A group of more than 30 activists, public figures and local Moscow politicians have created an online “manifesto” urging Russian citizens to resist President Vladimir Putin’s proposed constitutional amendments. Novaya Gazeta, which published the document late on January 23, said more than 8,000 have already signed the manifesto, which calls Putin’s amendments a “constitutional coup” […]
Police in Switzerland suspect a pair of Russians they probed five months ago in Davos were Russian intelligence agents, a detailed report by Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger said on January 21. The published account, citing Swiss police and federal officials, said both men had diplomatic passports and were in the early stages of a Russian spying […]
The second of at least 17 Russian prison guards charged in a high-profile inmate torture case has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. A court in Yaroslavl, some 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on January 17 convicted Maksim Yablokov of abuse of authority for beating three inmates. The court handed down the sentence […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian parliament overwhelmingly backed President Vladimir Putin’s surprise choice for prime minister on Thursday after what one daily called a “January revolution”, a major political overhaul that some say could set Putin up as leader for life. Mikhail Mishustin, who was earlier nominated by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the candidate […]
Issued on: 16/01/2020 – 14:55Modified: 16/01/2020 – 14:55 President Vladimir Putin nominated a new prime minister on Wednesday 15 January after the shock resignation of Dmitry Medvedev, who has been at the head of the government since 2012. Medvedev will be succeeded by Mikhail Mishustin, who until now was a barely known tax chief with […]
Issued on: 15/01/2020 – 15:04Modified: 15/01/2020 – 15:04 The Tass news agency reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Advertising Read more Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev for his service but noted that the prime minister’s Cabinet failed to fulfil all the objectives set […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally commented on the participation of Russian mercenaries in hostilities in Libya. While answering a question at a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel following their talks in Moscow, Putin stated that if there are Russians in Libya, they “do not represent the interests of the Russian state” nor do […]
SERGIYEV POSAD, Russia (Reuters) – When Alexei Voronenkov’s 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life. It is one of 71 brains and human cadavers – which Russian company KrioRus calls its “patients” […]
Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ world governing body, and five co-defendants are set to go on trial in Paris on January 13 over corruption charges linked to the Russian doping scandal. Diack — who presided over the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now World Athletics, for 16 years until 2015 — […]
A court in the Russian republic of Tatarstan arrested a local civil rights activist on suspicion of promoting terrorism after he mocked President Vladimir Putin and two of his close associates in a YouTube video. Karim Yamadayev, a former police officer, was arrested on January 11 for a video he posted last month on his […]