new encyclopedia in electronic form," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of Wikipedia on Tuesday.

08/11/2019

Focus

Russia and Africa: working towards a win-win partnership

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The first edition of the Russia-Africa Summit was co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah Al-sissi to re-define and intensify strategic trade relations between the two continents.

30/10/2019

Hungary

Eastern Bromance: Orban and Putin set to meet, again

The two leaders, who share a common disdain for western liberal values, have maintained and enhanced their special relationship over the years, even as the EU implemented sanctions against Moscow over Russia's annexation of Crimea.

29/10/2019

World News

Russia-brokered deal in Syria: Why Putin holds the key to the conflict

The Russian-brokered agreement concluded on Tuesday highlights how central President Vladimir Putin has become in the Syrian conflict, experts told Euronews.

23/10/2019

World News

Why did Erdogan come to meet Putin? Clue: It's about Syria...

Turkey will resume military operations "with determination" after a US-brokered ceasefire expires later on Tuesday if promises given by Washington have not been kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of the visit.

22/10/2019

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Vladimir Putin celebrates 67th birthday in Siberian mountains

Russian President went for a walk in the Siberian taiga and climbed a mountain ahead of his birthday on Monday

07/10/2019

World

Elections to take place in separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced local elections in separatist-held parts in the east of the country. But his plans are being criticised because the vote will take place before Kyiv takes full control of the borders and before Russian-backed forces have withdrawn from the occupied areas.

03/10/2019

Russia

Armed police arrest 'warrior shaman' who wants Putin out of Kremlin

As many as 50 officers swooped in on Aleksandr Gabyshev and his followers.

19/09/2019

World

Moscow asks Interpol for location of former Kremlin official

Russia has asked the United States via Interpol to confirm the whereabouts of a former Kremlin official who Russian media have said may have been a U.S. spy extracted by the CIA. A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Moscow learned via the media that Smolenkov and his family were in the U.S.

13/09/2019

Russia

Putin critic Navalny says raids carried out against supporters

Days after Russia's ruling party lost a third of its seats in Moscow's city legislature, raids were carried out about opposition activist Alexey Navalny's supporters, he said.

12/09/2019

Russia

Russian theatre director has house arrest conditions lifted by court

Kirill Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since 2017 following accusations of embezzlement which supporters say are politically motivated

12/09/2019

World News

NATO 'preparing' for a world where nuclear arms treaty doesn't exist

Speaking at a Brussels commemoration event for the September 11 attacks, Jens Stoltenberg said Europe needs to prepare for a world where Russia could place nuclear-capable missiles on its doorstep.

12/09/2019