ON MY MIND In a landmark ruling today, the Constitutional Court decided for the first time that Russia can ignore parts of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights in contradiction of Moscow’s treaty obligations. Speaking at a conference of parliamentary chairs in Moscow today, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin called for Eurasianism to […]
The Golos Association, an NGO that independently monitored elections, has been fined 1.2 million rubles ($18,290) for violating the law on “foreign agents.”
President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Porosehnko had a telephone conversation last night, April 18, to discuss the fates of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, charged in the murder of two Russian journalists and sentenced to 22 years of labor colony and 2 GRU soldiers captured by the Ukrainian army and sentenced on charges of terrorism to 14 years of prison.
Live Updates: Yesterday at least four Ukrainian soldiers and one border guard were wounded by enemy fire and another soldier was killed by a landmine blast.
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Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko reportedly slips into critical condition. And Ukraine prepares to sentence two Russian soldiers to long prison terms. Is a long-awaited prisoner exchange finally on the horizon? On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, I discuss the issue with Pavel Butorin, managing editor of RFE/RL’s Russian-language television program Current Time. Also on The […]
The ruble fell in value against the dollar after the news from the meeting in Doha that oil-producing countries were not able to agree on a production freeze.
Once again, fighting has raged in Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence agency new Russian weapons have just arrived in Debaltseve after having been transported by train.
Yesterday April 15, a car bomb went off in the afternoon in the village of Novoalekseyovka in Kherson Region, killing a bicyclist and injuring 4 bystanders.
At least one person who asked Vladimir Putin an inconvenient question was arrested, others were harassed, and still a third was denied the opportunity because operators said the city he was calling from – Asbestos – doesn’t exist.
