World Apr 05 Putin signs law allowing him 2 more terms as Russia’s leader The 68-year-old Russian president has been in power for more than two decades. That's longer than any other Kremlin leader since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
World Mar 31 Navalny announces start of prison hunger strike Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has started a prison hunger strike to protest officials’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains.
World Mar 13 Police detain participants in Russian opposition forum Police in Moscow detained about 200 people participating in a forum of independent members of municipal councils on Saturday, an action that came amid a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent by Russian authorities.
World Mar 02 Former Soviet leader Gorbachev turns 90 Gorbachev, who has stayed in a hospital as a precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic, was scheduled to have a video call Tuesday with his aides who gathered at his foundation to congratulate him.
World Feb 20 Moscow court rejects opposition leader Navalny’s appeal Navalny, 44, an anti-corruption crusader and President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, was arrested on Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities have…
World Feb 15 Russia says it’s open to better ties with the European Union Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after talks in St. Petersburg with his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Haavisto, that "if the EU decides that it's necessary to restore relations, we will be ready for it."…
World Feb 12 Russia says it’s ready for split if EU imposes new sanctions Asked if Russia is heading toward a split with the European Union, Lavrov answered: "We proceed from the assumption that we are ready for that."…
World Feb 04 Kremlin says thousands of arrests at protests was necessary response The Kremlin strongly rebuffed Western criticism Thursday and described the thousands of arrests at protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a necessary response to the unsanctioned rallies.
World Feb 02 Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning.
World Jan 31 Russia arrests nearly 5,000 at wide protests backing Navalny Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 4,500 people were…