Aman killed when he has hit by a car while out walking his dog in Surrey has been named in Russian media as an oligarch, as a friend claimed he was deliberately targeted. more
On Friday, forum website Reddit said unredacted documents were uploaded as "part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia". It has suspended 61 accounts that showed a "pattern of coordination".more
Russian billionaire multi-millionaire, 49, dwelling in Britain is mysteriously killed in break involving three autos while walking his dog in Surrey.more
More than 50 polar bears have descended on a village in Russia's far north. All public activities in Ryrkaypiy, in Chukotka region, have been cancelled, and schools are being guarded to protect residents from the bears.more
The Norwegian ski jumper Thomas Aasen Markeng, who was supposed to compete in the World Cup weekend in Nizhny Tagile, was not allowed into Russia. After many hours in custody at the Moscow airport, he was deported to Norway because of an invalid passport.more
A group of over a dozen Russian spies belonging to an elite unit of military intelligence that carried out operations in Europe including the attempted poisoning of defector Sergei Skripal used a French alpine region as a rear base, a report said.more
British land forces would be "completely defeated" in the event of a conflict with Russia in Eastern Europe, and both the British army and its NATO allies have a "critical shortage" of artillery and ammunition, according to a report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more
The crew of a Russian passenger plane desperately appealed for medical help after a pilot suffered from an acute health problem mid-flight. He died shortly after the jet made an emergency landing.more
Russia has taken part in a carefully co-ordinated spy swap with Norway and Lithuania, in a deal that required the Lithuanians to change their laws. It took place at Lithuania's southern border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and involved two Russians, a Norwegian and two Lithuanians.more
Russia's football authorities said Wednesday the national team will not be wearing new Adidas-designed shirts in upcoming Euro-2020 qualifiers after some pointed out they reverse the colours of the Russian flag.more
Russian Denis Lisow, who fled with his daughters from Sweden to Poland and whose release was requested by Sweden, returns to Russia. At the Chopin airport in Warsaw, before flying to Moscow, he thanked the Polish authorities for their help.more
The EU has extended sanctions against those responsible for the chemical attack on Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom and people associated with the Syrian regime whose work allowed the use of chemical weapons in Syria.more
In the first days, 648 foreigners took advantage of free electronic visas to visit St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast. They entered into force on October 1. more
Russia's lower chamber of parliament plans to vote on legislation that could allow dual citizenship for foreigners wanting to become Russian citizens, the RBC news website reported Tuesday. more
Russia will provide e-visas for trips to St. Petersburg and Leningrad region as of Oct. 1. Foreign nationals, including citizens of Poland, will be able to get single-entry electronic visas for trips to St. Petersburg and Leningrad region for trade, humanitarian and touristic travels.more
56 people on board a Russian passenger jet sought medical assistance after the plane hard landed in the Russian Siberian city of Barnaul on Wednesday, the RIA state news agency reporting, citing local emergency services.more
British intelligence (MI6) is concerned that Russia may have acquired compromising material about Prince Andrew, the younger son of Queen Elizabeth II, related to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, "The Sunday Times" reported.more
A new book by Mikhail Gorbachev with a kind of political will to present his vision of the 21st century, the last president of the Soviet Union before its disintegration, and with theories such as glasnost and perestroika, will be published.more
Russian soccer players Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin were released on Tuesday after spending nearly a year in prison over a night of drunken assaults. more
American whistleblower Edward Snowden has once again expressed interest in seeking political asylum in Germany. He has warned that if he turns up dead, it will not be the result of suicide.more
Only 32 percent Russian residents know the start date of World War II, 52 percent respondents believe that the war broke out in 1941 - according to a survey of the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research (WCIOM).more
