Agence France-Presse in Moscow

A car passes through Moscow's Red Square past St Basil's cathedral. Photo: AP

World

Russia bans transvestites, transsexuals, paedophiles and kleptomaniacs from driving

10 Jan 2015 - 2:55pm

A member of the police SWAT team at the West End Cinema in Washington hours before the showing of the "The Interview" on Christmas Day. Photo: AFP

World

Russia calls Sony’s North Korea comedy The Interview ‘scandalous’, slams the US

26 Dec 2014 - 7:16pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Friday. Photo: AFP

World

Russia says new US, Canada sanctions will fuel further unrest in Ukraine

20 Dec 2014 - 7:11pm 1

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov in this file picture taken in April. Photo: AP

World

Russia threatens response if US sets new sanctions over Ukraine

13 Dec 2014 - 8:06pm

Lorries, part of a Russian humanitarian convoy, cross the Ukrainian border at the Donets'k-Izvarino checkpoint early on Saturday as Ukrainian refugees look on. Photo: AFP

World

Russian aid convoy crosses border into Ukraine

13 Sep 2014 - 2:53pm

New EU and US sanctions could have a serious impact on Russia's economy, minister says. Photo: AFP

World

New sanctions on Russia could ‘seriously’ impact growth: minister

28 Jun 2014 - 8:25pm

Muscovites march on May Day. The placards read: 'We Believe in Putin' (foreground) and 'We will spend our vacation in Crimea', (background). Photo: AP

World

Thousands of Russians march on Red Square in show of patriotic fervour

1 May 2014 - 5:06pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday. Photo: AP

World

Nothing should impede normalisation of Russia’s relations with the West: Putin

19 Apr 2014 - 6:07pm

JPMorgan Chase offices on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Photo: AP

World

Moscow threatens US with retaliation after JPMorgan blocks diplomat's fund transfer

2 Apr 2014 - 3:54pm

A woman walks past a graffiti of later Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Photo: AFP

World

Russian experts rule out radiation poisoning in Arafat death

26 Dec 2013 - 6:40pm

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Photos: Reuters and AP

World

Members of Pussy Riot defiant after their release from prison in Russia

24 Dec 2013 - 9:35am 1

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

World

Ukraine leader Yanukovych visits Putin amid pro-EU rallies

17 Dec 2013 - 9:23pm

Interior Ministry in Moscow makes arrests ahead of Winter Olympics. Photo: AP

World

Moscow police detain 15 Islamists with suicide belts

27 Nov 2013 - 8:54pm 2

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday. Photo: AP

World

Israel insists on ‘real solution’ to Iran nuclear crisis

21 Nov 2013 - 7:57pm

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Reuters

World

Russia says ‘very good chance’ of Iran nuclear deal 'next week'

16 Nov 2013 - 8:43pm

International Space Station crew member Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano after landing in Kazakhstan. Photo: AP

World

Astronauts bring Olympic torch from International Space Station back to earth

11 Nov 2013 - 4:41pm

A man named as Edward Snowden - wearing a cap and sporting a moustache - in this image from Russian TV channel Rossiya 24. Photo: Reuters

World

Edward Snowden to work for mystery Russian website

1 Nov 2013 - 11:42am

Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena showing a temporary document to allow Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia. Photo: AP

World

Snowden living under guard and touring Russia, says lawyer

17 Sep 2013 - 5:21pm

The late Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: AFP

World

Russian reporter’s murder trial starts despite boycott

24 Jul 2013 - 5:57pm

Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny (L), flanked by his wife Yulia (R), addresses supporters and journalists upon his arrival in a Moscow's railway station on Saturday. Photo: AFP

World

Navalny returns to Moscow a hero

20 Jul 2013 - 3:38pm 1

Edward Snowden is still holed up in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Photo: AP

World

Logistical nightmare clouds Edward Snowden's asylum hopes

7 Jul 2013 - 6:56pm 2

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales in Moscow. Photo: AFP

World

Russia condemns France, Spain and Portugal for blocking Morales’ flight

5 Jul 2013 - 3:17am 7

A Russian policeman detains protester Alexandra Dukhanina during a rally in Moscow. Dukhanina is one of 12 Russians to go on trial in Moscow on Thursday accused of violence at a protest against President Vladimir Putin last year. Photo: AP

