25.01.2021 18:14 President Vladimir Putin stated that the palace on the outskirts of the city of Gelendzhik on Russia’s Black Sea coast, which Alexey Navalny referred to in hist most recent documentary, did not belong either to him or to any of his close relatives. During a videoconference meeting with students on January 25, Russian […]
20.01.2021 16:16 Putin’s official spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) about Vladimir Putin’s palace near the city of Gelendzhik in Southern Russia was “nonsense and compilation.” According to him, the palace has “nothing to do with either the president or the Kremlin,” whereas the relevant topic of the […]
18.01.2021 18:55 Alexey Navalny released a video message, in which he urged his supporters to take to the streets. The appeal was posted on Navalny Live YouTube channel immediately after the court arrested the politician for 30 days. “What is this toad sitting on the pipe afraid of? What are these bunker thieves afraid of […]
14.01.2021 15:36 The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (FSIN) has put opposition politician and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Alexei Navalny on wanted list. According to Mash Telegram channel, which has confirming documents at its disposal, the document that puts Navalny on wanted list is dated from December 29. The search case […]
25.12.2020 19:10 Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos imposed sanctions against Progress Rocket and Space Center, the developer and manufacturer of Soyuz-2 space rockets, as well as civil and military spacecraft. Representatives of the state corporation said that, in accordance with the requirements of the Russian legislation, “it is obliged to apply sanctions for improper performance of […]
17.12.2020 18:10 On December 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin held his 16th annual major press conference. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the conference was held in remote format: Putin was staying at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, federal and foreign journalists were accommodated at the Moscow World Trade Center, while regional reporters were working in their regions […]
17.12.2020 20:54 BBC’s Steve Rosenberg asked Russian President Vladimir Putin whether Putin feels “at least some” responsibility for the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West. The journalist also wondered whether Putin had read the investigation about Navalny. Russia is warm and fuzzy compared to aggressive West Putin, without naming Alexei Navalny, called him […]
17.12.2020 18:57 Answering a question about the prospects for a settlement of the crisis in Donbass and about relations between Russia and Ukraine, Putin said that this largely depends on the Ukrainian authorities. “All leaders, including Vladimir Zelenskyy, came to power under slogans of settlement and restoration. Yet, they fail to succeed. They start looking […]
09.12.2020 21:17 The State Duma gave the third reading to the draft federal law “On Amendments to Article 3 of the Federal Law “On Guarantees to the President of the Russian Federation, Who Stopped Executing His Powers, and to Members of His Family.” New Article 92.1 of the Constitution establishes that the President of the […]
07.12.2020 19:50 Russia has failed to replace the supplies of basic categories of imported food products at the expense of domestic production, including those that were prohibited for import under the counter-sanctions in August 2014. A study conducted by the National Rating Agency (NRA) has shown that Russia has actually replaced European suppliers with companies […]