Tag: Moscow

Moscow court sentences Navalny aide 8-days jail over election-boycott protest

MOSCOW: A Moscow court has sentenced a prominent associate of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny to eight days in jail on charges of participating in...

Britain FM to visit Moscow first time in five years amid...

MOSCOW: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday will hold talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the first official visit...

Pakistani footballers qualify for Street Children World Cup

  ISLAMABAD: 10 Corps Commander Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza met children of the football team from Azad Jammu Kashmir who won 12th Open All Russia Football...

Russians honour Stalin victims, urge release of graves researcher

Moscow: Hundreds of Russians gathered in central Moscow on Sunday to honour the victims of Stalin-era purges, with many calling for the release of...

Seven arrested at Moscow premiere of controversial tsar biopic

Seven people were arrested Tuesday at a protest at the Moscow premiere of "Matilda", a controversial biopic of the last tsar that has drawn...

West is threatening Russian sovereignty: Moscow MPs

  The West is threatening Russia's sovereignty by financing non-governmental organisations (NGOs), encouraging young people to protest and using the media to shape opinion about...

Putin critic Navalny detained by police before pre-election rally

MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained by police as he left his Moscow home on Friday to attend a pre-election rally in...

Pakistan, China, Russia to hold crucial talks on regional issue on...

Pakistan, China and Russia will hold the next round of three-way counter-terrorism talks in Moscow on Tuesday on regional issues, primarily focusing on turmoil-hit...

Russia says Trump better partner for Syria deal than Obama

Russia is not in touch with the incoming US administration over Syria, but Moscow sees Donald Trump as a better partner to negotiate with...

Death toll rises to 71 from toxic bath essence in Russia

The death toll in Siberia from people drinking bath essence containing methanol rose to 71 Thursday, the Russian health ministry said. A total of 117...

Moscow slams US, UK for ‘unacceptable’ UN statements on Syria

Moscow on Monday slammed the United States and Britain for accusing Russia of "barbarism" and war crimes in Syria in speeches at the United...

Kerry in Moscow calls for unity following Brussels attacks

Secretary of State John F. Kerry called Thursday for unity between Russia and the United States to help end the conflict in Syria, saying...

Nanny detained for decapitating young girl in Moscow

Russian police on Monday arrested a nanny for beheading a young girl in her care, investigators said, with local media reporting she was arrested...

Russia, Syria agreed ‘open-ended’ military presence for Moscow

Russia and Syria in August signed an agreement giving Moscow the go-ahead for an open-ended military presence in the war-torn country, Moscow has revealed. The...

India’s Reliance Defence signs $6bn deal with Russian arms firm as...

India's Reliance Defence said on Thursday it had signed a manufacturing and maintenance deal potentially worth $6 billion with Russia's Almaz-Antey, the maker of...

Assad flies to Moscow to thank Putin for Syria air strikes

Putin says Russia ready to help with a political solution in Syria Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since...

Syria’s Assad, Putin meet in Moscow: Kremlin

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made his first foreign visit since Syria's war broke out in 2011, and held talks with his...