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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

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, accuses the United States of "working behind the scenes" in Belarus towards another "colour revolution", funding bloggers and training activists through NGO's against the interests of Belarusian citizens. Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu flies to Minsk after disputed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for weapons during a meeting in Moscow on Monday. Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov says Russia will, before the end of the year, disburse the first $1-billion tranche of a loan that was agreed also on Monday, to help Belarus' financial stability.
2020-09-16

Russia reports a record 10,633 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total cases to 134,686 and 1,280 deaths. Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin says the peak has still not been reached, warning residents to remain indoors.
2020-05-3

Two people are killed and four injured in a mass shooting outside Russia's Federal Security Service headquarters on Moscow's Lubyanka Square. The shooter is also killed.
2019-12-19

A Ukrainian court sentences two Russian nationals to 14 years in prison each on charges of fighting alongside Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Moscow contends that the two Russians were no longer employed by the state when they were captured.
2016-04-18

American National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is granted a one-year temporary political asylum in Russia and leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
2013-08-1

Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia.
2013-07-1

After a failed U.S. extradition request Hong Kong says does not fully comply with the law, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow.
2013-06-23

Luke Harding, "The Guardian"'s Moscow correspondent is expelled from Russia as a result of the paper publishing cables about Russia becoming a "mafia state".
2011-02-7

Hundreds of people protest in Moscow, Russia, to demand action over an attack on journalist Oleg Kashin.
2010-11-14