Doctors denied access to Navalny amid health concerns Alexei Navalny's doctors were again denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic despite growing concern over his failing health. World • 1 hr
EU 'concerned' over Navalny's health in penal colony The EU has said it is "deeply concerned" about reports that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's health was failing in a Russian penal colony and called ... World • 18 Apr
Skripal poisoning suspects linked to 2014 Czech blast The Czech government said it is expelling 18 Russian diplomats identified by local intelligence as secret agents of the Russian SVR and GRU services that ... World • 18 Apr
Medics union raise concerns over Navalny's condition Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is at increasing risk of kidney failure and his vision is deteriorating after more than two weeks on hunger strike, ... World • 17 Apr
Russia bans US officials in retaliation for sanctions Russia has said it will ban a string of top officials from US President Joe Biden's administration from entering the country. World • 16 Apr
US imposes sanctions on Russia and expels ten diplomats The US has announced sanctions against Russia and the expulsion of ten diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, ... World • 15 Apr
Biden presses Putin on Ukraine and proposes summit US President Joe Biden has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease mounting tensions with Ukraine and proposed a summit between the two leaders in ... World • 13 Apr
Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny Russian prison officials are threatening to start force-feeding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his team said, after he lost 8kg since starting a hunger strike. World • 12 Apr
Russians celebrate 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight Russians are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight to space carried out by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, as the Soviet hero remains one ... News Lens • 12 Apr
EU concerned over Russian activity near Ukraine European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has pledged the EU's "unwavering" support for Ukraine as he expressed major worries over Russian troop movements around ... Europe • 05 Apr
Biden affirms 'unwavering support' for Ukraine US President Joe Biden has expressed firm support for Ukraine in a call to President Volodymyr Zelensky amid a buildup of Russian armed forces on ... World • 02 Apr
Russian prison service defends Alexei Navalny treatment Russia's prison service has defended its treatment of Alexei Navalny, dismissing complaints by the hunger-striking Kremlin critic that he was not getting the medical care ... World • 01 Apr
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny going on hunger strike Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic, said today he is going on hunger strike in prison in the latest chapter of his ... World • 31 Mar
Novichok death inquest to look at Russian involvement The inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess in Wiltshire in the UK three years ago will examine whether the Russian government was responsible for ... UK • 30 Mar
Navalny fears 'torture' of solitary confinement Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he could be locked up in solitary confinement after being accused of numerous minor infractions. World • 29 Mar
'Takes one to know one'- Putin mocks Biden comment Russia has said that comments by US President Joe Biden that he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer clearly showed that Mr Biden had no ... World • 18 Mar
Russia slows down Twitter after protest row Russia has said it is slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for its alleged failure to remove banned content, and threatened a total ... Business • 10 Mar
Navalny says 'everything fine' in message from jail Jailed Russian government critic Alexei Navalny has told supporters that "everything is fine" in a first message from a detention centre outside Moscow. World • 03 Mar
Russia says US playing 'with fire' over sanctions Russia has warned it would "rebuff aggression" after the United States hit Kremlin-linked officials with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. World • 03 Mar
US imposes sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning The United States has imposed sanctions on seven senior Russians as it said its intelligence concluded that Moscow was behind the poisoning of jailed Kremlin ... World • 02 Mar
Boeing 777 with engine trouble makes emergency landing A Boeing 777 airliner has made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine ... World • 26 Feb
Russian diplomats leave North Korea on rail trolley Eight Russian diplomats and family members, the youngest of them a three-year-old girl, have left North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to Pyongyang's ... World • 26 Feb
EU sanctions to target Navalny arrest and Myanmar coup EU foreign ministers are expected to approve sanctions against those behind Russia's crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters, as well as those ... World • 22 Feb
Moscow court convicts Navalny in defamation case A Moscow court today convicted top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny of defamation, just hours after another court upheld an order for him to serve more ... World • 20 Feb
Russia says 'no legal grounds' to release Navalny Russia has said there are no legal grounds to set Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny free, swiftly rejecting a call from the European Court of Human ... World • 17 Feb
