The strikes “caused minor damage” to the plant, but operations were halted “protectively” to mitigate possible risks, the publication wrote. Restarting production will take several days, the outlet’s source added.

The ban extends even to government agencies and emergency services, with only the defense ministry and mayor's office allowed to make posts.

But as Mr Morrison shows in his technicolour chronicle of the city, beneath the petro-funded sheen, Moscow is a domain of purges, paranoia and ravenous power. History has shaped its character; equally,

More than 550 drones were intercepted or shot down in over a dozen regions, including Moscow, in one of largest attacks of the war.

Russia’s annual celebration of Victory Day, commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is traditionally a huge celebration in Moscow’s Red Square featuring a parade with missiles,

Its Cold War history and massive size might give it an intimidating image, but at its core Moscow is every bit the European city offering wealth of history and culture coupled with modernity and edginess.

A Moscow court has barred the ex-wife of Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin from launching legal proceedings against him outside Russia, court documents showed ​on Monday, after a London court ruled last year that she ‌could pursue in Britain one of the highest-value divorce claims ever brought.