Navalny’s team urges UK to sanction Putin ‘allies’ including Abramovich

Eight priority targets described as ‘enablers and beneficiaries of Kremlin kleptocracy’

More than 1,000 arrested as West lambasts Russia over jailing of Navalny

Moscow rejects EU and US ‘meddling’ as riot police arrest anti-Putin protesters

Kremlin accuses US of backing anti-Putin rallies across Russia

Tens of thousands answer protest call from jailed campaigner Alexei Navalny

Russia sees US at ‘rock bottom’ as allies condemn Washington violence

Moscow lambasts ‘archaic’ American democracy while Merkel ‘furious’ at scenes

EU warns Serbia and Kosovo over Jerusalem embassies plan

Talks resume in Brussels as Belgrade plays down ‘Basic Instinct’ spat with Russia

Merkel demands Kremlin explanation as Navalny poisoning confirmed

Chemical nerve agent Novichok was used to poison Russian opposition leader, Germany says

Russia, China and Iran launch war games in Indian Ocean

Joint naval drills ‘carefully calculated’ display of co-operation between three powers

Russia expels two German diplomats in dispute over killing

Moscow engages in ‘standard response’ to similar Berlin move over Georgian’s murder

Serbia and Russia defend ties as spy scandal erupts before leaders meet

Russian former deputy military attache filmed giving cash to ex-Serbian officer in Belgrade

Top Putin aide named by MH17 airliner investigators

Russia claims it cannot verify authenticity of phone intercepts released by inquiry team

Ukraine's push to strengthen state language riles Russia

Outgoing president hails ‘crucial step towards mental independence’ from Moscow

Russia rejects Lithuania's verdict on ex-Soviet officials for 1991 killings

Vilnius court finds last Soviet defence chief guilty of war crimes and convicts 66 others

Imran Khan says Pakistan will release captured Indian pilot on Friday

Pakistan’s decision to return pilot has considerably soothed tension between the two sides

Moscow condemns Ukraine’s entry ban on Russian men

Merkel plans to discuss hostilities with Putin after Trump cancels G20 summit talks

Russia asks Britain for help in identifying Novichok suspects

Britain announced charges this week against two men thought to be GRU officers

Ukraine separatist leader killed in cafe blast

Russia and Kiev trade accusations over death of Alexander Zakharchenko in Donetsk

Saudi Arabia reassures Canada on oil supply despite spat

Trudeau says he will continue to press Saudis on rights but says they have made progress

Russia mocks US call to return Crimea to Ukraine

Strong declaration from Washington follows Trump obfuscation on annexation of region

US and Kiev reject Russian ‘referendum plan’ for eastern Ukraine

Vladimir Putin reportedly proposed vote in war-ravaged region to Trump in Helsinki

Putin warns of Ukraine ‘escalation’ as mystery shrouds Trump talks

Trump queries Nato’s role in Balkans, where Russia seeks influence

Sex, lies and Moscow: the 29-year-old accused of being a Russian agent in America

Mariia Butina moved in with Republican political operative nearly twice her age

Summit announcement cautiously welcomed in Moscow

Kremlin officials hail meeting while warning to not expect any ‘breakthrough’ in Helsinki

Russian journalist reported ‘shot dead’ turns up alive in Kiev

Ukraine says it faked murder of Arkady Babchenko to foil ‘Russian plot’ to kill him

Spy poisoning row: Russia expels 50 more UK diplomats

Russia has expelled 59 more diplomats from 23 countries – including one from Ireland

Ukraine bars Russians from voting over Crimea dispute

Moscow complains as Ukrainian protesters burn Putin effigies

US joins Nato allies in closing ranks against Russia

US imposes sanctions over cyberattacks as allies condemn attack on ex-spy in Salisbury

British police make appeal over spy attack as Russia deadline nears

Coveney says attack on Skripals ‘cowardly’ but his statement does not mention Russia

Russian ex-spy poisoned with nerve agent, British police say

Case of Sergei Skripal and his daughter being treated by authorities as attempted murder

Trump calls former campaign aide at centre of Russia inquiry a liar

US president hits out at investigation after three charged with criminal offences

Russia and Serbia deride EU reaction to Catalan vote

Brussels accused of hypocrisy over stances on Crimea and Kosovo

Montenegro to join Nato despite Russian anger

Balkan state's move hailed as strong signal that the alliance is only getting stronger

Rex Tillerson meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid icy reception

Russia criticises US ‘loutishness’ amid deterioriating relations between cold war powers

Kremlin denies ordering politician’s murder in Ukraine

Russian ex-deputy and Putin critic Denis Voronenkov gunned down outside Kiev hotel

Russia extends Edward Snowden’s asylum by ‘a couple more years’

Whistleblower granted asylum in 2013 after leaking NSA documents to journalists

Vladimir Putin slates ‘baseless, amateurish’ US hacking report

‘It is becoming a full-on witch-hunt,’ says spokesman of alleged interference in US election

Trump says Putin is ‘very smart’ as he praises Russian response to US sanctions

Russian president had gambled on Trump relationship with show of magnanimity

Vladimir Putin says Russia will not be expelling US diplomats

Russian president says ‘we will not drop to this level of irresponsible diplomacy’

Russia and Turkey try to limit damage after envoy’s murder

Moscow and Ankara say killing will not wreck still-fragile rapprochement

How Russian hackers hijacked the US election

Long read: The inside story of cyberattacks and leaks that officials believe tipped the election scales

US and Russia vie for Czech extradition of alleged hacker

Moscow claims US is ‘hunting Russians around the world’

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