The construction of an advanced early missile warning radar will begin on Tuesday in central Russia to enhance the capabilities of the country’s missile defenses, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
She has the sober demeanor and tightly wound bun of a boarding school headmistress. And she’s Vladimir Putin‘s new morality crusader, spearheading efforts to curb gay rights, punish online cursing and impose a tax on divorce.
Russia’s economic growth slowed for a sixth consecutive quarter, bringing it closer to a recession and all but scrubbing President Vladimir Putin‘s hopes for 5% annual growth in the near future.
Russian prosecutors said Monday that Moscow mayoral candidate and opposition leader Alexei Navalny has accepted illegal donations from abroad to fund his electoral campaign.
U.S. and Russian officials agreed on Friday on the need to convene a long-delayed Syrian peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible, but they offered no concrete plan to bring the warring government and rebels to the table.
Vladimir Yakunin, the head of Russian Railways, has been accused by opposition leader Alexei Navalny of spending more money than he makes each year. Furthermore, Navalny has helped show how Yakunin has used his family members to build a complex financial web, one that appears to be designed to hide where money is coming for and where […]
The Russian economy is at risk of falling into recession, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Monday, but he ruled out revising down official forecasts following the release of weak second quarter growth figures.
The Kremlin’s centralized control over executive power in Russia facilitates graft, the majority of respondents in a new nationwide poll released Monday said.
U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden can move freely throughout Russia and work in any position other than government service, a high-ranking migration official said Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not made an agreement with Saudi Arabia to scale back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in exchange for economic incentives including an arms deal, the Kremlin said on Friday.
