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• Russian attack helicopters 'destroyed in Islamic State assault'

  Posted May 25, 2016 06:22:39 | Updated May 25, 2016 06:45:47

  Satellite imagery appears to show four Russian Mi-24 attack helicopters among hardware destroyed following an Islamic State assault on a Syrian air base, a US intelligence company says.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, russian-federation

• Beijing medals at risk as 14 Russia athletes record positive re-tests

  Posted May 25, 2016 05:23:16

  Russia could lose medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after 14 of its athletes tested positive for banned substances during re-tests conducted from eight-year-old samples, the Russian Olympic Committee says.

  Topics: doping-in-sports, olympics-summer, sport, russian-federation

• Turnbull, Bishop called on to assist in MH17 case against Russia

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  By Peter Lloyd

  Posted May 23, 2016 13:16:51 | Updated May 23, 2016 13:41:01

  The Australian Government should apply political and diplomatic pressure to help a lawsuit suing Russia and President Vladimir Putin over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a lawyer says.

  Topics: air-and-space, courts-and-trials, disasters-and-accidents, world-politics, australia, russian-federation, ukraine

• WADA chief says meldonium found in 47 of 49 failed Russian dope tests

  Posted May 23, 2016 06:32:58

  Almost all of the 49 positive drug tests from Russian athletes in the last six months involved the presence of meldonium, says WADA chief Craig Reedie.

  Topics: sport, doping-in-sports, olympics-summer, russian-federation, england

• MH17 families to sue Russia, Vladimir Putin

  Posted May 22, 2016 11:29:29 | Updated May 22, 2016 13:52:51

  Families of 33 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, are suing President Vladimir Putin and Russia for $10 million each in the European Court of Human Rights.

  Topics: air-and-space, courts-and-trials, world-politics, russian-federation, australia

• Eleven serious flight disasters since 2014

  Posted May 20, 2016 14:46:25 | Updated May 20, 2016 19:09:42

  With the fate of AirEgypt's MS804 unknown, suspected crash in the Mediterranean Sea, the world is reminded of the many recent aviation incidents.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, egypt, germany, ukraine, russian-federation, united-arab-emirates, taiwan, singapore, algeria, malaysia

• No breakthrough at Syria talks as violence rages

  Posted May 18, 2016 08:04:11

  World powers make no clear breakthrough during talks in Vienna to end the conflict in Syria as new faction-fighting erupted and the death toll continued to mount.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic, united-states, russian-federation, austria

• Favourite Russia's Sergey Lazarev with You Are The Only One Video

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  3min 9sec

  Posted May 15, 2016 10:55:17

  Eurovision favourite, Russia, wows the crowd with a performance full of lights and effects.

  Topics: music-awards, music, russian-federation, european-union

• Top five Eurovision 2016 performances

  Posted May 15, 2016 10:55:17 | Updated May 15, 2016 10:56:38

  Look back on the top five performances at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm, including an amazing effort from Australia's Dami Im.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, performance-art, offbeat, human-interest, sweden, russian-federation, bulgaria, ukraine, australia

• Thai sex trade boosted by 'repressed' tourists

  By freelance correspondent Matthew Clayfield in Pattaya

  Posted May 15, 2016 07:09:15 | Updated May 15, 2016 09:37:06

  Middle Eastern men — young, wealthy and neither widowed nor divorced — make up a visible portion of Thailand's sex tourism population.

  Topics: sexuality, law-crime-and-justice, prostitution, thailand, russian-federation, kuwait

• Three killed in Moscow cemetery brawl

  Posted May 15, 2016 06:58:17 | Updated May 15, 2016 10:22:43

  At least three people are killed when a mass brawl involving hundreds of men broke out at a Moscow cemetery on Saturday, officials say.

  Topics: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, russian-federation

• Former watchdog alleges elaborate Russian Winter Olympics cheat plot

  Posted May 13, 2016 06:02:00 | Updated May 13, 2016 09:03:35

  The former head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory alleges to the New York Times that dozens of Russian athletes, including at least 15 Sochi Olympics medallists were part of an extensive state-run doping program.

