Russia

Naval experts say £1bn new submarine will give UK and US 'a run for their money'.

Germany interior ministry highlights 64% spike in asylum applications during 2013.

Cool Runnings successors aim to reach Russia's Winter Olympics.

After a year of ups and downs, Vladimir Putin starts 2014 by sending New Year's wishes to Barack Obama.

Volgograd train station Black Widow Oksana Aslanova the latest in a long line of women 'avengers'.

Volgograd suicide bomber had been widowed twice with Islamist husbands killed in attacks.

Blast on trolleybus at busy marketplace in Dzerzhinsky district labelled terror attack and follows previous day's explosion.

From Putin's coming out to Beyoncé's Illuminati-backed coup we bring you our predictions for 2014.

At least 13 people killed in explosion at railway station in southern Russian city of Volgograd.

Polar bears' birthday marked on 29 December as breeding season begins.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina determined they still want Putin out.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina meet at Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo airport

Snowden says he is still working for US spy agency - even if agency does not realise it.

Pussy Riot's last jailed member walks out of Siberian prison under amnesty.

Another Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova expected to be released shortly.

Freed oligarch lands in Germany but insists he will return home.

Russia's former richest man, freed on Vladimir Putin pardon, writes to supporters.

Vladimir Putin's announcement that he will pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is one of the stand out announcements in Russia

Russian president says he will pardon Kremlin critic after 10 years in confinement

According to new research, the CryptoLocker malware has infected 250,000 PCs in just 100 days.

Ukrainian government budget proposal sees positive economic outlook for country in 2014 after Russian aid deal

Russian president says he is not working with NSA leaker Edward Snowden

White House names two openly gay athletes to represent US at Russian Games

Greenpeace 30 Arctic activists also to be released.

Mr Putin has agreed to buy billions of dollars worth of Ukrainian government bonds, and reduce the price of gas exports.

Svoboda's leader Oleg Tyagnybok has been accused of anti-Semitism and was kicked out of parliament in the past