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The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Russia, WikiLeaks and top officials from Donald Trump’s campaign conspired to tilt the 2016 US presidential election in the Republican’s favour. The civil complaint filed in federal District Court in Manhattan by the Democratic National...

Russia is an ally of Syria and gives military backing to its government Russia has warned the US that launching airstrikes in response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria could spark a war between the two countries. "The immediate priority is … Read more via BBC News –...

The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was "the right, conscious and only true decision" following the disaster. Click here to read more

Moscow (CNN)Vladimir Putin is set to extend his power in Russia for another six years after winning Sunday's presidential election with a decisive 73.9% of the vote, a state-run exit poll shows. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/18/europe/vladimir-putin-russian-election-2018-results-intl/

In a speech on March 1, 2018, Russian president Vladimir Putin detailed a half-dozen “invincible” new Russian weapons under development, which he assured would give his nation the ability to launch “unstoppable” nuclear attacks on the United States. The speech, which was met with cheers by the...

A bare-breasted woman ambushed pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman on Friday as he was about to vote in an election that could win him a second term, calling him “Putin’s slut.” The woman, wearing only blue jeans, was swiftly overpowered by the president’s bodyguards, an AFP journalist saw...

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a sweeping report Wednesday outlining Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decades-long efforts to undermine democracy and issued stark warnings that the Kremlin will likely move to influence upcoming U.S. elections, including those this...

A gold-toothed Russian foster father has been accused of being the worst paedophile in the country after more than 900 counts of rape and violent sexual acts, mostly against girls in his care. Viktor Lishavsky, 37, allegedly abused five schoolgirls who he acted as their legal guardian. He...

The video shows the shocking moment a thug knocked a woman out cold outside a Russian night club for flicking her cigarette at him after he had come up to her and blown out her match. Metro UK

Face of evil: Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife Natalia, 42, were arrested in the southern region of Krasnodar after pictures of dismembered bodies were found on a phone.

Putin observes Russian war games President Vladimir Putin observes Russia’s biggest war games in years that NATO says is simulated conflict with the West. TRT World's Simon McGregor-Wood reports.

At least 10 people have been confirmed dead from an explosion inside a metro train at the Sennaya Square station in St. Petersburg in Russia. According to reports, an unidentified device exploded in a train car. The exact number of casualties is still unknown as rescue workers and law...

An image of a pregnant Donald Trump being held by Russian President, Vladimir Putin has gone viral after it was projected onto a succession of buildings in New York.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have scheduled to speak on the phone tomorrow (Saturday) in their first conversation since Trump took office. Trump has vowed to have better relations with Russia than his predecessor. This month, he suggested he would lift...

MTO NEWS posted a video of a man catching his CHEATING girlfriend. The man picks her up and slams her into the trash can outside. The incident reportedly took place in Russia. See video below:

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has declined to engage in a tit-for-tat after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats over a hacking scandal. Describing the move as “irresponsible diplomacy”, he said Russia would not “stoop” to that level and would work to restore ties with America, under...

The Russian Defence Ministry said that “no survivors are seen” from the Tu-154 military plane that crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea off the coast of Sochi. The plane, which was carrying 93 people, including a renowned choir to perform for the holidays at a Russian airbase in Syria, crashed...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Monday after a military plane with 92 onboard crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday with no sign of survivors. "Tomorrow Russia will declare a national day of mourning," Putin said on state television. A Russian...

A Russian passenger plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. The Tu-154, which belonged to the Defense Ministry, was taking the...

A Russian plane has disappeared from radar just minutes after take-off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russian media say. They are quoting a source at the emergency ministry as saying the missing aircraft is a Tu-154. About 91 people are reported to be on board the plane. Unconfirmed...