Turkish broadcaster Haberturk reports that Turkey has extradited two Russians accused of espionage in exchange for the release of two Crimean Tatar leaders jailed in Russia-occupied Crimea.
The organization overseeing media access to the U.S. Congress has stripped Russia state-funded TV channel RT of its press credentials.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law declaring December 25 a public holiday.
A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to his role in the 2014 hack of Yahoo’s e-mail servers, the latest development in a mysterious investigation that has ensnared officers of Russia's main security agency.
Demographers are skeptical that Vladimir Putin's new cash incentive for mothers can reverse a looming fall in the population, but analysts saw the initiative as a potentially popular move as the president steps up his reelection campaign before even having formally announced he is running.
A tour company called St. Petersburg By Touch takes blindfolded participants on a walk through the Russian city, aided by canes and a blind tour guide. The tour's founder, Aleksei Orlov, aims to share his own experiences of navigating through difficult obstacles every day. (Current Time TV)
A lawyer for a Russian historian who is being tried on child pornography charges his supporters say are politically motivated has asked a court to move his client from jail to house arrest.
Tatar language classes are no longer mandatory in Russia's Tatarstan region, a senior official has announced.
A U.S. diplomat has dismissed the idea that the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline will ever be built.
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Syrian government negotiators arrived in Geneva on November 29 for UN-backed talks aimed at ending the civil war.
During his first trip abroad since his inauguration earlier this month, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has pledged to make "every effort" to strengthen partnership between Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry says one Ukrainian soldier was killed and two were wounded in the previous 24 hours as Russia-backed separatists shelled government positions in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The man who authored landmark reports on doping in Russian sports said that the country is risking heavier punishment by continuing to deny the state's involvement in the doping scheme.
The U.S. State Department said that a new law allowing Russia's Justice Ministry to brand foreign-media outlets as "foreign agents" poses a threat to press freedom and urged Moscow not to use the measure to tighten control over the media.
A Russian court on November 28 refused to impound four German-made power turbines that ended up in Russia-annexed Crimea, dismissing a lawsuit filed by industrial giant Siemens to block what it contended was an illegal transfer.
The world governing board for soccer on November 28 unveiled the official poster for next year's World Cup finals in Moscow featuring a vintage design of Soviet goalkeeping great Lev Yashin in flight.