World

Russia braces for trial of violent anti-Putin protesters

5 Jun 2013 - 2:42pm

Inter Milan head coach Jose Mourinho (right) and head coach of CSKA Moscow Leonid Slutsky (left). Photo: EPA

Champions CSKA aim to sign off in style

25 May 2013 - 2:19pm

Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP

World

Putin holds first nationwide phone-in of new Kremlin term

25 Apr 2013 - 2:38pm

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping (right) in Moscow on Saturday. Photo: EPA

China

Xi says Russia trip ‘far exceeds expectations’

23 Mar 2013 - 9:30pm

Two Georgian men hold a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as they mark the 60th anniversary of Stalin's death. Photo: EPA

World

Russia divided on Stalin 60 years after his death

6 Mar 2013 - 6:36pm

Russian policeman stands near an 8m hole, reportedly the site of a meteorite fall, in the ice of the frozen Chebarkul lake about 8km from Chelyabinsk, Urals, Russia. Photo: EPA

World

Divers scour Russian lake after meteor strike injures 1,200

16 Feb 2013 - 8:37pm

Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov in a Moscow courtroom on Saturday. Photo: AP

World

Russia opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov under house arrest

10 Feb 2013 - 11:02am

French actor Gerard Depardieu with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a recent meeting in St Petersburg. Photo: Reuters

World

Gerard Depardieu ‘pleased’ after he gets his own Green Card from Putin

4 Jan 2013 - 11:33am

Russian police officers arrest an activist during an unauthorized opposition protest marking one year since the start of protests against Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

World

Russia frees protesters after anti-Putin rally

16 Dec 2012 - 5:14pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting on Syria in Moscow on Friday. Photo: AP

World

Russia 'has not, will not' change Syria stance

14 Dec 2012 - 8:37pm

World

Post-interview ‘hot mic’ embarrasses Russia’s Medvedev

10 Dec 2012 - 5:57pm

German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere speaks to the media in Berlin about the deployment of German Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Turkey. Photo: EPA

World

Russia warns Turkey against deploying Patriot missiles

22 Nov 2012 - 7:18pm

A scene from new Russian show <i>The Dark Side of the Moon</i>, a remake of the BBC's cult time-travel drama <i>Life on Mars</i>. Photo: AFP

Lifestyle

Russia TV remakes British hit with Soviet twist

10 Nov 2012 - 8:56pm

Anatoly Serdyukov. Photo: AP

World

Putin fires Russian defence minister

6 Nov 2012 - 3:59pm

Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement, arrives at the Investigation Committee office in Moscow on Friday. Photo: EPA

World

Russia charges protest leader in riot probe

26 Oct 2012 - 5:29pm

Anti-Putin activist Leonid Razvozzhaev speaks to journalists in Moscow. Photo: AFP

World

US concerned over Russian activist’s detention

25 Oct 2012 - 9:38pm

labour camp 14 in Zubovo-Polyansky District of Mordovia, about 440 km east of Moscow, where Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been taken. Photo: AFP

World

Pussy Riot punks arrive at prison camps

24 Oct 2012 - 9:19pm

Protesters hold a rally in support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of the US embassy in Moscow. Photo: AFP

World

Syrian rebels using US-made missiles, Russia claims

24 Oct 2012 - 5:11pm

The biggest vote-getter was Alexei Navalny, known for his fight against corruption. Photo: AP

World

Opposition elects anti-Putin leaders

24 Oct 2012 - 4:31am

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass-walled cage in a court in Moscow on October 10. Photo: AFP

World

Two Pussy Riot members taken to Russian 'prison hell'

22 Oct 2012 - 5:40pm

Syria wants the plane's seized cargo returned. Photo: AP

World

Tensions flare over plane forced down by Turkey

12 Oct 2012 - 3:24am

Pussy Riot band member Yekaterina Samutsevich is hugged by supporters as she leaves the court yesterday. Photo: AFP

World

Russian court frees one of three jailed Pussy Riot band members

11 Oct 2012 - 12:28pm

Pussy Riot members (from left) Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are held in Moscow court room on Wednesday. Photo: AP

World

Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail

10 Oct 2012 - 7:38pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki delivers a speech during his lecture at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Moscow, on Monday. Photo: AFP

World

Russia, Iraq eye new partnership on PM’s visit

9 Oct 2012 - 6:44pm

Georgia's triumphant billionaire opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Tbilisi on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

World

Georgian dream to ease, not end Russia nightmare

3 Oct 2012 - 11:50am