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  Pussy Riot case: Madonna labelled moralising 'slut'

  9 Aug 2012: Senior Russian official uses Twitter to attack singer who stated support for jailed feminist punk band during Moscow concert

• For the record, Russia and China failed Syria

  9 Aug 2012: Ian Black: Apportioning blame for the failure to find a diplomatic solution in Syria is useless, but it is worth stating who was responsible

• Islamist sect found living underground near Russian city for nearly 10 years

  9 Aug 2012: Fayzarahmanist sect with 70 members – including 20 children – discovered in bunker near Kazan without heat or light

• Pussy Riot profile: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

  8 Aug 2012: Philosophy student Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, has been described as the evil genius behind Pussy Riot
  

• Pussy Riot trial: closing statement denounces Putin's 'totalitarian system'

  8 Aug 2012: Punk band's members claim they are freer than those carrying out their prosecution as judge sets 17 August for verdict
  

• Pussy Riot profile: Maria Alyokhina

  8 Aug 2012: Unofficial spokeswoman for Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina has challenged witnesses and remains defiant over the charges
  

• Pussy Riot profile: Yekaterina Samutsevich

  8 Aug 2012: Art lover Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, warns of government campaign to instil fear among Russians with 'opposition' views
  

• Syria crisis: Assad's new offensive in Aleppo - Wednesday 8 August

  8 Aug 2012: Syrian government launches a new offensive against the rebel held district of Salahedin in Aleppo
  

• Pussy Riot: Madonna supports punk trio at concert in Russia

  7 Aug 2012: Singer condemns persecution of the band by appearing on stage in Moscow with a balaclava and 'Pussy Riot' written on her back
  

• Madonna don't preach

  7 Aug 2012: Emma Brockes: Good for Madge, sticking up for Pussy Riot and pissing off Marine Le Pen. But as a rule, she does pop better than politics
  

• Pussy Riot trial: prosecutors call for three-year jail term

  7 Aug 2012: Moscow court hears closing arguments in feminist band's trial for performing 'punk prayer' against Vladimir Putin in cathedral

• Russian rocket fails to reach orbit with satellites

  7 Aug 2012: Failure of Proton-M carrying Russian and Indonesian satellites is latest in series of mishaps for Moscow's space programme

• Russian president Vladimir Putin ruffled when priest attempts to kiss him - video

  Video (22 sec), 6 Aug 2012: Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, appears ruffled when a Russian Orthodox priest tries to kiss his hand
  

• US basketball player swaps homeland for Russia in bid for Olympic glory

  6 Aug 2012: Becky Hammon gets ready to head into the London 2012 quarter-finals with Russia despite no family ties to the country

• Madonna calls for release of Pussy Riot

  6 Aug 2012: Pop star said during a concert tour of Russia: 'I'm against censorship, so I hope that the judge is lenient with them'