William F. Browder has succeeded in making the Kremlin very angry, which is perhaps the best he could hope for after a remarkable three-year campaign to hold Russian government officials accountable for the wrongful death of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer, in a Moscow prison in 2009.
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Britain renews security cooperation with Russia for Sochi games
Britain’s security services will renew cooperation with their Russian counterparts for the first time since London suspended such ties after the 2006 killing of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday.
On Victory Day, Putin Says Russian Soldiers Freed Europe
President Vladimir Putin has praised Russian soldiers as “the liberators of Europe” at a Victory Day parade with more than 11,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles on Red Square.
Deputy Prime Minister Surkov Steps Down
President Vladimir Putin has signed an order dismissing Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Boris Berezovsky buried in low-key ceremony
The mercurial Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was buried on Wednesday in a deliberately low-key ceremony in Surrey, some six weeks after he was found dead on the bathroom floor of his ex-wife’s mansion.
Putin Blasts Cabinet for Poor Performance
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday berated the Cabinet for poor execution of his landmark decrees where he sought to make good on his campaign promises.
Levada Pollster “Told to Register” as Foreign Agent
Levada Center, the country’s only independent national pollster, must register as a foreign agent or face stiff fines after prosecutors determined that it was the recipient of foreign funding, a news report said Tuesday.
Alexander Lebedev allowed London trip during break in “hooliganism” trial
Alexander Lebedev was once the ultimate example of Russia‘s new rich: jetting around the world, holding court in London just as often as in Moscow, posting photos of himself on safari in the depths of Africa.
Thousands protest in Moscow, in attempt to reinvigorate opposition to Putin government
Thousands of protesters crowded a square in central Moscow on Monday to demand political freedoms and an end to corruption, in an attempt to inject new life into Russia’s flagging opposition movement.
Russian media magnate Lebedev sees trial as Putin’s revenge
Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev goes on trial on Tuesday in a case he portrays as President Vladimir Putin’s revenge for criticising the Kremlin and a warning to other rich businessmen.