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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Moscow detained more than 25 protestors at a rally to demonstrate against a possible ban on opposition candidates running in elections to the Russian capital's parliament. Opposition leaders cried foul afte…

But the facts of this case, or any other, dont really matter to Trump. If youre useful to him you must follow his lead when you encounter a hurdle: not rise above it, but slither beneath it. It doesnt matter if you attack the country Trump is sworn to defend…

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Image copyrightGetty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against over-reliance on renewable energy, something he says harms birds and other wildlife. Speaking at a global manufacturing conference, the president said: "Wind-powered generation…

Pussy Riot have shared a new song featuring MARA 37 called Black Snow. The track and its music video, directed by the groups Nadya Tolokonnikova, aim to raise awareness about environmental concerns in Russia. As part of the songs campaign, from January to Mar…

Broadcast cut after presenter's expletive-laden Putin rant

Image copyrightMil.ruImage caption The Russian Defence Ministry published these photos of the officers who died and named them The Russian president Vladimir Putin has bestowed top state awards on four of the 14 submarine crew who died during a secret miss…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday bestowed top state honors on 14 sailors killed in a fire on a secret nuclear submarine in recognition of what the Russian military has called their outstanding bravery. The sailors were killed on …

The worlds most popular social media sites all experienced technical problems on Wednesday. The intermittent outages affected Facebook, Instragram, Twitter and WhatsApp. Facebook, which has an estimated 2.3 billion monthly users, had problems uploading or s…

Media captionThe BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports on Russian media coverage of the underwater disaster Russia refused to release any details about a fire which killed 14 crew aboard a submersible on Monday, saying the information was a "state secret". Revealin…