2 dead after gunman shoots inside Russian intelligence office in far east

FSB intelligence agency says three people were killed — including the attacker — and one wounded in an armed attack at its office in the Far East.

Cameron: UK to talk to Russia despite 'difficult' ties

Britain's inquiry into the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko could make UK and Russia's effort to find an agreement over the crisis in Syria difficult, Prime Minister David Cameron told Al Jazeera.

Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion members to be put on wanted list in occupied Crimea

Members of a Crimean Tatar battalion established in Ukraine’s Kherson Region on the de-facto border with the Russian-annexed Crimea will be put on wanted list, chief prosecutor of the occupied peninsula Natalia Poklonskaya said Thursday in an interview with Rossiya TV channel journalists.

Russia dismisses findings of 'joke' Litvinenko probe

Russia has dismissed the findings of a British inquiry into the death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko as a possible "joke".

Un juez británico vincula a Putin con el asesinato de un espía en Londres

En un documento hecho público en Londres, el juez Robert Owen, a cargo de la investigación sobre el asesinato, concluyó que posiblemente el presidente ruso firmó la orden de muerte de Litvinenko, un crítico del Kremlin que fue envenenado con la sustancia radiactiva polonio 210 en noviembre de 2006.

Turkey says won’t recognize Russian invasion of Crimea

Turkey does not and will never recognize the “invasion” of Crimea by Russia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Saturday.

Time for Ukraine to resolutely get rid of Communist symbols (Petro Poroshenko)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is confident that it's time for Ukraine to resolutely get rid of the symbols of the Communist regime, which killed millions of innocent people.

Russian diplomat calls Australian leader (Tony Abbott) immature ...

A Russian diplomat today (Oct 14) dismissed the Australian prime minister’s threat of a physical confrontation with the Russian president as immature, warning that Mr Vladimir Putin is a judo expert.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott intends to have a one-on-one meeting with Mr Putin on the sidelines of a summit of the world’s 20 biggest economies in Brisbane next month to demand Russian cooperation with a Dutch-led investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysia airliner in Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists with the loss of 298 lives in July.