More than 22,000 people packed a Moscow square Saturday to demand free and fair local polls, incensed by the authorities' refusal to put popular opposition candidates on the ballot.

The Moscow-Doha motor rally team was accorded a warm welcome on their arrival in Qatar last week on a 'first-of-its-kind' initiative.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday Moscow was ‘thinking’ of making it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship after the Kremlin moved to grant passports in the country's separatist east, causing uproar in Kiev.

The Taliban will send representatives to multilateral talks in Russia on war-torn Afghanistan this month, the militant group said Tuesday, as the international community ratchets up efforts to end the 17-year conflict.

Rebels have cautiously accepted a Moscow-Ankara deal to prevent a Russia-backed regime attack on Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib, while a small jihadist group has rejected it.

On Thursday, the United States expanded its sanctions war against Russia to China, for the first time announcing punitive measures against a Chinese military organisation for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles.

Donald Trump claimed Robert Mueller was "totally conflicted" and denounced his probe as "a disgrace to USA."

Donald Trump said not a single critical word about Russia on any of the issues that have brought relations between the Washington and Moscow to a post-Cold War low.

Fans who had gathered in Zagreb to watch the match on a big screen hugged each other in commiseration.

Giant screens laid out on the pitch showed images of soccer players and the colours of the Croatian and French flags.

Save the Dream joined forces with the Qatar 2022 organisers, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), and Ooredoo to host a star-studded football legends match at Majlis Qatar in Gorky Park, Moscow.

More than 25,000 football fans have visited activations organised by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) in Gorky Park, Moscow, as part of its 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar promotional campaign, sc.qa has reported.