Abramovich lawyers say Berezovsky gave contradictory and untrue evidence in support of his multi-billion damages claim

The Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky faced repeated accusations in the high court that he had given untrue and contradictory evidence in his multi-billion damages claim against Roman Abramovich.

Berezovsky is suing the owner of...

Archaeologists who had discovered ancient amphorae planted them in shallow water for Russian PM, says Dmitry Peskov

Vladimir Putin's apparently remarkable discovery of two ancient Greek urns on the floor of the Black Sea during a scuba-diving expedition was staged, the Russian prime minister's chief spokesman has admitted.

In an unusually candid...

Man accused of seeking details of anti-aircraft missile system which experts say the Chinese are trying to copy

Russia's security service has revealed that it arrested a suspected Chinese spy who posed as a translator while seeking sensitive information on an anti-aircraft system.

The man, identified as Tun Sheniyun, was arrested on 28 October last...

US envoy says America will not rest until UN security council meets its responsibilities after Russia and China veto draft

The UN security council is expected to seek a fresh resolution on Syria after Russia and China on Tuesday night vetoed a draft that threatened sanctions, a security council source said.

The veto by Russia, which was supported by...

Russia and China accused of siding Bashar al-Assad regime after failing to back UN measures against Damascus

Bashar al-Assad can certainly feel satisfied that powerful allies have stood by him and prevented international action that might – just – have given him pause for thought as he pursues his vicious crackdown on Syria's protest movement.

The ve...

Foreign secretary says countries' decision to veto UN resolution calling on Bashar al-Assad's regime to stop violence is 'deeply mistaken'

The foreign secretary, William Hague, has accused Russia and China of "siding with a brutal regime" by vetoing a UN security council resolution calling on Syria to stop violence towards its own people.

Hague used...

Anger from Europe and US as two security council powers argue implied threat of sanctions will not bring peace

Russia and China have vetoed a European-backed UN security council resolution that threatened sanctions against the Syrian regime if it did not immediately halt its military crackdown against civilians.

The resolution would have been the...