Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia. Situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of Western Russia, Moscow's population is estimated at 12.5 million residents within the city proper, while over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 20 million residents in the Moscow Metropolitan Area. The city limits cover an area of 2,511 square kilometres (970 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi), Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, and also the largest city on the European continent.
A Special repatriation flight took off from Russia to India on May 26 to bring stranded Indian nationals home under centre's Vande Bharat Mission. This is first repatriation flight from Russia amid..
Roody shelducks family got lost in the Russian capital but finally made it to a new pond with the help of Moscovites and police. Courtesy 'telegram @ cifroon'
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A Russian police car has helped a family of ducks cross a busy street in Moscow.
Passersby also assisted in stopping the traffic and guiding the couple and their 12 ducklings to safety.
The ducks..
A family of ducks are guided across a busy Moscow street by passers-by and police officers, bringing traffic to a halt. Eventually the two adults and 12 ducklings managed to waddle over to the other..
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A new surge in coronavirus cases took Russia's tally past those in Italy and the UK on Monday, making it the third highest in the world. Joe Davies reports.
Fireworks lit the night sky in Moscow on Saturday as part of the celebration for Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.View on euronews
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Russia has risen to be the fifth-hardest hit in the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. According to Business Insider, Russia has now recorded more than 10,000 cases of the novel coronavirus for the..
Russia marked 75 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Saturday, but the coronavirus outbreak forced it to scale back celebrations. Olivia Chan reports.
Moscow’s Mayor Sobyanin says lockdown in Russian capital would be extended until May 31 after the country reported a record increase in daily coronavirus infections.
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Two human rights groups in Russia have called for the expansion of surveillance measures to police citizens to be regulated to ensure they are temporary and proportionate. They worry the use of..
Dozens of Russian communists defied Moscow's coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday by marching across Red Square to lay flowers outside Vladimir Lenin's tomb to mark 150 years since the birth of the..
Lokomotiv Moscow youth player Innokenty Samokhvalov has died aged 22 after suffering suspected heart failure during a solo training session on Monday (April 21), the Russian Premier League club said.
Russian Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Orthodox Easter Mass at an empty Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In Sofia, people attend the Easter mass despite the virus..
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There were no hugs and kisses with friends and family when Gerda Baranovskaya and Pavel Tyun married in a Moscow registry office, but dozens of guests plied the happy couple with congratulation..
Russian investigators have published new video of an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet crash at Moscow's Sheremetjevo Airport in 2019, which killed 41 of 78 people on board. The jet was travelling from the..
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One of Mikhail Khachaturyan's three teenage daughters stabbed him fatally in the heart in their Moscow apartment. According to Newser, the man's murder has refocused attention on domestic violence and..
A video released by Moscow Zoo shows its giant pandas casually chewing bamboo and wandering around their enclosures, bored without usual flow of visitors. Credit: Moscow Zoo
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A video released by Moscow Zoo shows its giant pandas casually chewing bamboo and wandering around their enclosures, bored without usual flow of visitors. Credit: Moscow Zoo
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Moscow's central shopping mall "TSUM" provided employees with stylish masks with a transparent protective screen, so the boutique shop assistants stay protected while looking stylish.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, signed on Wednesday an order to extend self-isolation due to the coronavirus until June 14, but has also lifted some restrictions. Reuters - Published
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow, the epicentre of Russia's coronavirus outbreak, had succeeded in preventing what he called the worst-case scenario as the city looked to easing.. Reuters - Published
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told an ally of Libya's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar that Moscow backed an immediate ceasefire and political talks that would culminate in united.. Reuters - Published
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's southern region of Chechnya, is suspected of having contracted the new coronavirus and is receiving treatment in a Moscow hospital, three Russian new agencies.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has a good relationship with Russia but Moscow did not adhere to the Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries. Reuters - Published
A U.S. military transport aircraft was expected to deliver a first batch of medical aid to Russia on Thursday, including 50 ventilators, to help Moscow cope with a rising number of novel coronavirus.. Reuters - Published
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu backed an immediate ceasefire in Libya during a phone call on Thursday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a.. Reuters - Published
Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month, Liubov Kashaeva, 74, twice tested positive for the new coronavirus. Her death was not attributed to the virus, however. It was put down to the.. Reuters - Published
Uzbekistan on Monday pushed back against Russian criticism of its plans to enforce the use of the Uzbek language in the civil service, in a rare rebuke of Moscow by Tashkent amid otherwise warm ties. Reuters - Published
Russia is working on getting reciprocal medical aid from the United States, Moscow said on Monday after the country reported its lowest overnight rise in coronavirus cases since May 1. Reuters - Published
Moscow began testing thousands of randomly-chosen residents for coronavirus antibodies on Friday under a mass screening programme authorities hope will help them determine when it is safe to lift the.. Reuters - Published
Russia's coronavirus case tally rose above 260,000 on Friday, cementing its status as the country with the second highest number of infections after the United States, as the city of Moscow began.. Reuters - Published
Moscow will begin free mass testing of citizens for the coronavirus from May 15, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his website on Thursday, with a target of 100,000 people a day by the end of the.. Reuters - Published
Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russian-made medical ventilator, some of which have been sent to the United States, after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such.. Reuters - Published
Russian investigators said on Monday they had detained the owner of a private hospice outside Moscow after a fire there killed nine elderly people and hospitalised nine others. Reuters - Published
The total number of deaths registered in Moscow rose sharply in April compared with the same month last year and was also significantly higher than the number officially confirmed as having been caused.. Reuters - Published
Father Andrei Molchanov, the latest Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel coronavirus, was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wished the Moscow church where he served.. Reuters - Published
One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, the authorities said. Reuters - Published
The United States did not express its preparedness to extend the 2010 New START treaty during talks between Moscow and Washington, the RIA news agency cited Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei.. Reuters - Published
Russia and the United States will soon resume talks on strategic stability, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday, the RIA news agency reported. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump offered during a phone call on Thursday with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to send medical aid to Moscow to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Kremlin said on.. Reuters - Published
Restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus in Moscow have been extended until May 31, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday in a blog post on his personal website. Reuters - Published
Russia's coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise, and Moscow's mayor said the real figure, not captured by.. Reuters - Published
Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Thursday that the real number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital was actually around 300,000, a figure that is more than three times higher than the.. Reuters - Published
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Dominic Raab discussed relations between Moscow and London and voiced intention to improve cooperations, the Russian foreign ministry.. Reuters - Published
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday the outbreak of the coronavirus had stabilised over the past two weeks, with the growth in cases corresponding to an increase in testing, but said.. Reuters - Published
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he supported proposals by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to gradually ease some restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Reuters - Published
Russia's lockdown has been hard on dogs in some ways, but it also has some bright spots. People in isolation, looking for animal companionship, are adopting dogs. (May 4)
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Russia on Sunday recorded its highest daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases, bringing the total to 134,687, with more than half of cases and deaths in Moscow. Reuters - Published
Russia reported 9,623 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, its highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total to 124,054, mostly in the capital Moscow, where the mayor.. Reuters - Published
The Kremlin on Thursday questioned the reliability of allegations by a former junior medic at Moscow's main coronavirus hospital of lax safety standards and miserable pay. Reuters - Published
The United States is "hopeful" the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October, a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday, despite a key Russian.. Reuters - Published
When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52, Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a military doctor at war. Reuters - Published
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday that Kiev and Moscow were still far from finalising a prisoner swap of all inmates. Reuters - Published
A delivery service that provides the apartment-bound residents of Moscow with restaurant-quality ready meals squeezed into glass jars amid the coronavirus lockdown is expanding to keep pace with.. Reuters - Published
The mayor of one of the Czech capital's districts said on Tuesday he had been put under police protection due to a threat that a Russian man had been sent to kill him, escalating a row between Prague.. Reuters - Published
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow did not approve of Libya's eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar's move to seize control of the country, the Interfax news.. Reuters - Published
Russia described a power grab by Libya's eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar, whom Moscow supports, as "surprising", state news agency RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry.. Reuters - Published
Russia's ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in a region where Moscow has invested heavily. Reuters - Published
Even before Moscow's coronavirus lockdown, Ibragim Artykov, a builder from Tajikistan, was down on his luck. Over two months, he had four jobs and in all of them his employers either underpaid him or.. Reuters - Published
Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected, a government project said on Friday. Reuters - Published
Dozens of Russian communists defied Moscow's coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday by marching across Red Square to lay flowers outside Vladimir Lenin's tomb to mark 150 years since the birth of the.. Reuters - Published
Moscow resident Arina Muratova knew something was wrong when the messages she received from Nina, a patient at Psychiatric Hospital No.22 who has become a friend during her voluntary work there,.. Reuters - Published
A new Moscow hospital built in just over a month began admitting patients infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday to help the Russian capital cope with a growing number of cases that have.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. ambassador in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of making a mockery of justice after he was turned away for a second time from what he called a "secret" trial behind closed doors of.. Reuters - Published
Russia's ministry of defence said on Monday it had ordered thousands of troops into a two-week quarantine after a vast Red Square military parade in Moscow they had been rehearsing for was called off.. Reuters - Published
The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscow's population than official data show, private testing results among people without symptoms suggest. Reuters - Published
Fraudsters are trying to cash in on a new coronavirus travel permit system in Moscow by offering to help people illegally circumvent it for cash, online adverts for their services show. Reuters - Published
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