Russian punk band Pussy Riot

Russian punk band Pussy Riot go on hunger strike in Moscow

One-Minute Read Tue 6 Mar, AT 15:23

Two members of band famed for anti-authority 'guerrilla gigs' refuse food in protest at jail time

In pictures: Hundreds arrested as Russian protests broken up

Russia opposition protests Moscow
Vladimir Putin

Tears and trickery: three ways Putin cheated to win 64 per cent

Summary Mon 5 Mar, AT 10:15

Vladimir Putin faces new round of protests as reports of electoral fraud flood in

Russia's virgin voters urged to love Putin in creepy election ad

Video Wed 29 Feb, AT 12:49

Weird ad features a young girl visiting a fortune teller for advice on her 'first time'

Putin assassination plot shows regime is running out of ideas

Talking Point Tue 28 Feb, AT 11:19

Putin looks set to win Russia’s presidential election easily, so why the bizarre PR stunt?

'Convenient' Islamist plot to assassinate Putin is ‘foiled'

One-Minute Read Mon 27 Feb, AT 12:22

Pro-government TV station reports arrests of three accused of planning next president's murder

Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev: Putin must reform or be kicked out by protesters

One-Minute Read Thu 16 Feb, AT 14:43

Last president of the Soviet Union warns Putin to learn from Margaret Thatcher's mistake

Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok: what lies beneath the Antarctic ice?

Briefing Tue 7 Feb, AT 16:33

Nazi secrets microbes, or nothing? Excitement is building at Russian breakthrough

Putin supporters rumbled after Photoshop smear

One-Minute Read Tue 10 Jan, AT 13:40

Pro-Kremlin activists try to discredit opposition campaigner using doctored photograph

Putin: protesters' ribbons 'look like contraceptives'

One-Minute Read Thu 15 Dec, AT 16:00

Russian PM disparages protesters in call-in show, and tells of his love of Kipling

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