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Russian president says someone is "professionally and purposefully" collecting biological material from people across Russia.

Kazakhstan has announced plans to change the nation's name in a bid to break free from decades of Russian political influence.

Isis continues its campaign of terror, but the group is progressively losing territories due to multinational offensives in Syria and Iraq.

Opposition leader said he hopes to attend an "evening demonstration" in southern Russia.

TV personality Ksenia Sobchak has announced she will run for Russia's 2018 presidency. Her father was a mentor to Putin but liberals fear it will play into the Kremlin's hands.

The Chatham House think tank says there needs to be greater EU support to help Ukraine which is 'fighting for survival" as an independent state.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that law enforcement agencies will investigate the allegations, but activists say the situation has not improved.

WikiLeaks steadily published thousands of embarrassing emails and documents linked to Democratic officials in the months leading up to the November election.

"Putin actually doesn't need another puppy. He already has a lap dog," one Twitter user wrote.

Former ambassador warns that Trump is taking the US in a direction not too dissimilar to that of Putin's Russia.

Russian lawmaker Anton Morozov relayed North Korea's ambitions to his party after a visit to the dictatorship, Russian media reported.

Russian president Vladimir Putin was given a puppy by Turkmen leader Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Sochi - and it made him really happy.

Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, built on the foundation of blockchain technology, is bought and sold online without the need for traditional banks.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman's historic visit to Moscow gets off to shaky start when he finds himself stuck up gold escalator as he leaves the plane.

This will be the first time in Saudi Arabia's history when a reigning monarch visits Russia.

Russian officials have recognised the challenge posed by SpaceX and others but - 60 years after Sputnik - can the nation ever hope to regain its place in the global market?

The match-up we've all been waiting for, as the king of the grill squares up against the star of Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.

"If I go to the US, I will die in a year," Levashov, who is fighting extradition to the US, was quoted as saying.

Putin's poser came during a visit to Russia's biggest tech firm Yandex in Moscow.

Clinton's book goes into detail about her emails, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the election night itself.

Matilda, a film about Tsar Nicholas II's relationship with a ballerina, sparked outrage among extremists.

Former Putin aide Vyacheslav Nikonov said American spies "slept" while Russian agents helped Donald Trump.

Jens Stoltenberg warns of escalating threats in the Korean peninsula and Russia.

Presidents of Russia and South Korea hold talks on the latest situation in the Korean peninsula.

Russian Kalibr missiles targeted Islamists' command centre near Deir ez-Zor.

Vladimir Putin believes artificial intelligence is the future, while Musk fears the consequences.

Items included posters of Vladimir Putin as "the 45th President of the United-States" and pee-proof sheets.

Amid an alleged state doping scandal, Russian hackers are (again) linked to scandal.

Move in response to the Russian decision to cap embassy staff.

They were protesting for the release of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.