News Highlights

Russian officials have assured that there is no cause for concern regarding security at the Olympic Games in Soch

The news that Sergei Guriev has been forced to leave Russia under legal pressure is truly shocking because he is not a member of the opposition but an eminent representative of the liberal wing of the establishment. If Guriev is compelled to leave the country, any Russian citizen can face that fate.

Ahead of NATO’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan next year, leaders of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization have pledged to pool their resources to counter any potential deterioration of the security situation in the region.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development further cut its growth outlook for most of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia on Wednesday but said a moderate turnaround in the economies was on the way thanks to expected improvement in the eurozone.

The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that New Economic School (NES) head and Russia’s prominent economist Sergei Guriyev was questioned regarding the criminal case on the Yukos oil company some time ago.

Billionaire Andrei Guryev has left his position as Federation Council senator in response to the Kremlin’s new anti-corruption laws.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced as “odious” a U.S.-backed draft resolution condemning the Syrian government before a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday and said it would undermine peace efforts.

The existence of a powerful pro-pedophilia lobby within the government explains why adults who sexually abuse children tend to receive light sentences or escape justice altogether, Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin said Tuesday, Interfax reported.

Russia is a different story—out for Russia, period. But lately things have not gone so well for Vladimir Putin and company. In the early 2000s, Russians saw Putin as a savior, but since the 2008 economic catastrophe, he has struggled mightily.

Disputes between Russia and the West over arming warring sides in Syria on Tuesday dimmed prospects for peace talks that were also clouded by disarray among President Bashar al-Assad’s political foes.