Russia

Russia seizes Europe's biggest nuclear plant in 'reckless' assault

Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Friday in what Washington called a reckless assault that risked catastrophe, although a blaze in a training building was extinguished and officials said the facility was now safe.

9 months ago

Russia declares war on Ukraine

Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities.

9 months, 1 week ago

Novichok attack: Russia 'has no reason' to investigate suspects

Putin spokesman calls UK accusations ‘unacceptable’ and denies Kremlin involvement

4 years, 2 months ago

Coopération économique : mission réussie en Russie

La mission mauricienne en Russie a été riche en retombées. En 2018, des développements importants sont attendus dans le secteur de la pêche et de l’aviation et devraient s’étendre aux services financiers et l’enseignement supérieur.

5 years ago

Une cyberattaque de grande ampleur se répand dans le monde

Le ministère des TIC met en garde les utilisateurs

5 years, 5 months ago

Michael Flynn, the adviser to President Trump, resignes over potentially illegal contacts with Russian ambassador

Flynn sets record with only 24 days as national security adviser. The average tenure is about 2.6 years.

5 years, 9 months ago

Deutsche Bank is paying $628 million in fines over its $10 billion Russian 'mirror trade' …

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay hundreds of millions to UK and US regulators to settle probes into whether it helped covertly move as much as $10 billion out of Russia through a process known as "mirror trading."

5 years, 10 months ago

Turkish police officer, invoking Aleppo, guns down Russian ambassador in Ankara

A Turkish police officer who angrily denounced the bloodshed in Syria killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey in Ankara on Monday, shooting the diplomat in front of a room full of horrified spectators at an art gallery in an assassination captured on video and quickly shared around the world.

5 years, 11 months ago

LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

Amid a tense stand-off and attempt at negotiations, Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor has started to enforce a proposed block of LinkedIn in the country, after the social network failed to transfer Russian user data to servers located in the country, violating a law instituted in Russia requiring all online sites to store personal data on national servers.

6 years ago

Russia denies role in alleged plot to kill Montenegro’s premier

The Kremlin has “categorically denied” Russia was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Montenegro’s prime minister as the furore surrounding last month’s parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav republic continued to grow.

6 years ago

MH17 shot down by Buk missile brought in from Russia, say investigators

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by a Buk missile brought in from Russia to a pro-Russian area of eastern Ukraine, the head of the Dutch National Detective Force, Wilbert Paulissen said Wednesday.

6 years, 2 months ago

Russia Builds Up Army Near Ukraine Border

Heightened military presence on frontier comes amid new tensions over contested Crimea

6 years, 3 months ago

Russia fines Google $6.75 million for pre-installing apps on Android

Less than what Google makes in an hour

6 years, 3 months ago

Médecine: «incident diplomatique» avec la Russie et l’Ukraine?

Constat : aucune université russe et ukrainienne ne figure sur la liste d’institutions d’enseignement supérieur vers lesquelles les aspirants médecins devront se tourner pour leurs études.

6 years, 4 months ago

Russian Fighter Jets Get Close to U.S. Destroyer

Unarmed Russian fighter jets made two extremely close overflights this week of the USS Donald Cook, sailing in the Baltic Sea.

6 years, 7 months ago