Russia Update

LIVE UPDATES: Police interrogated opposition leader Alexey Navalny and searched his home.

Police raided the radio station Ekho Moskvy seeking information regarding anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny.

Opposition member Dmitry Nekrasov has fled Russia, fearing that that the Federal Security Service (FSB) will prosecute him on vague charges of “terrorism.”

Police detained Ruslan Shamsuarov, son of Azat Shamsuarov, senior VP of Lukoil, and his friends for speeding through Moscow in a Mercedes Gelandewagen

President Vladimir Putin said he was “dictated by considerations of humanism” in his release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko although he received two GRU agents in return.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law raising the pension age for officials from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 63 for women.

LIVE UPDATES: Nine million people voted in United Russia’s primaries, which were marred by ‘carousel’ voting, forced voting, beating of an observer, firing of whistleblowers, and withdrawal of candidates. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous […]

Negligence by the management of Domodedovo Airport enabled the 2011 terrorist attack on the airport, said Vladimir Markin, spokesman for the Investigative Committee. While a settlement has been reached between management of Domodedovo and the victims, the owner of the airport, Dmitry Kamenshchik, remains under house arrest.

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Congress approved the Global Magnitsky Act, amid challenges from some members citing Kremlin disinformation.

Ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin has been denied entry to Greece, where he has ties to the SYRIZA Party, due to a EU ban against him.