Sources: BBC IOL
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country is imposing a moratorium on repayment of a $3 billion debt to Russia following Moscow's refusal to accept repayment terms already offered to other international creditors. This means Ukraine is likely to default on the debt, which is due Sunday. 2015-12-18
The Russian capital Moscow is to allow its first gay pride rally in May. 2011-04-26
For failure to deal with the recent wildfires the head of Russia's forestry agency is fired by Vladimir Putin and replaced with his deputy. 2010-08-20
Russia announces that it is slowly bringing the 2010 Russian wildfires under control. 2010-08-14
A forest fire grows in size near Russia's main nuclear research centre in Sarov. 2010-08-13
Doctors in Moscow are encouraged to use "less frightening" causes of death as the mortality rate from heatstroke soars with fires burning across Russia. 2010-08-12
Fires are reported in Russia's nuclear-contaminated forests from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, amid concerns about the spread of radiation. 2010-08-11
Pollution hits record levels in Moscow as large wildfires continue to devastate Russia. 2010-08-7
A Russian military garrison near Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow moves its artillery rockets to a safer location as the wildfires get nearer. 2010-08-5
Hundreds of new wildfires erupt in Russia as fire has damaged or destroyed 27 towns and villages. 2010-08-2