Russia
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Vladimir Putin calls Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to express his condolences, Turkish military says
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Natalya Sharina, who has been confined to her flat since 2015, faces what her lawyer says are absurd charges of anti-Russian extremism and embezzlement
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‘Alexander’ tells how Shaltai-Boltai, or Humpty Dumpty, terrorised Russian officials for three years, combining hacking, leaking and extortion
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Diplomats hope for reconciliation between the UN-backed government of national accord and the military commander of Libya’s eastern government
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Retrial conviction could prevent anti-corruption activist and Putin critic from running in 2018 presidential election
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Vladimir Putin wants to extend his influence beyond the ballot box and into the very fabric of our public life. We must take action before it’s too late
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Editorial: As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in Saydnaya prison, according to Amnesty International. Evidence of the regime’s viciousness continues to mount
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Letters: Freedland is right in one thing, though: the stakes could not be higher and war is on the horizon
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, 35, remains in stable but critical condition in medically induced coma after falling ill last week
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Anton Bakov and his wife Maria want to lease three islands in Kiribati where they plan to set up an alternative Russia
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Kevin Harrington says he has not seen any draft plans to ease pressure on Moscow, and cautions against such plans in absence of change in behaviour
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The TV host used the word when pressing Trump to explain why he respects the Russian president, which the Kremlin found ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’
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Foreign secretary will inform ministers UK position has not softened as he appears to blame Putin for recent violence in Ukraine
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Letters: The west’s overwhelming supremacy in IT, PR, virtual reality and advertising should dispel Fallon’s concern that Russia might win the fake news war
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The words the UK public most associate with the new US president are ‘dangerous’, ‘unstable’ and ‘bigot’
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Norwegian intelligence service PST among targets of malicious emails believed to have been sent by APT 29
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New ambassador uses maiden speech to the security council to deliver the Trump administration’s first rebuke to Moscow
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Officials say change was in response to complaints by US technology firms about licencing troubles with FSB – but Moscow hopes for ‘easing’ from Trump
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Russian opposition politician, who suffered suspected poisoning two years ago, is on ventilator in intensive care
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A small group of Buddhists led by a veteran of the USSR’s Afghan war has spent 21 years establishing a monastery in the Ural mountains. It sits on land claimed by a company belonging to one of Russia’s most powerful oligarchs. After years of delays, a date has now been set for the complex’s removal. Photojournalist Amos Chapple visited the monastery for RFE/RL
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Both sides accuse the other of shelling, and water and power shortages in -18C weather raise fears of humanitarian crisis
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Rumours swirl of connection to revelations about US election hacking, as state media says Sergei Mikhailov and Dmitry Dokuchayev ‘betrayed their oath’
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Authorities in US and UK issue fine after saying bank used offices in Moscow and London to move $10bn out of country
Fake news, Russia and Comey: all poor answers to why Donald Trump won