Russia Update

Russia’s 2018 presidential race has already unofficially begun, with a wave of provincial governor dismissals by President Vladimir Putin.

Update: Russia’s Elections Commission chief has said opposition leader Alexei Navalny can only run in the elections if he appeals his criminal sentence — or the election law is changed. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over Articles on Persecution of […]

Four men have been arrested for dancing the lezginka in Gelendzhik, a resort town where President Vladimir Putin is said to have a palace.

Alexey Navalny has been arrested outside his home today. Perhaps more than one thousand others will join him.

Muscovites march against city renovation plans to save their homes. The Prosecutor General has classified the results of the Panama Papers probe.

US intelligence found that top Russian officials discussed how to influence Trump aides last summer.

Former FBI chief Robert Mueller has been appointed special counsel to probe the connections of President Donald Trump to Russia.

President Donald Trump is said to have revealed highly classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in the Oval Office.

Ildar Dadin, a former politicial prisoner, was detained along with other activists for reading the Russian Constitution on Red Square.

Update: Russian bombers flew near Alaska, prompting a US escort. Opposition leader Alexey Navalny was first told by authorities he could get a foreign passport to travel abroad, then told he could not travel. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over […]