Sources: BBC
Russia designates filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a foreign agent, subjecting him to financial restrictions, reporting requirements, and mandatory labels on published material. Zvyagintsev, who lives abroad, has criticized the Russo-Ukrainian war and president Vladimir Putin. 2026-09-18
At least seven people, including three children, are killed and 40 others are injured when drone debris falls on a crowded beach in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. 2026-08-3
The Polish judiciary refuses extradition of a Ukrainian to Germany who is suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, citing lack of evidence, arguing that it happened in international waters, on Russian-owned property, and amidst the Russian aggression against his state. 2025-10-17
Two people are killed in a plane crash near the town of Karataika, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia's far north. A total of twelve people were on board the plane. 2023-01-9
Russia reports a record 21,983 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide total since the start of the pandemic to 1.88 million cases. 2020-11-13
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners on a "35-to-35" basis, including Oleg Sentsov, Mykola Karpyuk, Olexandr Kolchenko, Roman Sushchenko, and 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors detained by Russia during the 2018 Kerch Strait incident. The exchange includes Kirill Vyshinsky. The Dutch government says it "seriously regrets" that Volodymyr Tsemakh is included in the swap. U.S. President Donald Trump lauds the move as "perhaps a first giant step to peace." 2019-09-7
U.S. President Donald Trump calls for Russia, which was suspended from the group after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, to be reinstated in the group; a call supported by the Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte, and rejected by most other G7 leaders. 2018-06-8
France's National Assembly votes to adopt a non-binding resolution to lift European Union sanctions against Russia, applied after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans, as well as center-right and far-left groups voted in favor of lifting the sanctions, while the ruling Socialist Party and The Greens voted against the resolution. 2016-04-28
Russian President Vladimir Putin sacks the defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov amid a corruption scandal. 2012-11-6
A forest fire grows in size near Russia's main nuclear research centre in Sarov. 2010-08-13