Russia

Russian authorities are currently working to create a legal framework to regulate virtual currencies as their value and interest continues to boom.

Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".

The head of the UK's Armed Forces has warned that Russia's Navy threatens underwater communication cables. Sir Stuart Peach issued the warning in a speech to the RUSI think tank.

Russian money made its way to Assad regime's chemical weapons programme and the oil trade with Isis, BuzzFeed investigation into slush funds reveals.

Ex-British prime minister, David Cameron, says Donald Trump is undermining western democracy with his attacks on the media.

More than 80 malicious apps were discovered lurking on Google's official Play Store that were designed to hijack credentials for VK, the Facebook-like Russian social network.

Donald Trump's tweets have divided the public and officials from across the globe, but Russia is taking them seriously.

Konstantin Kozlovsky said he began cooperating with the FSB back in 2008 at the age of 16 and "did everything that they said".

Despite outspending both Russia and China on national security, the US military could lose the next war - new Rand Corporation report claims.

"Hopefully better days to come," one Twitter user wrote.

"If they can't cope with a few naked bums, then frankly that's quite sad," Angus Malcolm, producer and photographer of the Warwick Rowers calendar, said.

He will stand in elections which will be taking place next year in Russia and victory would see him lead until 2024.

Anastasia Knyazeva has amassed more than 560,000 Instagram followers and has been dubbed the most beautiful girl in the world, which many people have said is creepy.

Russian officials condemn the IOC decision to ban Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping offences and urge athletes from the country not to compete under a neutral flag.

"The UK is not only the best place to start a new business, it's also the best place to grow one," Chancellor Philip Hammond said.

Move follows warning by cybersecurity chiefs to government departments about Russian software.

He is already serving a 27-year sentence for a massive computer hacking and credit card fraud scheme targeting US businesses that resulted in nearly $170m in damages.

The Amur Leopard is listed as a critically endangered species. There are fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild.

AFP photographer Ed Jones captures the harsh realities of life in the poverty-stricken rural villages along North Korea's eastern coast.

North Korea launched its Hwasong-15 ICBM on Wednesday, 29 November, infuriating the US and its allies Japan and South Korea even further.

Russian footballer Alexei Smertin says rainbow flags will be tolerated at World Cup despite gay propaganda law that bans promotion of homosexuality to under-18s.

Twitter erupted with fervent calls for his immediate resignation with many using the viral hashtag #OnTheDayTrumpResigns.

Russia's participation is less than certain after Kremlin expresses concern about length of the proposed extension.

Facebook, the world's largest social network, has confirmed that it is attempting to "catch suspicious activity" by making users upload selfie-style pictures prove they are real.

An alleged Russian mob boss accused of 60 murders managed to avoid extradition back to Russia over a newly developed fear of flying.

Restoration expert Eudald Guillamet found the animal artwork while cleaning the cave to remove graffiti.

Groups said that the claim Tsar Nicholas II was killed in a 'ritual murder' was an anti-Semitic myth.

Subjects at the General Yermolov Cadet School in southern Russia include handling firearms, disarming landmines, forest survival training and learning Morse code.

Crude futures slide on perceived uptick in US production and Russian reluctance to go along with cartel.

"The Covfefe-in-Chief," one Twitter user wrote.