3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (254+ words) The head of the Sverdlovsk regional chapter of the liberal Yabloko party has left Russia amid a growing number of arrests of other party members, local media reported Wednesday, just weeks before parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held. Regional…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (364+ words) The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday rejected Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s latest attempt to overturn sanctions that freeze his assets and bar him from entering or traveling through the bloc. Abramovich had challenged the EU Council’s decisions to renew…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (212+ words) Law enforcement authorities in the Moscow region have arrested a police general, two senior officers and several corporate executives at a local gas station network accused of stealing fuel designated for police vehicles, Russia’s Interior Ministry said Monday. Major General…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (467+ words) U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend to revive negotiations aimed at ending the war, Russian and Western media reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump later…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (385+ words) On September 3, the European Court of Human Rights adopted a decision that is unprecedented in the history of international justice as a whole: it struck out 879 remaining applications for cases against Russia, whose applicants included more than 1,500 people and organisations…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1229+ words) Between learning a notoriously difficult local language, studying for a professional certification in economics and volunteering to help Ukrainian refugees, Nikita Belov might seem like the exact kind of Russian asylum seeker who would be welcomed in Europe. But that…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (180+ words) Russia’s liberal Yabloko party said Friday that law enforcement authorities in Moscow detained two of its members who are running for seats in the lower-house State Duma, though it was not immediately clear what, if any, charges they face. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (369+ words) U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend to revive negotiations aimed at ending the war, the state-run news agency TASS reported Friday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Kremlin spokesman…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (226+ words) A senior Russian Aerospace Forces officer was shot and wounded in the southern Saratov region, law enforcement authorities and Russian media reported Thursday. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top investigative body, said it opened a criminal probe into attempted murder and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (226+ words) A senior Russian Aerospace Forces officer was shot and wounded in the southern Saratov region, law enforcement authorities and Russian media reported Thursday. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top investigative body, said it opened a criminal probe into attempted murder and…...