The worst violence in seven years has claimed 50 lives since breaking out last Friday

Putin calls for de-escalation in Israel-Palestinian clashes

Flags were flown at half-mast on official buildings Wednesday, an official day of mourning, while funerals were planned for some of the dead later in the day

Mourners carry the casket of teacher Elvira Ignatyeva, who was killed in the shooting

Russians mark day of mourning after school shooting

Olga Misik, a journalism student in Moscow, became an anti-government protest symbol as a 17-year-old

Olga Misik sits in front of police officers during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, July 27, 2019.

Russian court rules to curb freedom of teen political activist

Such actions violate international law, says Russian Foreign Ministry

The number of Palestinian injured rose to 205 late Friday after Israel attacked the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem

Vaccine demonstrated 79.4 percent efficacy compared to 91.6 percent for the two-shot Sputnik V

The Russian vaccine has been approved for use in over 60 countries

Russia approves one-dose 'Sputnik Light' Covid jab

This happened a day after prosecutors said they had established links between six Russian nationals and several past explosions at arms depots

Bulgarian prosecutors said Wednesday they have established links between six Russian nationals who spent time in Bulgaria and four explosions at arms depots in the EU country between 2011 and 2020.

Bulgaria says it will expel Russian diplomat

Moscow announces diplomats, including 3 Slovak, 2 Latvian, 1 Estonian, 1 Lithuanian, persona non grata

In a statement on its website, the ministry said it declared seven diplomats -- three Slovak, two Latvian, an Estonian, and a Lithuanian -- persona non grata in a tit-for-tat move

Russia expels 7 diplomats in retaliatory move

The announcement came amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Kiev over an uptick in fighting between Ukraine's army and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine

The Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement that due to "unfriendly actions taken against employees of Ukraine's diplomatic missions" in Russia, Moscow's consul in Odessa had been declared persona non grata

Ukraine expels Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

On Wednesday, thousands of Russians took to the streets in dozens of cities across the country

Navalny: Taking into account the progress and all the circumstances, I am beginning to end my hunger strike

Kremlin critic Navalny says halting hunger strike

Tensions have spiralled between the two countries after Prague accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion at an ammunition depot and expelled 18 Russian embassy staff

The Czech foreign minister briefed fellow NATO members on Thursday that Prague had pinned the blast on two Russian agents suspected of also carrying out the 2018 Novichok nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal in Britain

NATO 'in full solidarity' with Czechs over Russia standoff

Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday evening

In Russia, participation in unauthorised demonstrations can lead to a fine or several days in jail

Over 1,700 detained at pro-Navalny rallies across Russia

The Kremlin critic has been kept in harsh conditions in a high-security penal colony and "denied access to adequate medical care", conditions that may amount to torture

Navalny is serving a 2-1/2-year sentence on old embezzlement charges that he says were trumped up

Navalny's life in 'serious danger', must be treated abroad

The morning police raids came ahead of protests planned in more than 100 cities across Russia on Wednesday evening in support of the hunger-striking Navalny, who is protesting his lack of medical treatment in prison

Alexei Navalny was arrested in January when he returned to Russia

Russian police detain Navalny aides, activists before protests

The call comes after Prague accused Russian secret services of orchestrating a fatal explosion on Czech territory in 2014.

Foreign and Interior Minister Jan Hamacek

Czechs ask EU, NATO partners to expel Russian diplomats

They have to leave Russian territory within 72 hours

Russia expels two Bulgarian diplomats in spy row

His team over the weekend said a blood test had shown showed high potassium levels and elevated creatinine, indicating Navalny could be suffering from impaired kidney function and risked cardiac arrest

Navalny, 44, launched a hunger strike on March 31 and his medical team over the weekend warned that his health was failing so rapidly he could die at "any minute"

Putin calls for de-escalation in Israel-Palestinian clashes

Russians mark day of mourning after school shooting

Russian court rules to curb freedom of teen political activist

Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem

Russia approves one-dose 'Sputnik Light' Covid jab

Bulgaria says it will expel Russian diplomat

Russia expels 7 diplomats in retaliatory move

Ukraine expels Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

Kremlin critic Navalny says halting hunger strike

NATO 'in full solidarity' with Czechs over Russia standoff

Over 1,700 detained at pro-Navalny rallies across Russia

Navalny's life in 'serious danger', must be treated abroad

Russian police detain Navalny aides, activists before protests

Czechs ask EU, NATO partners to expel Russian diplomats

Russia expels two Bulgarian diplomats in spy row

Doctors denied access to Navalny prison hospital

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Putin calls for de-escalation in Israel-Palestinian clashes

Russians mark day of mourning after school shooting

Russian court rules to curb freedom of teen political activist

Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem

Russia approves one-dose 'Sputnik Light' Covid jab

Bulgaria says it will expel Russian diplomat

Russia expels 7 diplomats in retaliatory move

Ukraine expels Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

Kremlin critic Navalny says halting hunger strike

NATO 'in full solidarity' with Czechs over Russia standoff

Over 1,700 detained at pro-Navalny rallies across Russia

Navalny's life in 'serious danger', must be treated abroad

Russian police detain Navalny aides, activists before protests

Czechs ask EU, NATO partners to expel Russian diplomats

Russia expels two Bulgarian diplomats in spy row

Doctors denied access to Navalny prison hospital