A warmer war – Putin winning on the economic front
It is a version of mutually assured destruction preventing a full-scale trade embargo, and President Putin has planned in this way for years – Europe imports nearly a third of its gas from Russia.
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Riot police detain more than 100 protesters in the Russian capital as Vladimir Putin is sworn in for his third term as the country’s president.
The most powerful man in the most powerful city is sacked by the Russian young blood president, to popular acclaim, and in spite of the prime minister’s likely disapproval. Nick Paton Walsh blogs.
We spoke to Evgeny Popov, an MP for President Putin’s United Russia party and a host of the 60 Minutes political news programme.
Ukraine’s long awaited summer offensive – months in the making – isn’t yet materialising as expected.
The entire Russian cabinet has resigned, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
A terrorist attack on the Russian plane which was brought down over the Egyptian desert cannot be ruled out, the Kremlin’s spokesman added.
What does the future hold for Russian politics after one of its most prominent opposition activists was gunned down in front of CCTV cameras, just 200 metres from the Kremlin?
Vladimir Putin’s absence from events marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp shows how Europe is still bitterly divided over the legacy of the Holocaust.
Apple boss Tim Cook should be “banned for life” from Russia after coming out as gay and poses threats of “Ebola, Aids and gonorrhoea”, says Vitaly Milonov, one of Russia’s most prominent politicians.
Pro-Russian protesters clash with Ukrainian soldiers in the country’s east, as Kiev tries to control the unrest it blames on Russian agitators.
It is a version of mutually assured destruction preventing a full-scale trade embargo, and President Putin has planned in this way for years – Europe imports nearly a third of its gas from Russia.
The Ukrainian government has put the army on full combat alert and warned invasion would lead to war, after Putin obtained the permission of his parliament to send soldiers into Ukraine.
Russia accuses the Ukrainian interim leadership of “terrorist methods” and says western backing for the rebellion is an “aberration”.
A bruised Russia has seen its sphere of influence reduced by what it perceives to be western interference – but is military retaliation likely?
A bomb strikes a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd, one day after 14 die in a suicide bomb at the train station. The attacks have prompted safety fears in the run-up to the Sochi winter Olympics.