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Russia Ukraine conflict: Heavy shelling in Kyiv despite Moscow’s claim of ‘de-escalation’
There’s been more heavy shelling around the capital, Kyiv today despite Moscow’s claim to be “de-escalating” operations around the city with fighting in some of the suburbs which Ukrainian troops have seized back from Russian control.
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Russian actions in Ukraine are no worse than America in Iraq, Moscow academic says
We spoke to Dmitry Suslov, an international relations specialist from Russia’s Higher School of Economics.
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Moscow announcement of troops withdrawing is cause for ‘some optimism’
Matt spoke to the Armed Forces Minister, James Heappey, before news of the cyber attack came through.
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Latvia’s Deputy PM: Former Soviet states at ‘mercy of Moscow’
We spoke to Artis Pabriks, Latvia’s deputy prime minister, and began by asking him if he thinks a Russian invasion is likely.
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Moscow does not fear sanctions over Navalny poisoning, says Russia’s ambassador to UK
We spoke to the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, in his first British broadcast interview since the G7 summit and asked him about the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Belarus, and the US-Russia relationship.
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Moscow will find it important to keep Belarus ‘loyal but keep it stable’ – Andrey Kortunov
We’re joined by Andrey Kortunov, the Director-General of the Russian International Affairs Council.
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Police arrest hundreds during Moscow protests
In Russia police are thought to have arrested over 630 demonstrators who were protesting about the exclusion of some opposition candidates from the election to Moscow city council due in September.
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Forty-one dead in Moscow passenger plane fire
Investigators in Moscow are examining what could have caused yesterday’s fire on board an Aeroflot passenger jet, which left 41 people dead.
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Bolton in Moscow for nuclear talks
America’s National Security Adviser John Bolton has begun two days of talks in Moscow with leading Kremlin officials, amid growing international pressure over President Trump’s decision to walk away from a key nuclear weapons treaty signed in 1987. It’s not clear if he will actually meet President Putin, who’s said to be looking for “clarifications” on US…
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Former UK ambassador to Moscow says Russian people ‘will not wish to believe’ Salisbury accusations
Sir Andrew Wood, former UK ambassador to Russia, and Dr Sally Leivesley, a security analyst with expertise in dealing with biological and chemical threats, discuss the Salisbury poisonings.
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Russian opposition leader held at Moscow protest
Protests have taken place in more than 90 Russian cities against Vladimir Putin days before his inauguration for a fourth presidential term. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested in Moscow. Hundreds of his supporters have also reportedly been detained. Mr Putin’s inauguration on Monday follows his landslide re-election in March and he is already Russia’s…
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Boris cancels Moscow trip in Syria row
The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has cancelled a planned trip to Moscow tomorrow, saying Russia’s continued defence of President Assad after the chemical weapons attack was “deplorable”.
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Le Pen meets Putin in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met the far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin, and insisted – yes, insisted – that Moscow had no intention of interfering in the French elections.
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Mourners gather for Boris Nemtsov funeral in Moscow
Hundreds of Russians, many carrying red carnations, attend the funeral of Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic who was shot dead last week.
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Thousands march in Moscow to remember Boris Nemtsov
Tens of thousands of supporters march through Moscow in memory of Kremlin opposition figure, Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia’s future among opponents of President Putin.