Europe Russia Two more journalists working with international newspapers have reportedly been arrested, accused of 'extremism' in connection with alleged work for the foundation of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Europe Russia Patriot, an autobiographical book Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was working on before his death last 16 February in a prison in Siberia, will be published on October 22
Europe Russia 5.000 minors have been evacuated from Russia's Belgorod region, located near the border with Ukraine, following weeks of shelling by Kiev forces
Europe Russia The defendants for the Moscow bombing were brought to court with signs of torture: swollen faces, bruises and cuts, one accompanied lifelessly in a wheelchair; Putin has, after initially blaming Ukraine, accepted the jihadist element
Europe Russia At least eight people have been arrested for vandalizing polling stations before the presidential election that could re-confirm Putin after 20 years in power
Europe Russia Starting today 1 March, Russia will ban gasoline exports for six months: the government said the decision is taken to avoid a price increase linked to seasonal growth in domestic demand from consumers and farmers
Europe Russia The mother of Alexei Navalny, dissident who died in jail on 16 February, has filed a lawsuit against the Russian authorities' decision not to immediately return her son's body
Europe Russia Moscow said it was ready to consider the African initiative to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's African department, Vsevolod Tkachenko, told Tass news agency in an interview
Europe Russia Two Russian courts have handed down the first two convictions following the passing of the new law restricting activism for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, rather vaguely classifying activities related to their defence as extremist
Europe Russia A bill to annul a 1956 agreement on fishing rights between the Soviet Union and Great Britain, which granted British fishing vessels the right to operate in certain areas of the Barents Sea, was submitted to Parliament
Europe Russia Russian police have charged with 'public display of the symbols of an extremist organisation' for the first time a person who allegedly posted on the web an image of a rainbow flag symbolising Lgbtq pride, according to human rights group Perviy Otdel
Europe Russia Russian opponent Alexey Navalny claims he was immediately sent to solitary confinement for seven days as soon as the mandatory quarantine period ended in the remote 'Polar Wolf' prison above the Arctic Circle, where he was transferred in December
Europe Russia Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny spoke out for the first time since his sudden disappearance weeks ago, after his team claimed to have located him on Monday in a penal colony in Siberia