Russia

'You'll be sorry,' Russia tells Britain at UN nerve agent attack meeting

Russia tells Britain at the United Nations Security Council that "you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry" over its accusations that Moscow was to blame for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter.
6 April 2018, 06:46 AM

Russia creates 'tourist police' for World Cup

Russia is looking for a few good men and women who can shoot a gun and speak a bit of English.
3 April 2018, 06:02 AM

Britain, Russia lock horns as Moscow cuts diplomats

Moscow tells Britain it must cut just over 50 more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia as a standoff deepened over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.
1 April 2018, 05:08 AM

UK-Russia standoff deepens as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

Moscow has told Britain it must cut "just over 50" more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening standoff over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.
31 March 2018, 15:59 PM

From Russia to sex: scandals shake US first family

A porn star is suing the president. A former Playboy model has apologized to the first lady for sleeping with her husband. The eldest son is divorcing and the scandal-plagued son-in-law's security clearance has been downgraded.
28 March 2018, 07:02 AM

64 die in Russia shopping mall fire

A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams struggle through piles of charred rubble to recover bodies.
26 March 2018, 04:53 AM

UK blames Russia for cyber attack, says won't tolerate disruption

Britain blames Russia for a cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser.
15 February 2018, 09:34 AM

Russia to start offering spacewalks for tourists

Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry says.
2 February 2018, 05:14 AM

Russia accuses Washington of leaking diplomats' bank details

Russia's foreign ministry accuses US officials of leaking to the media confidential financial details of Russian diplomats working in the United States, and demands that those responsible be punished.
19 January 2018, 05:37 AM

Tate Modern delves into visual history of Russia and Soviet Union

The London exhibition "Red Star Over Russia" marks the centenary of the October Revolution.
5 November 2017, 06:54 AM

Trump comes ahead with fresh criticism of Russia inquiry

President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration Sunday over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Russian government officials, saying on Twitter that the “facts are pouring out” about links to Russia by his former presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton.
30 October 2017, 04:40 AM

Was the Russian revolution a proletarian revolution?

What we call Russian revolution, from a long-term view, is a revolution in three episodes. Lenin called 1905 a "dress rehearsal" and, as Paul Dukes among others notes, he was the first to argue that October must follow on from February. So did Trotsky.
22 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Blue Whale Challenge: Simply a sick online game

With many parents oblivious, an online game has literally been taking the lives of teenagers across the world for the last few years and the game has reached Bangladesh.
10 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Facebook says 10 million US users saw Russia-linked ads

Some 10 million people in the United States sees politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company says have been purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year’s US presidential election, Facebook says on Monday.
3 October 2017, 05:01 AM

US orders Russia to close San Francisco consulate

The United States orders Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two other installations in two days, a move Moscow greeted with "regret," as relations between the nuclear-armed powers took another dive.
1 September 2017, 05:05 AM

Trump 'weighed in' on son's Russia statement: White House

The White House admitted Tuesday that Donald Trump helped draft a misleading statement about his son's meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer -- deepening the president's entanglement in the saga over his team's ties to Russia.
2 August 2017, 04:45 AM

For Trump, honeymoon with Putin may be finally over

Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the US expulsion of Russian diplomats and seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds.
29 July 2017, 06:37 AM

Efimova gains revenge

Russia win three titles on their golden Friday at the world championships as the controversial Yuliya Efimova wins women's 200m breaststroke title to gain revenge over arch-rival Lilly King.
28 July 2017, 20:40 PM

Trump aides and son to testify in Senate about Russia

President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort are to testify on July 26 at a hearing on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
20 July 2017, 11:32 AM

Too many US spies in Moscow, Russia mulls expulsions

Russia said on Friday that too many American spies operated in Moscow under diplomatic cover and said it might expel some of them to retaliate against the United States over Washington's expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats last year.
15 July 2017, 09:36 AM