Russian lawmakers submitted legislation Thursday that would grant former presidents lifetime immunity from criminal prosecution under President Vladimir Putin’s constitutional reforms, The Moscow Times reported citing Interfax.
Under current laws, presidents cannot be held criminally or administratively liable for crimes committed while serving their terms. A parliamentary working group assessing...
Uncertainty over the U.S. presidential election outcome could negatively affect global affairs, mostly the economy, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, as reported by TASS.
"Any uncertainty in the most powerful world economy in one of the largest countries has and could potentially have negative consequences for global affairs, first...
Washington will continue to put pressure on Moscow regardless of who wins the 2020 US presidential election, Head of Moscow State Institute of International Relations Anatoly Torkunov said, as reported by TASS.
"No matter who wins, they will continue the policy of pressure as far as Russia goes. This is...
Russia is considering an Iranian proposal for ending the conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after three ceasefires failed to halt fighting that is now in its sixth week, Reuters reported.
Interfax news agency quoted deputy Russian foreign minister Andrei Rudenko as saying...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned attacks across Vienna that left five people dead in the city center and said Moscow was ready to boost counter-terrorism cooperation with Austria, Reuters reported.
In a telegram sent to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Putin called the attack a “cruel and cynical crime”,...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh military conflict in phone calls with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Nov. 1 and with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Nov. 2, the Kremlin said on Monday, as reported by Reuters.
“The issues of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been discussed in...
U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and his wife are applying for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed borders, Reuters reported.
Snowden’s wife, Lindsay, is expecting a child in late December, the RIA news agency cited Anatoly Kucherena, his...
Any activity posing a threat to the security of Russian and foreign citizens and diplomatic missions is unacceptable, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday, TASS reported.
"Ensuring the security of diplomatic missions of other states, namely France in this case, is of the utmost importance to us, along...
Russia said Saturday it would provide "necessary" assistance to Yerevan in its conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory after its ally requested help, The Moscow Times reported.
Earlier Saturday Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin "urgent" consultations on security assistance in its...
The presidential bill envisaging new rules to form the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia’s parliament) will be considered by the State Duma (the lower house) in November, Chairman of the Committee on State Building and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov told TASS on Saturday.
"We will be considering it in...
