Nearly 50,000 opposition supporters rallied and dozens were arrested in Moscow on Saturday at one of the largest authorised protests since President Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin in 2012. Demonstrators crowded the central Prospekt Andreya Sakharova street, where city authorities deployed a massive police presence, including officers in riot gear, after giving permission for […]
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More than 10 people were injured after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk caught fire during an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russian media reported on Sunday. “According to our data, more than 10 victims needed medical care,” Tass news agency quoted a source […]
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The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has warned of a new arms race in Europe. Washington says a new Russian medium-range missile system breaches the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, although US officials also have an eye on China as […]
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organization skyscraper in Moscow, prompting the president to lash out at Cohen as a liar and “weak person.” The unexpected plea stemmed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s intensifying investigation into Russia’s role in the […]
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A mass grave containing the remains of 800 German soldiers killed in World War II has been unearthed during construction work in the south-western Russian city of Volgograd, the German War Graves Commission said on Friday. The discovery in the once fiercely-contested city, previously known as Stalingrad, was made while water pipes were being laid, […]
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Russia plans to launch a new super heavy carrier rocket in 2027, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corporation for Space Activities, said on Tuesday. “We are talking about a fundamentally new rocket,” Mr Rogozin said, adding that the vehicle will be launched from the newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far […]
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Croatia have booked a date on 11 July with England in the FIFA World Cup semi-final after edging out hard-fighting hosts Russia in penalties in the match played in Sochi. The thrilling quarter-final match had ended 1-1 after regulation time. It also ended 2-2 after extra time, leading to penalty shootout to decide the winner, […]
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino told President Vladimir Putin on Friday the world is “in love” with World Cup hosts Russia and praised him for overcoming negative stereotypes about the country. Infantino spoke at a meeting with Putin and former world football stars including former England defender Rio Ferdinand and ex-Denmark goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. “We all […]
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Hosts Russia reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Sunday when they beat Spain 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Koke’s third penalty for Spain was saved by Igor Akinfeev who then saved Iago Aspas’s final shot. Spain took a 12th-minute lead when veteran Russia defender Sergei Ignashevich put into his own net […]
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Croatia are through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating Denmark in the second penalty shootout of the day A frantic start saw Denmark score in under a minute as Mathias Jorgensen latched onto the end of a long throw that caused mayhem in the six-yard-box, but just three minutes later Mario Mandzukic […]
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