As Putin reaches 25 years in power, has he ‘taken care of Russia’?
I will never forget New Year’s Eve 1999. I was working as a producer in the BBC’s Moscow…
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Ukrainians hope for a New Year prisoner exchange with Russia
A Ukrainian official has told the BBC they hope a New Year prisoner exchange with Russia will happen…
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Azerbaijan says plane hit by ‘external interference’ over Russia before crash
Azerbaijan’s transport minister has said the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December…
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Russia warns against ‘hypotheses’ after Azerbaijan Airlines crash
The Russian government has cautioned against promoting “hypotheses” about the cause of the…
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Dozens killed as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with 67 people on board in Kazakhstan, local…
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Scientists unearth 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains
Russian scientists unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth in thawing permafrost in Siberia’s…
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Russia detains suspect over murder of General Igor Kirillov
Authorities in Russia have arrested a suspect over the killing of a top general and his aide in a bomb…
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Chief of Russia’s nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow bomb blast
A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow has been killed by a bomb…
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Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in Black Sea
Two Russian oil tankers with 29 crew members on board have been heavily damaged in the Black Sea, triggering…
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Steve Rosenberg: Fall of Assad is a blow to Russia’s prestige
For nearly a decade it was Russian firepower that had kept Bashar al-Assad in power. Until the extraordinary…
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