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All 92 people on board the flight, which was en route to Syria, were killed on Christmas Day

Russia finds main black box from crash jet

Russia / 27 Dec 16

Flowers are left at the coast in Sochi

Russia expands search for crashed military plane

News / 26 Dec 16

Candles were lit by residents of Sochi in memory of victims

Putin orders probe as 92 die in Russian jet crash

News / 25 Dec 16

Syrian army forces in the city of Aleppo

Aleppo evacuation expected to begin within hours

Aleppo / 14 Dec 16

Ukraine and Russia have been involved in a political and military dispute over the Crimea since 2014

Ukraine's missile test plans heat up Russia row

News / 26 Nov 16

Overall activity in the oil market was thin today after the US Thanksgiving holiday and ahead of the weekend

Oil prices fall 2% amid OPEC deal uncertainty

Business / 25 Nov 16

LinkedIn has over six million registered users in Russia

Russia orders access to LinkedIn to be blocked

Business / 17 Nov 16

Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured at a Kremlin meeting with economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev

Putin fires economy minister over bribe charges

News / 15 Nov 16

Rebels have said they will not give up the city of Aleppo to Russia

Russia tells rebels to withdraw from Aleppo

News / 03 Nov 16

Syrians walk over rubble following air strikes on the rebel-held Fardous neighbourhood of Aleppo

17 people killed in Aleppo car bomb attack

News / 13 Oct 16

Vladimir Putin was expected to visit the French capital

Putin shuns Paris visit over Syria talks offer

News / 11 Oct 16

Oil prices rose to their highest level in several months yesterday

Oil glut to last until mid-2017 unless OPEC cuts

Business / 11 Oct 16

Russia and the US traded blame for the collapse of a short-lived ceasefire deal in Syria

UN says it will 'never abandon' the Syrian people

News / 03 Oct 16

The latest strikes come 10 days into a Syrian government offensive to capture eastern Aleppo

Russian war planes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo

World / 01 Oct 16

Members of the Joint Investigation Team present their findings in the MH17 report at the NBC Congress centre in Nieuwegein

MH17 missile 'was transported from Russia'

News / 28 Sep 16

OPEC and Russia are slated to begin meeting later today

Oil moves higher ahead of OPEC meeting

Business / 26 Sep 16

A man walks past a bus set ablaze following a reported air strike in the rebel-held Salaheddin district of Aleppo

Bombs pound Aleppo as US and Russia clash at UN

News / 26 Sep 16

Raids came after the Syrian army said it was launching new offensive to retake rebel-held parts of the city

At least 91 killed in Syrian air strikes - doctor

News / 23 Sep 16

The aid convoy is pictured as it set off to deliver aid to Urm al-Kubra

14 dead as air strikes hit aid convoy in Syria

News / 19 Sep 16

The agreement reached by the powers backing opposing sides in the conflict promised a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday

Syrian govt reportedly approves ceasefire deal

News / 12 Sep 16

Traders are keeping tabs on Russia and OPEC hoping for signs they will find a deal to address a global supply glut

Oil prices up in Asia as dollar weakens

Business / 07 Sep 16

Saudi Energy Minister Khaled Al-Falih and his Russian counterpart have agreed to 'act together' to steady the market

Oil prices up in Asia on Russia-Saudi talks

Business / 06 Sep 16

Syrian soldiers on the southern outskirts of Aleppo after regime forces retook control of three military academies from rebel fighters

Syrian regime renews siege on rebel-held Aleppo

News / 05 Sep 16

Aleppo has become the focus of fighting in the five-year-old civil war

UN welcomes Russian support on Aleppo truce

News / 19 Aug 16

Ukrainian soldiers take part in military exercises

Ukraine puts military units on high alert

News / 11 Aug 16