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In his first public statement since being overthrown, former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says that he "didn't intend to leave Syria", claiming that he went to Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia Governorate to "oversee combat operations" only to find that the Syrian Army had abandoned their positions and surrendered to rebel forces. Amid "an intensified attack by drone strikes" at the air base, Assad says that Russia decided to airlift him to Moscow. 2024-12-16
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaves the country on a flight from Damascus International Airport to Moscow, Russia. 2024-12-8
Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, a 29-year-old student, is sentenced for nine years in a Russian penal colony for assaulting two police officers while drunk last year in Moscow. Reed's father told reporters after the verdict he is planning to appeal directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2020-07-30
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
Russian investigators say the flight crew received indications of a failure in the heating for the pitot-static system, which measures parameters including airspeed. The crew received mismatching airspeed information prior to the crash near Moscow. All 71 on board died. 2018-04-18
A public transport bus crashes into Slavyansky Bulvar subway station entrance in Moscow, Russia, killing four and injuring eleven. 2017-12-25
At least 11 people are killed and 69 are injured as a severe thunderstorm hits Moscow, Russia. 2017-05-29
An alleged CIA agent is arrested in Moscow for trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer. 2013-05-14
Hundreds of people protest in Moscow, Russia, to demand action over an attack on journalist Oleg Kashin. 2010-11-14
The MARS-500 project begins, with six men - three Russians, two Europeans and a Chinese man - entering the sealed facility in Moscow where they will spend 18 months in isolation from the outside world. 2010-06-3