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Russian authorities have annulled the residency permit of Vanessa Kogan, a U.S. citizen and the director of the well-known human rights group Stitching Justice Initiative.
Russia's Investigative Committee has rejected reports saying a probe has been launched into opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
A former member of the Soviet Communist Party's Politburo, Yegor Ligachyov, has become the first ex-top Soviet official to live to the age of 100.
A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial detention of former journalist Ivan Safronov, who is charged with high treason.
Russian police have fined more than 1 million people for violating COVID-19 restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic, the Interior Ministry said.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has called on the European Union to target the "bunch of criminals" surrounding President Vladimir Putin with sanctions.
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 gone on trial on a new charge of producing child pornography.
The financial backers and developers of Russia's Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine say the two shots required to vaccinate one person will cost “less than $20” on international markets and will be free of charge for Russian citizens.
Unknown arsonists destroyed a car belonging to a journalist at an independent news outlet in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in an attack that the reporter's employer sees as linked to her professional activities.
Two members of the well-known Russian Pussy Riot protest group have been fined over their roles in an action to support LGBT rights last month.
A Russian man has been stabbed to death after demanding a couple onboard a bus in St. Petersburg comply with city coronavirus regulations to wear masks.
A Russian man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempting to hand classified material to U.S. intelligence.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Russia has surpassed 2 million as the number of daily deaths and infections hit new highs, prompting the country’s health minister to urge regional leaders to take further steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Russian historian Yury Dmitriyev, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on a controversial child sexual-abuse charge that he and his supporters reject as politically motivated, may face additional prison time on new charges.
Eleven former prison guards in the Russian city of Yaroslavl have been convicted and handed prison terms in a high-profile case on inmate torture.
An icy road in Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk has been covered with sand mixed with human bones, Interfax reported.
Russia's Supreme Court has eased the detention terms for U.S. investor Michael Calvey and six others from house arrest to a restriction on "certain activities."
An investigation has been launched into the death of an inmate that reportedly caused a prison riot in Siberia.
Russian authorities have decided to prohibit restaurants, bars, and nightclubs in the capital from serving customers between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. for two months in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Azerbaijan has apologized for the "accidental" downing of a Russian military helicopter over Armenia that left two crew members dead and one injured on November 9.
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