American spies based in the UK intercepted the top-secret communications of the then Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to Britain for the G20 summit in London, leaked documents reveal.
The controversial property tycoon Sergei Polonsky, key witness in an ongoing trial against fellow Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, is now wanted by Russian authorities over a massive alleged fraud. Mr Polonsky, who earlier this year skipped bail in Cambodia, where he was awaiting trial for assaulting local sailors, is now also on Russia’s wanted list.
[On June 12, the national “Day of Russia,” Russia’s opposition organized their “March Against Butchers,” with an estimated turnout of between 6,000-30,000. This article describes the events of the day—Ed.] According to the Interior Ministry Main Department of the City of Moscow, no serious violations of public order were registered during the march of June […]
A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, won an opposition party’s backing on Friday in a Moscow mayoral election, raising the stakes in a trial that may put him behind bars for a decade.
The widow of the murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has criticised David Cameron’s decision to meet Vladimir Putin in Downing Street on Sunday, in the run-up to next week’s G8 summit, saying it is morally wrong to “appease dictators”.
The mayor of Makhachkala, Said Amirov, formally charged in the murder of a local investigator, was briefly hospitalized after he inflicted wounds on himself while in pre-trial custody.
A Russian journalist has won a prestigious award for helping to expose high-level corruption in the country.
“In practice, nothing displeases the authorities more than someone writing the truth about them.” That’s prominent Russian environmentalist and blogger Suren Gazarian speaking to Reporters Without Borders in a Skype chat from Estonia a few months ago.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is to be forcibly brought back to Kirov at prosecutors’ request for the continuation of the embezzlement case against him, a news report said Thursday.
Thousands of Muscovites took the well-trodden path to Bolotnaya Ploshchad on Wednesday to voice their opposition to President Vladimir Putin‘s 13-year rule.
