Soviet leader Josef Stalin may be credited with killing millions of his own people, but current Russian President Vladimir Putin says he was no worse than the “cunning” Oliver Cromwell, who ousted the 17th-century British monarchy.
The US Embassy in Moscow could not officially confirm the information that the White House allegedly decided to halt the expansion of so-called Magnitsky List.
Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council statement on Thursday that would have condemned the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for recent missile and “barrel bomb” attacks on civilians, including children, U.N. diplomats said.
The United States has declined to expand a controversial blacklist of alleged Russian rights abusers in time for the release of its inaugural annual report on the sanctions, a US website reported Thursday evening.
Ukraine’s embattled president slammed the West on Thursday for supporting the massive street protests calling for his ouster and announced plans to partially join a Moscow-led economic union — a move likely to deepen Ukraine’s political crisis.
Mayors of Russian cities should be elected, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, following recent media speculation that direct mayoral elections could be abolished.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will soon pardon jailed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual Q&A session with journalists on Thursday that only a court can define the roles of the defendants in the Bolotnaya Square riot case, along with the possibility of their amnesty.
In what will likely be seen as another snub to his prime minister, Russian President Vladimir Putin listed the head of the Communist party and a firebrand nationalist as the country’s most influential politicians.
President Vladimir Putin has spoken in defence of the National Security Agency, arguing surveillance is necessary to deter terrorism, but said the government needs to “limit the appetite” of the agency by establishing clear ground rules.
