Latest from Russia

Quiet rage as Russians honour slain leader

The mood in Moscow was grim, a quiet rage running through the crowd.

Allies fear killers won't face justice

Moscow police were yesterday hunting for the killers of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician who was gunned down in the shadow of the Kremlin's towers yesterday.

Russians blamed for fatal attack at peace march

Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring a terrorist attack on a peace march in the city of Kharkiv that left two dead and at least 10 wounded.

Russian jets 'play chicken' in UK skies

Civilian planes flying over British airspace are at risk from Russian jets playing a highly dangerous 'game of chicken' in the skies, a former head of the armed forces has warned.

Moscow gets junk rating by Moody's

Just over one month since its last downgrade of Moscow's credit rating, Moody's said Russia "is expected to experience a deep recession in 2015 and a contraction in 2016".

Plea for monitors

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for an international peacekeeping mission in his nation's war-torn east.

Ukraine: 'Get tough on Russia'

Ukraine has appealed to the West to get tough on Russia after separatists it says are militarily backed by Moscow stormed a flashpoint town.

Kiwi veteran receives prestigious French honour

The 94-year-old Wellington veteran received the honour at French Ambassador Laurent Contini's home in Thorndon tonight.

Putin playing power games

More than 11 months into the crisis he unleashed, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in charge of the dynamic, seeking to confuse and divide the West as he apparently seeks to create a damaged....

Paris march's unlikely Charlies

There were some unlikely “Charlies” on yesterday’s march for democracy and freedom.

Sweden confirms second submarine search

The super-rich got a lot richer in 2014

The richest people on Earth got richer in 2014, adding US$92 billion ($118 billion) to their collective fortune in the face of falling energy prices and geopolitical turmoil incited by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Editorial: Govt comes out on top in colourful year

Looking back on 2014 New Zealand's historians will see an unremarkable election. The economy was booming, the Government stable, the Prime Minister popular and opinion polls giving his party every prospect of a comfortable re-election.

Kremlin denies deaths in undeclared war

Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won't say where and it won't say how.

Editorial: Putin's gamble shows how bad his economy is

The perception for more than a decade has been of a state ridding itself of a reliance on oil and gas exports and diversifying in a manner befitting a high-tech, modern economy.

West can't rely on a White Knight

There is a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass in which Alice meets the White Knight who is wearing full armour and riding a horse which he keeps falling off.

Putin scraps holidays

Russia's economy will shrink by around 4 per cent next year as a result of falling oil prices and ongoing financial turmoil, its finance minister has warned.

Ordinary Russians secret to Putin survival

All politicians like to have props, and in Vladimir Putin's case, some are taken from the box marked Macho and others from the box marked Mother Russia.