Sources: CBC RTÉ
At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a gas explosion at an apartment block in Moscow, Russia. 2025-05-4
The funeral of Russian politician and activist Alexei Navalny is held in Moscow, Russia. 2024-03-1
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter of the "Rossiya" special flight squad лётный отряд «Россия», which transports members of the government and armed forces, crashes at the Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. According to some reports there are injuries, with TASS reporting that pilot error is the main cause of the helicopter crash. 2023-01-27
The trial of American basketball player Brittney Griner begins in Moscow, Russia. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February and could face up to ten years in prison if she is convicted on drug charges. 2022-07-1
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
South Sudan’s ambassador to Moscow says the UN helicopter with Russian crew that was downed in South Sudan last week was probably mistaken for one of the Sudanese aircraft. 2012-12-28
Russian police arrest prominent opposition leaders at a rally against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. 2012-12-15
A day of protests begins in cities across Russia against alleged election fraud by Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party, with fifty thousand people marching in Moscow and 25 people arrested in Khabarovsk. 2011-12-10
An international summit titled "The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue" begins in Moscow, Russia, on territorial claims and co-operation in the Arctic. 2010-09-22
Russia and Turkey sign a $20 billion deal permitting Moscow to build and own a controlling stake in Ankara's first nuclear power plant. 2010-05-12