Police crack down on Russian protests against jailing of Kremlin foe Navalny
Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme...
Hundreds detained at Navalny protests in Russia
Police detained more than 2500 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme...
Blast at Russian oil facility kills two, injures one: Ifax cites source
A blast at an oil facility in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed two people and injured one person on Friday, the Interfax news agency cited a...
Navalny, anticipating arrest, planned protests to force Kremlin to release him, ally says
Before he returned to Russia, opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his supporters had anticipated he would be arrested and planned to force the Kremlin to...
Navalny Sent To Notorious Moscow Jail, Kremlin Shrugs Off Criticism
Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny (in green jacket) is escorted by police officers after a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow on January 18. Russian opposition...
In A Response To Navalny’s Arrest, Clues to Biden’s Russia Policy
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny is escorted out of a police station in Khimki, outside Moscow, on January 18. Less than two hours after Aleksei...
Experts Confirm Belarus Ex-KGB Chief’s Voice On Leaked Audio Plotting Murders
Russian experts said one of the voices on the tape was former KGB head Vadzim Zaytsau. Forensic audio experts have concluded that a 2012 audio...
Popular Soviet War Ballad May Come To The Defense Of The Motherland As Russia’s Olympic ‘Anthem’
Olympic ice hockey players from Russia wear their gold medals under the Olympic flag during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. As Russian athletes prepare...
Kremlin foe Navalny held in pre-trial detention, Moscow tells West to butt out
A Russian judge remanded Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in pre-trial detention for 30 days on Monday for violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence,...
FBI probes Russian-linked postcard sent to FireEye CEO after cybersecurity firm uncovered hack – sources
The FBI is investigating a mysterious postcard sent to the home of cybersecurity firm FireEye’s chief executive days after it found initial evidence of a...
Russia’s message to Biden: New ballistic missile can breach defenses
Moscow is also working on other new weapons, such as an unmanned water vehicle called Poseidon. Trilateral naval exercise with Iran, Russia and China in...
Romania, Moldova’s New President Vow Fresh Start After Pro-Russia Leader’s Exit
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and his Moldovan counterpart, Maia Sandu, have vowed to open a fresh page in relations as Moldova’s new president plies a...
‘A Postimperial Transformation’: With Its Neighborhood In Turmoil, Russia Reassesses The Costs Of Hegemony
A season of upheaval in the post-Soviet space may have the Kremlin hoping for a calmer 2021 – and rethinking ways to maintain its clout...
Moscow Extends School Holidays To Limit Spread Of Coronavirus
Moscow authorities say they will extend the winter school holidays by one week until January 17 to limit the spread of the coronavirus and avoid...
Russia opens new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
Russian state investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, accusing him of fraudulently spending public donations...
Russian Coronavirus Fatalities Much Higher Than Initially Reported
The Russian authorities have previously downplayed the impact of the coronavirus in the country Russia has confirmed that it has been underreporting its coronavirus death...
Russia Orders Bulgarian Diplomat To Leave In Tit-For-Tat Move
Atanas Krastin, Bulgaria's ambassador to Moscow Russia says it has given a Bulgarian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country following the expulsion of its...
Individuals Named To Russia’s ‘Foreign-Agent’ Registry For First Time
The journalists and activists were added to the Justice Ministry's registry. Russia has for the first time branded individuals as "foreign agents," including three who...
Kremlin Says Putin To Get Coronavirus Vaccine Soon
During a marathon press conference on December 17, Vladimir Putin said he would get vaccinated after "all formal issues" were resolved. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Russian Court Bans Four AP Videos From Chechen Conflicts
A bus drives past as smoke rises from a building that had been repeatedly hit by tank shells in the southwest of Grozny in January...
Kremlin Cancels Putin’s Traditional Meeting With Business Leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin (file photo) The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not participate in the traditional end-of-the-year meeting with business...
Navalny Associate Sobol Says Criminal Charges Against Her Are Kremlin’s ‘Revenge’
Aleksei Navalny (right) and Lyubov Sobol take part in a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's assassination in Moscow on...
‘War Minus The Shooting’: When Soviet Soccer Took On the Brits After World War II
Tens of millions of people were dead. Cities and towns lay in rubble months after the bloodiest conflict the world had ever known. With much...
