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US exit from nuclear treaty angers Russia and worries Europe

2 Feb, 9:39pm 5

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Russian hackers ‘stole evidence from Mueller probe into Trump’

31 Jan, 7:53am 3

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Will Russia and Japan ever resolve the Kuril Islands dispute?

28 Jan, 3:01pm 2

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Viktor Yanukovich, former president of Ukraine, found guilty of treason

25 Jan, 5:27am 2

Russia & Central Asia

Russia frees sex trainer after she vows silence on claims about tycoon

23 Jan, 5:54am

Ukrainain seviceman attends a military drills near Urzuf village not far from the city of Mariupol as Ukraine's president imposed martial law in border regions with Russia. Photo: AFP

Failed Ukraine peace deal leaving millions displaced, thousands dead

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the failure to implement the agreement signed in 2015 in the Belarus capital, Minsk

13 Feb 2019 - 2:42pm 3 More on Ukraine

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Polar bears gather at a rubbish dump in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Photo: Instagram

Mass invasion of polar bears terrorises town as they enter homes, offices

12 Feb 2019 - 4:32am 4

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a press conference in Budapest on Monday. Photo: AFP

Pompeo warns US may scale back European partnerships if Huawei is involved

13 Feb 2019 - 4:14pm 21

From Pattaya with love: forget sex trainers, meet the real Russians of Thailand’s party town

Why so many Russians live in Pattaya, Thai city renowned for red light district

14 Feb 2019 - 8:58am 8

The Paralympic Games symbol is seen in front of the Hotel de Ville City Hall in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Paralympics world body to lift Russia ban, with conditions

9 Feb 2019 - 1:42am 1

Admitted Russian agent Maria Butina and her US boyfriend, Republican operative Paul Erickson. Photos: AP / C-Span

US boyfriend of admitted Russian agent Maria Butina indicted for fraud

8 Feb 2019 - 5:33am

A Russian police officer patrols the store GUM, at Red Square in Moscow, on Tuesday, after dozens of fake bomb calls prompted authorities to evacuate shopping malls, schools and other buildings. Photo: AP

Moscow evacuates 50,000 after spate of 300 bomb threats

6 Feb 2019 - 7:58am

A military exhibition outside St Petersburg. File photo

Russia eyes new missile systems to counter United States by 2021

5 Feb 2019 - 8:35pm 8

Indonesia President Joko Widodo alongside vice-presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin. Photo: Bloomberg

Russia rejects accusations it is interfering in Indonesian election

5 Feb 2019 - 10:14am 1

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Photo: Kyodo

Japan reluctantly supports US exit from arms pact with Russia

4 Feb 2019 - 3:40pm 2

A bust of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen in front of a Russian Orthodox church in Yuzhno-Kurilsk on the Island of Kunashir, one of four islands known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan. Photo: Reuters

Japan rally for return of Russia-held isles wary of upsetting Moscow

4 Feb 2019 - 10:36am 2

Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, was deported from Thailand to Russia after her arrest and pleading guilty to charges including conspiracy and soliciting. Photo: Reuters

Belarusian ‘sex trainer’ gave up information about election meddling

2 Feb 2019 - 11:01am 2

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Photo: AP

Trump’s lawyers told he is ‘not a target’ in Mueller’s Russia probe

1 Feb 2019 - 12:09pm 1

Russian military serviceman stands near the Iskander M Missile complex. The US is poised to withdraw from the USSR-USA Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty, which was a basis for international nuclear stability. Photo: EPA

US may announce withdrawal from cold war arms treaty this week

1 Feb 2019 - 8:13pm 5

Delegation members from the UN Security Council's five permanent members (P5) from left; Philip Barton of the United Kingdom, Andrea Thompson of the US, Nicolas Roche of France, Fu Cong of China, and Oleg Rozhkov of Russia attend a panel discussion after a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference in Beijing, China, Thursday. Photo: AP

Russia says ‘no progress’ on nuclear treaty ahead of deadline

31 Jan 2019 - 5:20pm 1

Russian lawmaker Rauf Arashukov smiles during hearings in a court in Moscow. Photo: AP

Russian MP arrested for double murder after he tried to flee senate

31 Jan 2019 - 10:24pm

Robert Mueller is seen with then-US President Barack Obama in 2009. Photo: Bloomberg

Russian hackers ‘stole evidence from Mueller probe into Trump’

31 Jan 2019 - 7:53am 3

FBI Director Christopher Wray (left), CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on ‘worldwide threats’ in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

US intelligence chiefs warn of China’s continued rise as security threat

30 Jan 2019 - 9:06am 47

US marines outside Camp Dwyer in southern Helmand Province in Afghanistan in 2013. Photo: TNS

US doesn’t want permanent Afghan military presence, official says

28 Jan 2019 - 7:53pm 1

Russia arrests suspect over brazen art theft from Moscow gallery

Russia nabs suspect over brazen art theft from Moscow gallery

28 Jan 2019 - 5:06pm

Russian army servicemen in historical uniforms march during the parade. Photo: Reuters

In bitter cold, Russians mark 75 years since WWII siege of Leningrad

27 Jan 2019 - 6:03pm

A component of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system is on display during a news briefing, organised by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Russia says range of disputed missile is allowed under INF treaty

23 Jan 2019 - 6:48pm 2

The United States will be challenged in coming years by nations such as China that exploit ‘the weakening of the post-WWII international order and dominance of Western democratic ideals’, said a new intelligence document published Tuesday. Photo: AP

China’s tech, Kim’s nukes and Russia: what’s worrying the US spy chief

24 Jan 2019 - 7:24pm 11

Russia frees ‘sex trainer’ Anastasia Vashukevich, who claimed to have proof of links between tycoon and Trump campaign, after she vows to stay silent

Russia frees sex trainer after she vows silence on claims about tycoon

23 Jan 2019 - 5:54am

Alleged US spy Paul Whelan was unwittingly carrying Russian state secrets on flash drive, his lawyer says

Alleged US spy was unwittingly carrying Russian secrets, his lawyer says

23 Jan 2019 - 4:38am 4

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP

Russia says any deal with Japan over Kuril Islands needs public support

23 Jan 2019 - 12:35am 2

Kuril Islands: What to know about the islands at the centre of a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan

The islands at the centre of the Japan-Russia territorial dispute

23 Jan 2019 - 1:02am 8

Russian Tu-22M3 heavy bomber crash-lands in Arctic, killing two

Russian Tu-22M3 heavy bomber crash-lands in Arctic, killing two

24 Jan 2019 - 5:39pm

Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing in a defendants’ box at a hearing at a court in Moscow on January 22, 2019. Photo: AFP

US ‘spy’ held in Moscow was caught with ‘state secrets’, says lawyer

22 Jan 2019 - 9:09pm 3