A Russian court has overturned a guilty verdict that jailed a transgender woman for three years in 2019 for sharing…
Russia & Eastern Europe
Giant Russia church planned near czar’s murder site
A well-known Russian priest is planning to build the world’s largest Orthodox church near the site where Russia’s last czar…
Putin faces backlash amid Russian shakeup
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the new Russian government, including a new economy minister and deputy prime minister, but…
20 Jan 2020
The African footballers stuck on Europe’s periphery
Having recently been crowned the CAF 2019 Player of the Year, Senegalese attacker Sadio Mané represents the pinnacle of what…
Azerbaijan remembers 1990 Soviet massacre
Azerbaijan is today (Monday) marking the 30th anniversary of the January 20 massacre in 1990, also known as Black January,…
Auschwitz to mark 75th anniversary of liberation
Auschwitz is marking the 75th anniversary by the Red Army towards the end of the Second World War, although Russian…
Ukraine PM resignation rejected after recording mishap
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk (pictured) has offered to resign after a recording emerged of him criticising the president. The…
16 Jan 2020
Putin unveils package to boost Russian birth rate
15 Jan 2020
Russia’s GRU hacks Ukraine gas firm Burisma: US cyber report
12 Jan 2020
Russia hails nuclear-capable missile deployments
10 Jan 2020
Russian troops on Turkmen-Afghan border: claim
9 Jan 2020
Putin and Erdogan demand Libyan ceasefire
8 Jan 2020
Chechnya markets warfare tourism
7 Jan 2020
Russia calls on India to join trade bloc
2 Jan 2020
Russian Nato membership proposed in 1995
1 Jan 2020