Sources: CBC RTÉ
Eight people are killed and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a hostel in Moscow, Russia. 2022-07-28
A fire occurs in a building in Moscow, Russia, injuring at least four people, with 125 people being rescued. However, the total number of people trapped inside the building is unclear. 2022-06-3
As many as 50,000 people gathered at ongoing protests in Moscow against the Russian authorities preventing several opposition candidates from running in the election, which turned into a protest against the government in general. It is the biggest such event since the 2011 protests. 2019-08-10
The European Union agrees to impose new sanctions on Russia, expanding a list of Russian entities and individuals subject to asset freezes and travel bans and threatens to target vast sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow does not act swiftly to rein in rebels believed to have shot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine. 2014-07-22
Russian police and security agents detain 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism. 2013-04-26
Russian police with assault rifles in an early morning raid swoop on the homes of opposition political activists, including Alexei Navalny, Ilya Yashin and Sergei Udaltsov, intent on attending a mass opposition rally in Moscow tomorrow; they are summoned to appear in court instead. 2012-06-11
Hundreds of people, including nationalists, are arrested in the Russian capital Moscow in an attempt to prevent an outbreak of ethnic violence. 2010-12-18
700 people are arrested in Moscow, Russia, in attempt to prevent ethnic clashes over the shooting of a football fan. 2010-12-15
The United States is pleased after Russia suggests Iran could build a nuclear weapon in future, an unusual admission from Moscow. 2010-07-12
Leading Russian federal judge Eduard Chuvashov is shot dead at his apartment building in central Moscow. 2010-04-12