Russia
Russia’s parliament backed a sweeping overhaul of national security, including possibly expanding the powers of the country’s intelligence services, after the Kremlin concluded a bomb downed a Russian ...
November 21, 2015, Saturday
RUSSIA’S sports minister yesterday pledged to revamp the country’s anti-doping body after it was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency over non-compliance with international rules. “We are ready to ...
November 20, 2015, Friday
Russia's brightest track and field stars were defiant after their country's athletics federation was provisionally suspended from international competition over state-sponsored doping allegations, saying ...
November 14, 2015, Saturday
IN an effort to avoid a ban from track and field, Russia offered “broad cooperation” on doping reforms yesterday, including the creation of a new anti-doping agency. Track’s governing body is to decide ...
November 14, 2015, Saturday
RUSSIA has no intention of boycotting the Olympics. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, speaking yesterday in a telephone interview, said there will “not in any case ... never” be a boycott. The governing ...
November 13, 2015, Friday
THE Russian government has begun fighting accusations that the country operated a vast state-sponsored doping program, even as the first penalty was handed down yesterday. The World Anti-Doping Agency’s ...
November 11, 2015, Wednesday
RUSSIAN athletics should be suspended from all competition, including the 2016 Olympic Games, a damning report by World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent commission into widespread doping and corruption ...
November 10, 2015, Tuesday
CHINA and Russia are set to launch a cross-border settlement infrastructure to allow direct investment of government bonds between them in 2016, Russia’s central securities depository said yesterday. ...
Vera Ye | October 17, 2015, Saturday
RUSSIA successfully launched on Friday the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft carrying three crew to the International Space Station (ISS), local media reported.
A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with the Soyuz TMA-16M ...
March 28, 2015, Saturday
THE European Union (EU) should consider extending sanctions against Russia if the ceasefire in Ukraine breaks down, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday. "Until Russia and the separatists ...
February 19, 2015, Thursday