Putin: We must protect believers from Pussy Riot

Stuart Williams
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was obliged to protect the feelings of religious believers from Pussy Riot, slamming their antics as an "orgy".

Phobos-Grunt spirals closer to Earth

Stuart Williams
Russia's doomed probe for Mars spirals ever closer to the Earth before it plunges back into the atmosphere in a fiery end.

'When the attack came, we were not ready'

Stuart Williams
Russia on Wednesday marked 70 years since the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, an event that apparently caught Stalin totally unprepared.

Ousted Moscow mayor slams 'Stalin-era' repression

Stuart Williams
In a withering attack on President Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow's ousted mayor Yury Luzhkov accused him of promoting a climate of repression

Two murderers hanged in public in Tehran

Stuart Williams
Two men convicted of murdering a top Iranian judge in 2005 were hanged in public in central Tehran on Thursday, the first such public executions in the Iranian capital in five years. The men were executed for the murder of Hassan Moghaddas, a hardline deputy prosecutor and head of the "guidance" court in Tehran

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