Russia Approves COVID-19 Vaccine For Use By The Elderly
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev gets injected with the Sputnik V vaccine on December 18 Russia’s Health Ministry has approved the country’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine...
19 Detained As Long-Running Khabarovsk Protests Continue
Former Khabarovsk Governor Sergei Furgal attends a court hearing in Moscow on November 25. Police in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk have detained...
Russia’s total number of COVID-19 cases crosses 3 million mark
The total number of cases of coronavirus infections in Russia crossed the 3 million mark for the first time on Saturday after officials recorded 29,258...
Russia not expecting ‘anything good’ from Biden administration -Official
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday Moscow was not expecting “anything good” from US President-elect Joe Biden, accusing members of his future administration...
Vladimir Putin signs bill giving Russian Presidents and their families lifetime immunity from prosecution for crimes
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that will grant former presidents lifetime immunity from prosecution for crimes once they leave office. The bill,...
Russia summons ambassadors of Germany, Sweden and France over Navalny sanctions: RIA
Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Sweden and France on Tuesday over European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin...
U.S. Treasury confirms SolarWinds hack as more officials blame Russia
The U.S. secretary of the Treasury on Monday publicly confirmed that his department had been breached - more than a week after Reuters first reported...
Russia, Rwanda send military support to Central Africa Republic to quell election violence
Rwanda and Russia have sent troops and supplies to the Central African Republic to help counter a surge in violence by rebel groups ahead of...
Keep up the good work, Putin tells spy agency staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the foreign intelligence service was exceptionally important for protecting the country, in comments made soon after it was accused by...
Biden chief of staff says hack response will go beyond ‘just sanctions’
The incoming White House chief of staff said on Sunday that President-elect Joe Biden’s response to the massive hacking campaign uncovered last week would go...
Russia behind major cyber-attack, Pompeo says
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for what is being described as the worst-ever cyber espionage attack on the US government. Mike...
Suspected Russian hacking spree used another major tech supplier -sources
The massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week and tentatively attributed to the Russian government extended beyond users of pervasive network software that...
U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was...
U.S. sanctions NATO ally Turkey over purchase of Russian defense system
The United States imposed long-anticipated sanctions on Turkey on Monday over Ankara’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems, further complicating already strained ties between...
DHS among U.S. agencies hit by hack linked to Russians
At least three U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, were breached by hacking linked to weaknesses in network security software from SolarWinds...
Argentine president says he’ll get Russia vaccine to dispel fears
President Alberto Fernandez said Thursday he would be the first person in Argentina to be injected with Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in order to...
Russia to citizens: Don’t taste alcohol for 42 days after taking COVID-19 vaccine
The Russian government has warned citizens not to consume alcohol for 42 days after receiving the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. President Vladimir Putin of Russia,...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu, Russian FM Lavrov discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, detention of Russian journalists
Russian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov (C) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (R) shake hands after a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 20, 2016....
Russia begins Covid-19 vaccinations in Moscow
Russia is starting its Covid-19 vaccination programme, with clinics in the capital Moscow inoculating those most at risk from the virus. A health worker injects...
Russia’s Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines
Developers of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy....
Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions
Arms control advocates are urging Joe Biden to extend the last U.S.-Russian treaty limiting deployed strategic nuclear arms for five years, but some experts argue...
Putin says ready to work with any U.S. leader, wants formalities settled
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he was ready to work with any U.S. leader and would congratulate whoever emerges the winner of the...
Did Russia miscalculate in recent Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes?
Russia has behaved throughout the conflict like it had other important issues to deal with. A service member of the Russian peacekeeping troops stands next...
Putin, extending Russian footprint, approves new naval facility in Sudan
President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved the creation of a Russian naval facility in Sudan capable of mooring nuclear-powered surface vessels, clearing the way for...
Corpses and burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russian troops deploy
Corpses of ethnic Armenian soldiers lined stretches of a mountain road in Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday as Russian peacekeepers in trucks and armoured personnel carriers moved...
Russia says its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday,...
Russia President, Putin speaks on why he’s mum on Biden
When Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election over Hillary Clinton, Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated him within roughly an hour. Two days after...