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How Ireland helped bring Russia in from the cold
Irish politicians went against UK in voting for Russia’s return to Europe’s human rights watchdog
Vladimir Putin: ‘He who doesn’t take risks, never drinks champagne’
Russian leader talks about China, the Skripal poisoning and ‘Donald’ in wide-ranging interview
Putin dips into own pocket for cathedral’s new religious icon
Russian president has ‘given his own money’ for icon in country’s military theme park
Thousands attend Boris Nemtsov memorial march in Moscow
March used to honour slain Russian opposition leader and protest against Putin
Fintan O'Toole: Trump does and says pretty much what Putin wants him to do
The humiliation of Trump is the greatest revenge drama since ‘Hamlet’.
Summit announcement cautiously welcomed in Moscow
Kremlin officials hail meeting while warning to not expect any ‘breakthrough’ in Helsinki
Major rift among Russian opposition as presidential vote looms
Serving in opposition like ‘swimming in a pool without water’, says Yabloko Party chief
Strawberry tycoon among seven challengers to Putin
Russian officials register candidates for March 18th presidential election
Putin power: will he try to stay in office beyond 2024?
Dangers abound in ‘the autumn of the autocracy’
Putin to seek re-election as Russian president in March
Election to be held on day Russia celebrates annexation of Crimea from neighbour Ukraine
Russia pays little heed to October Revolution centenary
It’s 100 years since the Bolsheviks seized power but the Kremlin appears indifferent
Alexei Navalny: the man seeking to oust Vladimir Putin
Russia’s opposition leader gathers admirers at home but he may be no friend of the west
Five men sentenced over Moscow killing of Boris Nemtsov
Jail terms of 11 to 20 years for Chechen Zaur Dadayev and four compatriot accomplices
Russian court finds five men guilty of Putin critic’s murder
Boris Nemtsov was shot dead by Chechen gunman on bridge near the Moscow Kremlin
Huge turnout in Moscow for march in memory of Boris Nemtsov
Russian opposition leader was shot dead near Kremlin two years ago
The British spy, Donald Trump and the bombshell dossier
Think tank says Russia would have targeted US president-elect due to links with oligarchs
Sexual blackmail, Russia style: a history of ‘kompromat’
Russia has a well-documented record of using kompromat to discredit Kremlin foes
Conor O’Clery: Remembering the last day of the Soviet Union
On Christmas Day, 1991, Gorbachev ended the USSR and Boris Yelstin took power
Mikhail Gorbachev: reviled, revered and still challenging Russia
Former Soviet leader, critical of Putin and Russian society, has a complex legacy
Thousands rally in Moscow to remember Boris Nemtsov
Opposition leader and critic of Vladimir Putin was shot dead on bridge close to Kremlin
Boris Nemtsov: a campaigner against ‘bandit capitalism’
Neither looks, charm nor integrity could save ‘golden boy’ of Russian democracy
Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin
Opposition politician and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on Friday
Who says there’s no news at Christmas?
Notable events from December 25th that took place over the last century
Policy moves fail to halt rouble’s decline
Putin blames the rouble’s crash on speculators and the West as US government says it could lift sanctions
Something amiss with Fifa corruption report
Findings of summary asks more questions of governing body’s integrity
Russia is both a tragedy and a menace
West must shed its post cold-war illusions and act according to its principles
Obituary: Straight-talking businessman rose to the top of Irish politics
Albert Reynolds showed ‘nobody should be afraid of peace’ as he pursued Northern solution
Russian MPs call for investigation of Gorbachev for treason
Five MPs argue Soviet Union’s last leader defied his people’s wishes in 1991
Clinton tells Dublin dinner guests that Northern peace process a template for Ukraine
City restaurant booked for private engagement with former US president
How Ukraine’s fate was decided in a hunting lodge
The deal with Russia whereby Ukraine became independent in 1991 included a pledge to respect existing borders
Deposed president reported to be in Russia
Yanukovich appeals to Ukrainian citizens as he still claims to be legitimate ruler
Expelled ethnic group protests over Sochi's dark history
Moscow has never apologised for deporting 500,000 Circassians from Caucasus in the 19th century
Freed Pussy Riot member dismisses Putin's amnesty as 'PR stunt'
Punk band’s Maria Alyokhina said she would have refused to leave jail
Putin pardons jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky
Release of former opponent of president seen as move to bolster Russia’s human rights record
Toronto’s crack-smoking, hard-drinking mayor seems so, well, unCanadian
Opinion: Rob Ford has a history of indiscretions while in a festive condition
Excuse me, what’s Bertie Speak for Bord Snip Nua?
New edition of Dictionary of Hiberno-English includes more than 100 new definitions
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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