More than 25,000 Russian officers are officially in active service without an assignment, but their number will be dramatically reduced in the near future, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.
Attorney Murad Musayev, who represents the accused in the high-profile murder cases of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and retired Colonel Yuri Budanov, has not been detained by police, the lawyer told RAPSI.
Reports that Russia and Iran were negotiating a multi-billion dollar backdoor trade deal that could undermine upcoming nuclear negotiations with Tehran is a matter of “serious concern”, the White House admitted last night.
The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria will visit Moscow later this week ahead of upcoming peace talks about the Syrian conflict in Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Investigators have searched the home of attorney Murad Musayev, who represents the accused in the high-profile murder cases of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and retired Colonel Yuri Budanov, the press office of Russia’s Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti on Monday.
Russian authorities say they have detained five members of a “banned international terrorist organisation” in the restive North Caucasus region.
Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov has said he expects that Ukraine and the EU will sign an association agreement this year.
The US and Russia have discussed the possibility of “localised ceasefires” in Syria ahead of peace talks to be held in Switzerland next week.
The Russian Interior Ministry denied allegations that a new criminal case has been launched against Sergei Magnitsky, the auditor for Hermitage Capital who died in a Moscow detention facility in 2009.
A court in Cambodia has suspended extradition proceedings against a Russian property tycoon wanted in Moscow over embezzlement allegations.
