Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that Russian and German leaders Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel in a recent phone conversation touched on the subject of blogger Alexey Navalny, which, as the spokesman revealed, did not top the agenda, TASS reported.
"In our statement we pointed out those conversation subjects that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia needed to ensure that its parliamentary vote scheduled for September is free of foreign meddling following mass protests calling for the release of one of his fiercest critics, Reuters reports.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets last month to...
The G7 group of leading economic powers said on Thursday it would not accept Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, in a statement marking seven years since the takeover, The Moscow Times reports.
"We unequivocally denounce Russia's temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol....
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is on a national wanted list for allegedly violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence and risks being jailed for three and a half years when he returns to Russia this weekend, one of his lawyers said on Thursday, Reuters reports.
Navalny announced on Wednesday...
The Kremlin said on Wednesday it remained committed to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States and would welcome efforts promised by the administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to reach agreement, Reuters reports.
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) accord, which was signed...
An arrest warrant has been issued against former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Russian territory, according to Russian Interior Ministry database.
"Warrant ground: criminal code clause," the database says.
Meanwhile, a source in Russian law enforcement told TASS that the arrest warrant had been initially issued in Belarus, but it...
Moscow will soon publish a blacklist in response to U.S. sanctions, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Channel One’s Vremya Pokazhet (or Time Will Tell) show on Friday, TASS reports.
"Given how they are acting, including the fact that they published all lists at once, I think that...
William J. Burns, the candidate for the position of CIA director, has a respectable track record and a lot of experience, the head of Russia's foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin said Friday.
U.S. President Joe Biden suggested Burns for the top job in the CIA in early February, but his...
A company run by Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, purportedly close to President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday said he was pursuing a libel settlement against opposition leader Alexei Navalny, The Moscow Times reported.
Prigozhin's Concord catering company said in a statement it was seeking 840,000 euros ($900,000) in damages as it...
The Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, enacted a measure on Wednesday that places a temporary prohibition on leaders and members of groups designated as extremist or terrorist in Russia, as well as persons associated with such groups, from being elected.
At the Federation Council meeting, 146 senators voted...
