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The Russian Athletics Federation may take legal action after German TV alleged widespread doping and cover-ups among the country’s track and field competitors
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MPs approve building of reactor despite opposition at home and EU calls for member states to curtail energy deals with Moscow
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Greek prime minister says loan of statue from pillaged frieze puts end to British Museum argument that disputed antiquities are immovable
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The Russian Football Union has banned a player for three matches for ‘an offensive gesture’ to fans who racially abused him
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Headless statue of a Greek god Ilissos goes on display in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg
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Crimean clubs have been suspended by Uefa from playing in Russian domestic competitions
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The chairman of the UK governing body has demanded that the IAAF responds immediately to the allegations made by German television documentary
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At least six gunmen and 10 security officers killed in Grozny attack that started in early hours of morning
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Russia’s Athletics president has dismissed a German TV documentary alleging widespread doping among Russian athletes
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Kerry speaks at meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes both the United States and Russia as partners
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Smoke rises from burning buildings in Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechnya region, after a night of violence
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President uses state of the nation speech to attack west as rouble slides under pressure of economic sanctions over Ukraine
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Tatyana Gavrilova was convicted of murder in 1999. On her release from prison she spoke to MediaZona about ongoing abuse inside the country’s notorious penal system – and her determination to fight to improve the rights of inmates
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A German documentary has alleged officials in Russian sport and the country’s anti-doping agency are actively involved in the doping of athletes and its cover-up
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Editorial: After Vladimir Putin’s foreign adventures, it is time to reckon with harsh economic realities on the home front
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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Zanele Muholi’s portraits of post-apartheid sexuality join Nikolay Bakharev’s shots of swimmers in an eclectic, political selection
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Economics ministry cuts its GDP growth forecast of 1.2% in 2015 to a 0.8% fall amid financial fallout over Ukraine and lower commodity prices
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Russian manufacturer of assault rifle that became the weapon of choice for guerrillas around the world has a slick rebranding
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All the latest business and economics news, as the Russian economy ministry said it expects GDP to shrink by 0.8% next year amid more capital outflows and higher inflation, sending the rouble sliding again
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Officials say death toll of seven is likely to rise after rescuers failed to find any missing crew members
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Court rules that translations of death metal band’s lyrics ‘could damage the mental health of children’, according to local news agency
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Putin says EU’s opposition scuppered project but Russian leader outlines plan to pump more gas to Turkey on visit to Ankara
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Video footage released by the Norwegian ministry of defence shows a Norwegian F16's close encounter with a Russian MiG in international air space
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Collapse in Russian currency, which has been badly buffeted by a plunge of almost 40% in oil prices, prompts central bank action
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Alexander Stubb, Finnish PM, rejects suggestions that by backing Rosatom’s involvement he is bowing to Moscow
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Dozens missing after Oriong-501 sank in Bering Sea off coast of Russia’s Chukotka region
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The pro-EU parties won Sunday’s Moldova election with a combined 44% of the vote. However, with large swathes of the country backing pro-Russia parties a divided country has emerged from the ballot box
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Economics blog Why the collapse in the Russian rouble matters to the global economy
Larry Elliott, economics editorLarry Elliott: The Russian central bank is right to intervene to stop the toxic Russian currency falling further -
Sunday’s election highlights deep divisions over whether country should keep to pro-Europe path or return to Moscow’s orbit
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<strong>Special report:</strong> Immigration increasingly dominates national debate in this country. But what about elsewhere? From the far right making political capital in Scandinavia to border guards pushing migrant boats back to sea in Australia and the millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Guardian correspondents examine the global picture
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Anti-gay discrimination in Russia believed to be partly responsible for rise in asylum cases, with applicants reliant on charity while claims are processed
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Actor beats Elliot Seymour, 29, in Moscow exhibition bout and says: ‘Boxing has sort of saved me from myself’
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Analyst warns nations including Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Kuwait have no other industries to rely on as oil bubble bursts
First thoughts The British Museum is wrong to loan the Parthenon marbles to Russia