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25 YEARS LATER: 7 SHOCKWAVES FROM BREAKUP OF SOVIET UNION
The Soviet Union broke up without a civil war, thank God, says Yevgeny Roizman, 54, a historian and mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's third-largest city, which borders Siberia... READ MORE›
TRUMP AND THE NUCLEAR CODES
What are the checks on a US president launching a strategic nuclear strike?... READ MORE›
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE SOVIET UNION?
Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Union's dissolution at the end of the year... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC BATTALIONS STOCKED WITH CHECHENS AID UKRAINE IN WAR WITH REBELS
In Ukraine, the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur units are mostly Chechen, but they include Muslims from other former Soviet areas, such as Uzbeks and Balkars... READ MORE›
NATO WARNS RUSSIA AFTER WARPLANE ENTERS TURKISH AIRSPACE
But Russia, which began its air campaign in Syria last Monday, showed no sign that it was backing down... READ MORE›
IN 1983 WAR SCARE, SOVIET LEADERSHIP FEARED NUCLEAR SURPRISE ATTACK BY U.S.
In 1983 we may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger the review concluded... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'
Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›
THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE
Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... READ MORE›
IRAN TROOPS TO JOIN SYRIA WAR, RUSSIA BOMBS GROUP TRAINED BY CIA
At the United Nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference Moscow was targeting Islamic State... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND
That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE›
'WE LAUNCH SYRIA AIR STRIKES IN ONE HOUR. STAY OUT OF THE WAY'
Vladimir putin orders airforce into action over syria in first russian war in middle east since end of soviet union... READ MORE›
RUSSIA SENDS IN SPETSNAZ SPECIAL FORCES TO PROP UP ASSAD
It also warned against violating Turkey's airspace, saying in a statement after the meeting that the allies 'note the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour.'... READ MORE›
CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS
Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN VOWS THAT UNITED STATES 'WILL NEVER SUBJUGATE RUSSIA'
Before his speech on Tuesday, the Russian leader was shown a new military vehicle described as a cross between a car and an armoured personnel carrier... READ MORE›
RUSSIA-BACKED SYRIAN TROOPS MOUNT MAJOR OFFENSIVE
The Islamic State group has strongholds in Raqqa and Aleppo, while the Nusra Front has a strong presence in Idlib... READ MORE›
US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT
Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›
DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE
While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›
RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS
MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›
PUTIN SAYS WEST IS PROVOKING RUSSIA INTO NEW COLD WAR AS SPIES DEPORTED
Photograph Tass Barcroft Vladimir Putin has suggested to a German interviewer that the west is provoking Russia into a new cold war... READ MORE›
RUSSIA COMPLAINS OVER 'GAY BAR' ON PRESIDENT'S PLOT IN FINLAND
The archipelago lies between Finland and Sweden, but one uninhabited property is owned by the Russian presidency, having once been owned by a German-Finnish couple... READ MORE›
RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›
'NAZI GOLD TRAIN' FOUND IN POLAND COULD BELONG TO RUSSIA AS COMPENSATION FOR WW2
Nazi 'gold train' Treasure could be claimed by Russia as compensation for Second World War... READ MORE›
NATO WARNS RUSSIA OVER AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS AS SYRIA AIRSTRIKES WIDEN
He called the Free Syrian Army a phantom group, adding that nothing is known about it... READ MORE›
WHY RUSSIA IS IN SYRIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin right and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin on Dec... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MILITARYS ACTIONS IN SYRIA CAUSE RIFT WITH TURKEY
The new tensions between Russia and Turkey over Syria have highlighted a deeply complex relationship between the two countries... READ MORE›
SOVIET LEADER GORBACHEV SAYS A NEW UNION COULD RISE AGAIN
Gorbachev may well have a rose-tinted view of the Soviet Union, but many in Russia feel the same... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LAUNCHES 'LENIN SELFIE' PROJECT
With so many statues scattering the country, Russian youth have been taking pictures of Lenin long before the Communist party launched the hashtag... READ MORE›
US AND POLAND IN TALKS OVER WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE
An alliance summit in Wales last year agreed quick deployments of Nato forces in Poland and the Baltic states... READ MORE›
PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS
Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›