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The ballet community is grieving the loss of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer with Russia’s prestigious Mariinsky Theatre, who passed away at age 39. Shklyarov’s death, confirmed by the Mariinsky on Saturday, is under investigation by Russian authorities. Reports suggest he fell from the fifth floor of a building in St. Petersburg while on painkillers.  

A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, her employer and a journalist watchdog group said Wednesday.

Russia accuses the West of “interfering” with exports of its agricultural products and fertilizers

Energy giants TotalEnergies and Shell on Sunday defended activities linked to Russia after a critical report into their trading in natural gas despite the war in Ukraine.

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Sunday’s front pages report on a dramatic day in Russia as Wagner group mercenaries staged a rebellion in parts…

The Russian president is purported to have a heavily-guarded mansion reflecting his ‘deep-seated paranoia’.

Sources claim that Westminster handed Kyiv long-range missiles.

Putin’s spies are supposed to be on high alert for Ukrainian special ops on Russian soil ahead of the country’s Victory Day celebrations.

Nikolay Peskov was caught bragging about how his family connections would allow him to avoid getting called up to fight in Ukraine.

  THE INTERVIEW (C) FRANCE 24 In a interview with FRANCE 24, Moldova’s minister of internal affairs said that Moscow was attempting to “reinstall a…

Nato’s border with Russia doubles as Finland joins Finland has become the 31st member of NATO, with the Finnish flag set to be raised at…

The European Union on Sunday said it will guard against any abuse during Russia’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council during the month of April, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

RAF and German jets intercept Russian aircraft In the first ever joint operation of its kind, RAF and German fighter jets have intercepted a Russian…

Due to ‘heavy losses’ in the war, Vladimir Putin has sought ‘alternative sources of replenishment of manpower’.

Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg (Credits: Getty)

Russia has closed its airspace after an ‘unknown’ object was spotted floating over St Petersburg.

All flights at Pulkovo Airport, located 14 miles south of the city centre, have been temporarily suspended today.

Reports on social media have identified the object as a drone, but this is yet to be confirmed.

Authorities said on their official Telegram channel that all flights flights have been halted until midday local time.

It did not provide a reason for the suspension.

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Russia said Tuesday it will observe curbs imposed by the New START treaty, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow was suspending participation in the arms pact with the United States.

Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday the three astronauts who were left stranded by a pressure leak in their return capsule last year will be able to return on the Soyuz MS-23 replacement capsule in September.

‘The West declares that perversions including paedophilia.’

International investigators said Wednesday there were “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.

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Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

Video showed the raging inferno in Sevastopol, headquarters of Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet.

Steven Frank BEM has been ‘deeply affected’ by events that echo the tyranny he experienced during the Second World War.

She is worried British men aren’t finding ‘ladies of love’ due to industrial action.

Alexei Dyumin once claimed to have saved Vladimir Putin from a bear.