Ukraine crisis – can the west face down Moscow?
The reaction to Russia’s aggressive military activity in Crimea raises questions over the ability of Nato and the EU to respond to global events.
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US President Barack Obama condemns the “brutal murder” of Boris Nemtsov, the most prominent opposition figure of Vladimir Putin’s 15-year rule, who was found shot dead outside the Kremlin.
Thousands of Russians march in Moscow to condemn what they call a “coup” in Ukraine, a year after the downfall of its pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Germany and France have warned Russia that it will face “appropriate consequences” if the 25 May election in Ukraine does not go ahead as planned.
As Kiev announces the end of an Easter truce and re-launches its “anti-terrorist operation” in eastern Ukraine, Russia warns it will retaliate if its citizens are threatened.
Responding to former Kremlin adviser Alexander Nekrassov’s claim that Russia would not destabilise its neighbour, Ukraine’s Danylo Lubkivsky warns that his country will defend its independence.
Britain accuses Russia of trying to “destabilise” Ukraine ahead of national elections, following the seizure of regional government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
The reaction to Russia’s aggressive military activity in Crimea raises questions over the ability of Nato and the EU to respond to global events.
Police say they have “neutralised” a gunman who is reported to have killed a police officer and a teacher after taking dozens of children hostage at a Moscow school.
It takes three hours from Heathrow to Moscow, and four hours from the airport into the city – time to study the dirty cars and blingmobiles filling the 12 lanes between Sheremetyevo and central Moscow.
Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden has left Moscow airport after being granted asylum in Russia, his lawyer says.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny vows to win the Moscow mayoral election after his surprise release from prison.
Three women who protested against Vladimir Putin in a “punk prayer” on the altar of Russia’s main cathedral go on trial.
Moscow’s preparations to host the 1980 Games were well underway when ITN visited the Soviet capital in 1979. But then the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and a US-led Olympic boycott followed.
While the US accuses Russia of supplying Syrian attack helicopters, the Pentagon defends its own $1bn deal with the same Moscow arms dealer.
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.