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Russia has called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijan has launched a military operation against separatist forces after months of rising tensions. Dozens have been reported killed and more than 200…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday of politicising sports, as it weighs a decision on Russian athletes' participation in next year's Games in Paris. Russians are facing the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the BRICS summit in South Africa on Thursday that Moscow intends to deepen ties with African countries, and that it would remain a reliable partner for food and fuel supplies. In a video link…

Former Russian defence reporter Ivan Safronov has lost his latest appeal against a 22-year jail sentence on charges of treason. Safronov, a former reporter for the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers who later worked as an adviser to the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow was ready to return to the Black Sea grain deal as soon as the West met its obligations with regard to Russia's own grain exports. In a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ahead of a Russia-Africa summit. Putin has billed the two-day summit that opens Thursday in St. Petersburg as a major event that would help bolster…

A Russian military delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is due to visit North Korea this week, joining a Chinese group as the first such public visitors to the country since the start of the pandemic. Russia's Defence…

Russia has rebuffed a call by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres for it to rejoin the Black Sea grain export deal saying it is impossible for Moscow to be a part of the deal until an agreement related to its interests is honoured.…

A Russian air attack on Ukraine's Odesa city early on Sunday has killed one person, injured 19 others and badly damaged a Russian-linked Orthodox cathedral. "Odesa: another night attack of the monsters," Oleh Kiper, governor of southern…

Four people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some of those injured had suffered burns, and that emergency services were working on the…