Amnesty International appeals to the French authorities to prevent the extradition of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine, according to the NGO’s statement released on Friday.
Ukraine has ceased buying gas from Europe and will instead purchase the fuel solely from Russia, as it offers the lowest prices, Ukraine’s energy minister said Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rohani, spoke via phone on January 9 about Tehran’s nuclear negotiations with six world powers and the upcoming Syrian peace talks.
Russia’s government proposed a bill Thursday that would ban foreigners who violate migration rules from visiting Russia for up to 10 years.
Russia has accused Senegal of engaging in “piracy” after armed naval officers from the west African nation seized 62 of its nationals on a trawler for alleged illegal fishing.
Russia will nearly triple its production of natural uranium in the next two years, the head of the country’s state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday.
Russian security forces have been deployed in an anti-terror operation 300km (186 miles) east of Sochi, the venue for next month’s Winter Olympics.
The former editor-in-chief of a leading independent news website in Russia’s Urals region was slapped Thursday with a two-year court ban on professional activity on charges of smearing.
Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government’s use of air strikes against civilians in the city of Aleppo.
A Russian opposition activist arrested last month is being charged for allegedly striking a police officer during an anti-government rally in Moscow, investigators said Thursday.