  Topics: doping-in-sports, winter-olympics, olympics-summer, sport, russian-federation

• US missile shield starts up in Romania amid Russian fury

  Posted May 13, 2016 05:26:32

  A US anti-missile defence system in Romania aimed at protecting NATO members from threats by "rogue" countries becomes operational in a move that infuriates Russia.

  Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, world-politics, romania, united-states, russian-federation

• Shrinking birds pay the price for rapid warming in Arctic

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  By Dani Cooper

  Posted May 13, 2016 04:54:08 | Updated May 13, 2016 04:55:27

  A migratory bird is paying the price of rapid warming in the Arctic when they reach the tropics, according to a study that sends warning signals about the future of these iconic migratory birds and the impact of climate change.

  Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, birds, climate-change, russian-federation, liberia

• US, Russia push to resolve Syria war as Aleppo truce extended

  Posted May 10, 2016 12:51:13

  Government forces and rebels in the Syrian battleground city of Aleppo agree to extend their ceasefire for a second time.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, united-states, russian-federation

• Russia showcases Syria hardware in Red Square military parade

  Posted May 10, 2016 00:22:40

  Russia rolls out an air defence missile system of the kind used to protect its base in Syria while jets scream overhead in a showcase of its military war machine through Moscow's Red Square.

  Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, russian-federation

• Famed Russian orchestra performs in Syria's Palmyra with amphitheatre concert

  Posted May 05, 2016 23:56:59 | Updated May 06, 2016 06:19:58

  Russia's famous Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra stages a classical music concert in the amphitheatre of Syria's Palmyra just over a month after Russian air strikes helped push Islamic State militants from the ancient city.

  Topics: orchestral, music, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, russian-federation

• Aleppo ceasefire to start Thursday under US, Russian pressure

  Posted May 05, 2016 07:08:51

  Under pressure from Russia and the United States, the Syrian army agrees to respect a 48-hour cessation of hostilities in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, according to state media.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic, united-states, russian-federation

• Rosberg wins Russian GP, Vettel shunted out by Kvyat

  Posted May 02, 2016 05:55:55 | Updated May 02, 2016 07:19:05

  F1 championship leader Nico Rosberg chalks up a seventh win in a row at the Russian Grand Prix, while Sebastian Vettel gets shunted out in a continuing spat with Daniil Kvyat.

  Topics: formula-1, motor-sports, sport, russian-federation

• Russia defends intercept of US reconnaissance plane over Baltic Sea

  Posted April 30, 2016 20:19:26 | Updated April 30, 2016 20:37:44

  The Russian Defence Ministry says it sent a fighter plane to intercept a US aircraft approaching its border over the Baltic Sea because the plane had turned off its transponder.

  Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, russian-federation, united-states

• Stalingrad: The battle to restore its heroic name

  By freelance correspondent Kurt Johnson in Volgograd

  Posted April 29, 2016 16:17:13 | Updated April 29, 2016 17:05:30

  There is a push for the Russian city of Volgograd to return to its former name, Stalingrad, in honour of the savage battle fought there in World War II.

  Topics: world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, russian-federation

• Russia launches Soyuz rocket carrying three satellites Video

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  1min 42sec

  Posted April 28, 2016 18:24:03

  Russia has launched its inaugural rocket from a new cosmodrome, a day after a technical glitch thwarted the much-publicised event and led to President Vladimir Putin criticising the program's officials.

  Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, russian-federation

• Russia launches rocket from new Vostochny cosmodrome after delay (video)

  Posted April 28, 2016 16:43:47 | Updated April 29, 2016 04:50:47

  Russia launches its inaugural rocket from a new cosmodrome, a day after a technical glitch thwarted the event and led to President Vladimir Putin reprimanding the program's top officials.

  Topics: space-exploration, russian-federation

• UN mediator finds some common ground at end of Syrian talks

  Posted April 28, 2016 11:22:53

  The Syrian Government and main opposition group make some gains in peace talks despite escalating violence threatening a fragile truce, the United Nations' Syria envoy says.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, defence-forces, syrian-arab-republic, united-states, russian-federation

• Australia in top 10 of WADA's list of doping violations for 2014

  Posted April 28, 2016 09:17:30

  Australia makes WADA's top 10 list of drugs offenders in 2014, accounting for 49 doping violations that year, with Russia top of the pile.

  Topics: sport, doping-in-sports, australia, russian-federation

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