Russia’s leading polling group said on Tuesday it would fight to keep operating despite pressure to register as a “foreign agent” under what it calls a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to silence independent voices.
Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin said amnesty of the participants in the riots in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square on May 6 will enhance government prestige. Earlier, lawmakers from the Communist faction at the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament Anatoly Lokot and Boris Kashin submitted a draft resolution to amnesty these persons.
Head of the Civil Initiatives Committee, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin stated at a session of Open Tribune on Monday that the government and United Russia should bear responsibility for the present stagnation in the economy. United Russia retaliated by accusing HIM of Poor performance When he was in Civil Service. The Kommersant cited Alexei […]
Russia is set for 10 years of anemic growth, according to economists, who said the slowdown is predominantly due to low investment and structural factors, rather than the fall in commodity prices.
A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was banned from entering Russia earlier this month, the New York Times said on Sunday.
A key witness in the investigation into Alexander Litvinenko’s killing, who helped the murdered dissident compile a report on a senior businessman with strong ties to the Kremlin, is willing to give evidence at a public inquiry, The Independent has learnt.
Russia’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal against the second conviction of jailed former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Businessman Alexander Lebedev today pleaded not guilty to hooliganism and assault based on “political hatred” at the start of his trial in Moscow.
Investigators will open a case against State Duma member Ilya Ponomaryov on charges of embezzling $750,000 from the Skolkovo Foundation, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Izvestia newspaper. They will seek to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.
The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow has flown out of Russia five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.
