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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

A court in Moscow fines Amazon, Inc. four million rubles (US$65,000) for failing to delete content on drug use and for "propagandizing suicide".
2022-10-18

An Antonov An-148 of Saratov Airlines with 71 people on board crashes shortly after take-off from Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia. The TASS agency cites an emergency source stating that none of the 65 passengers and 6 crew members has survived.
2018-02-11

North Korea's embassy in Moscow issues a statement, saying: "The film "The Interview", produced by the U.S. studio Sony Pictures, is a very dangerous film product that justifies and promotes terrorism."
2014-12-26

Prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny registers himself to stand in September's vote for Moscow mayor.
2013-07-10

A Moscow court convicts three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and enmity" and jails them for two years.
2012-08-17

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang begins a four-day visit to the UK; Scotland and China sign a green energy deal.
2011-01-9

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

A Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations plane loaded with victims of the 2010 Vladikavkaz bombing lands at Moscow's Ramenskoye Airport as the death toll reaches 17.
2010-09-10

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