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'No politics please': Russians bury first Egypt crash victims
Numb with grief, a young woman wept and called for her mother at a funeral in a small village in northwestern Russia for one of the victims of the plane crash inEgypt.
06 November 2015
Obama says bomb may have caused Egypt plane crash
US President Barack Obama raised the possibility that a bomb brought down a Russian plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
06 November 2015
France advises against non-essential travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort
France advised its nationals against all non-essential travel to Sharm el-Sheikh following the crash of a Russian passenger jet that took off from the Egyptian resort at the weekend.
06 November 2015
UK says bomb may have downed Russian jet, halts Sharm flights
Britain halted flights to and from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport over concerns a Russian airliner that crashed in the Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by a bomb.
05 November 2015
Russia readies to exhume Tsar Alexander III in Romanov probe
Russian investigators began examining the grave of Tsar Alexander III ahead of his exhumation in a probe looking to finally identify the remains of the last tsar Nicholas II and his family.
04 November 2015
Experts examine black boxes of crashed Russian jet
Investigators began examining the two black boxes from the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the probe would take time.
04 November 2015
Russian airline blames Egypt crash on 'external' factors
The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline said, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg.
03 November 2015
Russian air strikes hit Syria's historic Palmyra region: Moscow
Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, as Moscow pressed on with its bombing campaign in Syria.
03 November 2015
Principal dancers of Mariinsky Theater perform in Astana Opera
Principal dancers of world famous Mariinsky Theater Oksana Skorik and Yevgeniy Ivanchenko came to Astana.
03 November 2015
Kazakhstani designer Balnur Assanova presents SS16 collection at MFW
Kazakhstani designer Balnur Assanova (BALNUR) has presented her pret-a-porter Spring/Summer 2016 collection at the Moscow Fashion Week (MFW).
03 November 2015
Plane carrying remains of Egypt crash victims lands in St Petersburg
A plane carrying the remains of scores of people killed when a Russian airliner crashed in Egypt landed in Saint-Petersburg early on Monday.
02 November 2015
Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt plane
The flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
02 November 2015
Investigators probe deadly Russian plane crash in Egypt
International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.
01 November 2015
Kazakhstan isn’t going to mass-produce cosmonauts: head of KazKosmos National Space Agency
However, plans are afoot to keep on training prospective astronauts, including female astronauts.
28 October 2015
Putin, Saudi King seek solution to Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia focussed on seeking a solution to the Syria crisis, the Kremlin said.
27 October 2015
'Eradicating terror' will produce political deal: Syria's Assad
Syria needs to eradicate "terrorism" to find a political solution to end the country's war, embattled President Bashar al-Assad told a visiting Russian delegation.
26 October 2015
Russia to open $5 bn Iran credit line: Tehran
Russia plans to open a $5 billion credit line for Iran to help finance infrastructure projects in the country, officials from both countries said during a visit by Moscow's energy minister.
23 October 2015
Putin accuses West of playing 'double game' with Syria terrorist groups
President Vladimir Putin accused the West of playing a "double game" with terrorist groups in Syria, where a US-led coalition is conducting a bombing campaign.
23 October 2015
Australian FM emoji use sparks debate on Russia relations
The Australian foreign minister's use of a red-faced emoji to depict Russia's Vladimir Putin sparked debate among lawmakers in Canberra, demanding to know what the icon means for relations between the nations.
22 October 2015
Georgia breakaway region eyes Crimea-style vote on joining Russia
Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has said it plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia but the Kremlin appeared to pour cold water on the idea.
21 October 2015