Europe Russia Some 40 countries could boycott the Olympic Games to be held in Paris next year, nullifying the entire event, after several countries rejected an International Olympic Committee plan to allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in the event
Europe Russia Russian workers have begun the complete demolition of the Azovie neighbourhood of the occupied city of Mariupol, including houses not damaged by the war, in order to build 'elite' housing
Europe Russia Mirjana Spoljaric, the new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will fly to Moscow, stating that "urgent humanitarian issues will be raised with government officials and the Russian Red Cross"
Europe Russia President Putin has sent a bill to Parliament to end Moscow's participation in Greco, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption body, and denounce the relevant Convention against Corruption
Europe Russia Russian missiles reportedly hit Ukraine yesterday in the biggest wave of strikes in weeks, damaging power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing winter weather
Europe Russia This year Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his marathon December press conference, breaking an annual tradition dating back to the early years of his presidency
Europe Russia Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, has said that Russia will no longer supply oil to European countries after the EU decision to impose a price cap
Europe Russia The EU Parliament recognised Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and as a state using terrorist methods
Europe Russia A Dutch court has found three men guilty of murdering the 298 people on board flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile as it flew over eastern Ukraine in 2014
Europe Russia Russian mercenary organisation Wagner Group reportedly held a series of pro-war lectures for school children at its new headquarters in St Petersburg
Europe Russia After an alleged Ukrainian drone attack at Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships, the country will immediately suspend its implementation of a UN-brokered grain deal that has allowed the export of 9 million tons of grain from Ukraine keeping global prices at bay
Europe Russia President Putin signed a decree for Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, introducing martial law in the annexed regions and also restricting movement in eight areas bordering Ukraine
Europe Russia Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who gained international attention for her on-air war protest, reportedly escaped house arrest