Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday called participation by foreign officials in the political events unfolding in Ukraine “interference”, rebuking the German foreign minister for a visit to an opposition protest camp.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Wednesday that a special security unit is being formed in Chechnya to deal with Syrian radicals both on the North Caucasus republic’s territory and abroad, if necessary.
Ukraine and China are planning to actively develop cooperation in the energy sector, in particular, the matter concerns Ukrainian coal gasification, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to China Oleh Demin has said.
Russia’s defense ministry plans to create its own news agency next year, a ministry source said Thursday.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been disbarred, President of the Moscow Bar Association Genri Reznik told RAPSI on Wednesday.
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two jailed members of punk protest band Pussy Riot could walk free under an amnesty President Vladimir Putin is expected to approve by the end of the year, a Kremlin human rights adviser said on Wednesday.
Moscow City Hall has rejected a request for an opposition-sponsored march “for the rights of Muscovites” because the applicant failed to agree on the venue in time, a high-ranking city official said Wednesday.
Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by opposition leader Alexei Navalny to cancel the results of Moscow’s mayoral election.
The Russian Constitutional Court has dismissed a complaint filed by prominent LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseyev against the St. Petersburg law prohibiting the propaganda of homosexuality among minors and the propaganda of paedophilia. It ruled that the law does not contradict the Russian Constitution.
Russian state TV has come up with an unusual weapon in its propaganda offensive against supporters of Ukraine’s integration with the EU – a Swedish TV programme designed to help children understand their bodily functions.
