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Moscow braces for anti-corruption protests

Moscow braced for a day of unauthorized protests on Monday after prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny changed the location of an anti-corruption demonstration despite police warnings. Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin and would-be candidate for the 2018 presidential election, released a video online late Sunday calling on his supporters to gather in …

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June 12, 2017

Russia gears up for FIFA World Cup with a year to go

Russia looks largely on course one year from the kick-off of the World Cup in June 2018.

June 12, 2017

Death toll in Moscow storm rises to 16

The number of people killed in a freak storm that struck the Russian capital rose to 16, officials reported on Tuesday. Strong winds and torrential rain swept through Moscow on Monday evening leading to extreme weather conditions that reportedly killed 11 people in the city itself and some five others in the wider Moscow region, …

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May 30, 2017

50 injured in Moscow train accident

 At least 50 persons were injured when a commuter train and the Moscow-Brest long-distance train collided, Russian Railways said on Sunday. Fifty people applied for medical assistance on Saturday night after the motorman used the emergency brake when a person tried to cross the railway tracks, TASS News reported. Four railway carriages derailed, suspending the …

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April 9, 2017

Moscow accuses Kiev of manipulating Malaysian MH17 crash investigation

Ukraine is hiding vital data on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash and is manipulating the investigation of the 2014 catastrophe, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday. "It is no coincidence that the Ukrainian side conceals from investigators, relatives of the people killed and the world community the information that would help provide a …

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September 26, 2016