The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that there is “no justification for the taking of this measure”.

Belgium played Russia off the park this evening – winning 3-0.

Donald Trump was among the topics discussed by the two leaders during their first one-on-one summit.

Nikola Vlasic struck after 65 seconds at the Luzhniki Stadium to give CSKA Moscow a famous win.

The 37-year-old is said to have undergone a medical with Spartak officials in Rome.

The Dubliner was invited to the Moscow showpiece by Vladimir Putin as France defeated Croatia 4-2 on Sunday.

It was an eventful few days for defender Jonas Knudsen.

The promotional video for the song may violate Russia’s strict anti-LGBT “propaganda” law.

Mark McDermott will hope to guide Russia to the 2019 World Cup.

“So as long as we don’t see facts, everything else is blabber.”

Stan Wawrinka had no answer to the power, free hitting and touch of Daniil Medvedev as the young Russian sprang Wimbledon’s first surprise.

Russian authorities detained the 41-year-old opposition leader and nearly 1,000 of his supporters.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the first United player to score in three consecutive European games for almost seven years with his strike against Rostov tonight.

The former chair of Republicans Abroad Ireland tells us why he thinks Russia probably has compromising material on the new US President, but it might not matter.

A new report says the Russian president acted on grudges against the US after being embarrassed by the Panama Papers and the Olympic doping scandal.

Russia’s Vladimir Niktin is no stranger.

Diesel was killed in a raid on jihadists linked to the Paris attacks that killed 130 people last Friday.

Meet Adolf Tolkachev – and find out how he was betrayed by the CIA.

Abdul Kerim Edilov is a hot prospect.

It could have been a whole lot worse.

Ireland are one of 141 countries awaiting their fate.

Pat Lam’s will travel over 2,000 miles to face the Russian Champions.

The most popular locations for inter-country adoptions have changed due to new rules.

And that’s not about to change anytime soon…

Sure all the Russians are lovely people.

The Ireland winger was sent off while playing for Spartak Moscow last week.

Trade mission lands in Moscow and St Petersburg to raise awareness of island’s attractions to the 24 million Russians who travel abroad annually.

Reports from Moscow suggest that the Irish government has asked for permission for Ryanair to fly between the two countries.