Julian Colling

Res­i­dents and ex­perts say ‘South­east chord’ project to ease traf­fic ig­nores grave con­cerns over en­vi­ron­men­tal haz­ards.

Russ­ian, Turk­ish lead­ers meet in Moscow, with aim to stop clash­es be­tween Turk­ish and Syr­i­an gov­ern­ment forces.

Fol­low­ing some shock­ing cas­es, new law hoped to al­ter dy­nam­ic in coun­try that pri­ori­tis­es ‘fam­i­ly val­ues’ over vic­tims.

Op­po­si­tion cel­e­brates rul­ing par­ty’s loss­es in Moscow poll, but turnout was low and Unit­ed Rus­sia gained else­where.

Moscow ral­lies demon­strate how tra­di­tion­al­ly over­looked lo­cal elec­tions have re­ju­ve­nat­ed civ­il so­ci­ety and op­po­si­tion.

Re­cent wave of Moscow protests was sparked by move to ban all but a few op­po­si­tion can­di­dates vy­ing for city coun­cil.

Shady agents lured as­pir­ing Niger­ian foot­ballers to Rus­sia dur­ing the World Cup pe­ri­od, and some re­main strand­ed.