WHY WOULD A COUNTRY JUST SWITCH ITS ENTIRE ALPHABET?

Kazakhstan is to shed its heavy Cyrillic coat and don a more fashionable attire the Latin alphabet... READ MORE›

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ALEC BALDWIN MOCKS TRUMP IN INCORRECT RUSSIAN

Post to Facebook Alec Baldwin mocks Trump in incorrect Russian What does that say on your hat, Alec?... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | TRUMP CALLS UKRAINE THE THING UKRAINIANS HATE THE MOST

Calling Ukraine the Ukraine would seem to question its sovereignty A fraught thing after Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in east Ukraine... READ MORE›

BEFORE 'FAKE NEWS,' THERE WAS SOVIET 'DISINFORMATION'

The Patriot's article was subsequently used as a source for an October 1985 story in the Literaturnaya Gazeta, a Soviet weekly with considerable influence at the time... READ MORE›

UKRAINE TROOPS RETREAT FROM AIRPORT

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich repeated Russian denials of intervention in Ukraine... READ MORE›

RUSSIA THREATENS TO USE 'NUCLEAR FORCE' OVER CRIMEA AND THE BALTIC STATES

Russia threatens to use nuclear force over crimea and the baltic states... READ MORE›

PUTIN IS NOT JUST A SIDESHOW WHEN HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR

Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE›

The Group of 7 industrialized democracies and the European Union issued a joint statement of concern about the situation in Ukraine and the fighting for Debaltseve... READ MORE›

CALL TO DOUBLE MONITORS IN UKRAINE

They claim anti-EU television and media propaganda is targeting the minority Russian speakers in the Baltic states... READ MORE›

STORM AS WOMAN, 24, GETS KEY UKRAINE JOB

I am extremely glad that you're one generation younger than me, wrote Denis Kazvan, formerly an interior ministry adviser... READ MORE›

NATO'S SCAREMONGERING ABOUT 'RUSSIA THREAT' TO BALTIC STATES 'IS ALL ABOUT MONEY'

It was hybrid warfare with the little green men in Crimea... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'CAN'T HIDE TROOPS IN UKRAINE'

Rte online russian troops dying in large numbers in ukraine 6 hrs ago... READ MORE›

REBEL 'STATUS' ROW ERUPTS IN UKRAINE

Pro-Russian rebels and Moscow accuse Ukraine of introducing new terms that threaten last month's ceasefire deal... READ MORE›

RUSSIANS 'WILL NOT CAVE IN' TO WEST

The US sanctions focused on Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March... READ MORE›

'TRUMP NOT STOPPING ME FROM BEATING UP ON RUSSIA' - UN AMBASSADOR HALEY

'Trump not stopping me from beating up on Russia' - UN ambassador Haley -- RT America... READ MORE›

'RUSSOPHOBIC HYSTERIA NOW BACKED UP BY MASSIVE US TROOP MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE'

Before I was British ambassador to Uzbekistan, I learned Russian living as a student in St. Petersburg for many months... READ MORE›

'PUTIN IS OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF TESTING NATO'

Mikheil Saakashvili, enemy of Vladimir Putin who did much to implant democracy in Georgia, left the country in June, claiming he faced guaranteed imprisonment ... READ MORE›

REBELS 'PULL HEAVY WEAPONS' FROM FRONT LINE

Ukraine and Western countries have said there is clear evidence that Russia is helping the rebels with heavy weapons and soldiers... READ MORE›

IS LATVIA NEXT ON PUTINS HIT LIST?

With Russian fighter jets active on its border, Latvia fears it will suffer the same fate as Ukraine... READ MORE›

SCOTTISH VILLAGE TO COMMEMORATE ANCESTRAL TIES TO RENOWNED RUSSIAN POET

We believe that Lermontov inherited the gift of poetry and philosophy from Thomas the Rhymer, said Ms. Koroleva, speaking by telephone from Moscow... READ MORE›

BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT ACCIDENTALLY SPARKS INTERNATIONAL STRIPTEASE

Alexander Lukashenko was talking about the importance of technology to the national economy when he urged citizens to get undressed and work till you sweat ... READ MORE›

EGYPT S GLOBAL TELECOM TO SELL DJEZZY MAJORITY STAKE FOR 2.6 BILLION

Russia insists that it does not formally represent the separatists in eastern Ukraine, although Western governments have imposed economic sanctions on Russia for backing them... READ MORE›

DUTCH SAY JET CRASH INQUIRY IS BEING BLOCKED IN UKRAINE

This month, the Dutch foreign minister, Bert Koenders, visited Moscow, where he discussed the inquiries with his Russian counterpart, Sergey V... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SAYS REBELS SHOT DOWN FIGHTER JET

Ukraine's military blamed pro-Russian separatists of shooting down the MiG-29 jet on Sunday morning, close to the Russian border... READ MORE›

WOMAN DIES AFTER DROPPING CHARGING IPHONE INTO BATHTUB EUROPE

Infantry fighting vehicles entering eastern Ukraine constituted evidence of an invasion of the Ukraine by Russia... READ MORE›

UKRAINE CONFLICT: SHELLING RAGES ON AFTER NIGHTFALL

The conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula in March 2014... READ MORE›

NATO CONSIDERS SENDING 4,000 TROOPS TO RUSSIAN BORDERS

And it would be designed to communicate to the Russians that Nato is serious it will defend Nato territory... READ MORE›

COFFIN OF POLISH PRESIDENT KILLED IN PLANE CRASH CONTAINS REMAINS OF OTHER VICTIMS

The victims' coffins were sealed in Russia and returned to Poland within two weeks of the plane crash... READ MORE›

PRESTIGE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY SERVICE DOUBLES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

Prestige of Russian military service doubles in the last 5 years -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO: WE'RE INCHING TOWARDS PEACE WITH RUSSIA

The second-biggest threat to Ukraine comes not from Russia, but from the country's oligarchs, Mr Poroshenko believes... READ MORE›

WEALTHY RUSSIANS COMING TO UK DOUBLES FOLLOWING SANCTIONS ON PUTIN

Mr Cameron last month warned that Mr Putin could be preparing to invade Baltic states... READ MORE›