The only uncertainty was the identity of the runner-up, with a number of candidates vying for position: Nicolae Ciucă of the conservative National Liberal Party (PNL), George Simion of the reactionary ...

People have to be ready' - Lukashenko, a colourful character who likes to ... In a speech in a church in January, he spoke of the need to prepare the "next generation" to govern Belarus.

All new production photos have been released for Churchill in Moscow at Orange Tree Theatre ahead of press night this evening ...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

Julius D’Silva’s chief negotiator Vyacheslav Molotov is underused, but Alan Cox is quite delightful as the dependable ...

Russians cheered and took smartphone photos of a colourful procession that kicked off a 10-day Lunar New Year festival in Moscow. Colourful traditions were also in evidence in major cities such as ...

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia's invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news ...

The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian ...

MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said its troops repelled a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Russia's western Kursk region on Thursday. The Russian report came six months to the ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the signing of a strategic partnership treaty involving closer defense ...