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Russian doping scandal centres on meldonium
Russia's ban from international athletics competition has been extended by the IAAF
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Putin opponents targeted in Russia
Russia faces international criticism, despite its help brokering ceasefire deal in Syria. But it's nearly impossible to criticize the government from within the country.
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March for Boris Nemtsov
As many as 25,000 people mark the first anniversary of the killing of the Russian opposition leader
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Radio-Canada reporter Raymond Saint-Pierre slightly injured in Syria
Foreign correspondent recounts bombardment near the Turkish border
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Cold War hockey rivalry
Before the 1972 summit series, a Quebec squad slipped behind the iron curtain to play the Soviet Union's legendary Red Army team.
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Putin brand strong in Russia
Putin cologne, t-shirts, and, of course, Russian nesting dolls. Susan Ormiston reports from Moscow on the brand power of Vladimir Putin.
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Cirque du Soleil does business in Russia, despite sanctions
There's no doubt business in Russia over the last two years has been challenging for Cirque du Soleil, but the Canadian entertainment company is bent on growing its Russian business
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Hockey in Red Square
Moscow kicked off the 100-day countdown to the World Hockey Championships with a puck drop at the ice rink in Red Square. CBC's Susan Ormiston spoke with former Ottawa Senator Alexey Yashin about the longstanding hockey rivalry between...
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Canada-Russia hockey rivalry to resume in Moscow
Moscow kicked off the 100-day countdown to the world hockey championships this week with a ceremonial pickup game in Red Square.
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Russian recession set to deepen says central bank
Russia’s economy is set to dip deeper into recession according to the latest central bank forecasts. With substantially lower oil prices slashing state revenues, the central bank said the economy could shrink by about 1.0 percent in the...
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To Russia with cash: Chinese tourists offset fall in Western visitors
Russia is enjoying a tourism boom of Chinese visitors flocking there in ever increasing numbers. The latest official statistics show they are now the largest group of foreign tourists to Russia with the numbers more than doubling last...
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Wet and cold Epiphany celebration
People in Moscow mark major holiday in Orthodox Christianity with dips in icy holy waters
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Russian ruble scrapes new low, no happier for 2016
The Russian ruble on the last currency trading day of the year has hit a new 2015 low against the US dollar, at one point falling to 73.20 to the greenback. Weaker oil prices since mid-2014 mean the ruble has more than halved in value...
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Russia airstrikes have 'directly attacked civilians' in Syria: Amnesty
Concern also about use of cluster munitions, which can maim or kill
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British ESA astronaut Peake says pressure suits him just fine
Survival training in a frozen Russian forest provided a last taste of fresh air for British astronaut Tim Peake (ESA) and his team mates the American Tim Kopra (NASA) and Russian Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos). They are set to go into...
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Siberia's Oil Squeeze | Sanctions, economics hammer Russia’s petro heartland
With the low price of oil and western sanctions, how will Russia cope with its oil crisis? Susan Ormiston travels to Western Siberia to find out.
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Russia to analyse Washington’s new tariff rhetoric
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has hit back at US President Donald trump’s threat of severe new tariffs, saying Moscow is ready to withstand fresh sanctions. Speaking at the shanghai cooperation organization summit in Tianjin,...
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India & China In Trump-Russia crosshairs
US president Trump's threat to levy financial sanctions on Russia has put the spotlight on the two largest consumers of Russian crude oil, India and China. NATO chief, mark Rutte, joined the chorus against buyers of Russian exports....
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Ceasefire deal in limbo as Russia escalates airstrikes
Kremlin ramps up strikes while watching Western arms to Kyiv – Ceasefire deadline looms as Trump threatens harsher sanctions.
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Bloodiest Day Yet For Ukraine: Russia Claims Big Wins As Civilians Die In Chilling Strikes
Russia claimed major battlefield gains in Donetsk and downed a Ukrainian MiG-29 jet, as Ukraine suffered over 1,200 troop losses in the past 24 hours, according to Moscow’s Ministry of Defence. Strikes also destroyed S-300PS systems,...
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Italy PM Giorgia Meloni denounces Chinese economic support for Russia's war in Ukraine
Beijing's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is a source of "great friction", said the Italian Prime Minister Meloni during her official five-day visit to China.
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Ukraine weapons, Military spending top agenda as Biden hosts NATO leaders
World leaders of NATO member states will discuss Ukraine as they meet in the US for an annual summit.
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‘Peace mission’: Hungary’s Orban meets Putin in Russia, defying EU leaders
Right-wing nationalist makes trip with no official mandate from the European bloc, causing outrage.