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A court in Moscow has handed local opposition politician Yulia Galyamina a two-year suspended sentence for her involvement in anti-Kremlin rallies.
A Russian documentary filmmaker was detained briefly by police after publicly expressing support for opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, whose release of a phone conversation with a Russian agent shows how the country's security service poisoned the Kremlin critic with a Novichok nerve agent
Russia says it has expanded its list of European Union officials barred from the country in response to the bloc's “unacceptable” decision to place travel bans on Russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny.
Aleksandr Kurlyandsky, the Russian writer and one of the creators of the popular Well, You Just Wait! cartoon series, has died at the age of 82.
Notorious organized crime boss Levan Abuladze -- known in the criminal underworld by the nickname Levan Sukhumsky -- has reportedly escaped from a Russian court building where he had been brought for a pretrial hearing.
A second member of the Russian protest collective Pussy Riot has been punished by a Moscow court for her part in a performance last month.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on December 16 dismissed a joint investigation between Bellingcat and several media outlets that revealed evidence they say shows that the recent poisoning of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was carried out by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
A Russian couple that is on trial for high treason for photographs taken at their wedding five years ago which revealed the identity of a security operative when published online could face lengthy prison terms.
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, sentenced in June in Russia to 16 years on espionage charges that he rejects, has complained to his family members about the conditions at the prison where he is incarcerated.
Russian opposition activist Konstantin Kotov, who was imprisoned for repeatedly taking part in unsanctioned rallies, has been released upon completion of his prison term.
Prosecutors in the murder case against a flamboyant Russian professor who murdered and dismembered his student lover are seeking a 15-year prison term for a crime that has captivated St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, over the past year.
Russian historian Yury Dmitriyev, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on a controversial child sexual-abuse charge that he and his supporters have rejected as politically motivated, has been named among the recipients of the 2020 Franco-German Human Rights and the Rule of Law prize.
Two employees of the Moscow-based Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Values with links to a notorious Russian "troll farm" have been released from Libyan custody where they had been held since May 2019.
Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the head of the Klin district in the Moscow region, Alyona Sokolskaya, following an investigative report by RFE/RL over possible corruption.
A Russian man wanted by the United States for a massive bitcoin theft scheme has been sentenced by a French court to five years in prison for money laundering.
Investigators say they found a "suicide note" in the mouth of a notorious Russian antigay ultranationalist, Maksim Martsinkevich, whose death in September sparked allegations of foul play.
A member of the Pussy Riot protest group has been sentenced to 20 days in jail for taking part in a protest performance in Moscow last week.
A member of Pussy Riot protest group has been detained for taking part in a protest performance in Moscow last week.
Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov was consulted by the creators of the hit Netflix series The Queen's Gambit to ensure game play was accurate and compelling.
Moldovan President-elect Maia Sandu, a pro-European economist who rode an anti-corruption platform to defeat Russia-friendly incumbent Igor Dodon, says her country's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected.
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