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Russian officials banned from entering the US on accusations of corruption and conspiracy to murder are frequent visitors in EU cities, leaked information shows.

The trial against opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his business partner Pyotr Ofitserov on embezzlement charges entered its 12th day on Monday, with the defense demanding that the judge in the case recuse himself for allegedly creating unequal conditions for the defense and prosecution.

The trial against 12 people charged with violence against police and participation in alleged mass riots in the so-called Bolotnoye case — a case observers say is one of the largest politically motivated trials in recent history — opened at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Thursday.

For years Moscow has been captivated by speculation about the apparently moribund marriage of President Vladimir V. Putin. He was in love with an Olympic gymnast half his age, some said. His wife, Lyudmila, was not seen in public for months at a time, and when she did appear with the president they behaved like […]

The death of Russian businessman linked as a witness to a high-profile corruption scandal is not suspicious, according to Surrey Police.

The head of the Russian parliament’s anticorruption committee has put forward a bill increasing the punishment for corruption and misappropriation of government funds, she said on Friday.

Mr Putin and his partner of almost 30 years revealed on Thursday evening that they had agreed on a “civilised break-up”, confirming widespread rumours that they had long been living apart.

On June 4, Sergei Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, announced his resignation. He will be running for office at early mayoral elections that will be held in September According to Sobyanin, the majority of the capital’s residents support the idea of holding early mayoral elections concurrently with elections for the governor of the Moscow Region […]

[Russia’s security services have shocked the public by arresting Said Amirov, the Mayor of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan, alleging his involvement in conspiracy to murder and involvement in the narcotics trade, among other serious crimes. Amirov has dominated Dagestani politics for fifteen years, and his arrest has raised questions of whether the state […]

Russia’s security service, the FSB, has detained a man suspected of organizing a terror plot in Moscow, which was foiled by law enforcement earlier this month.