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Seven members of the so-called New Greatness movement have been handed sentences ranging from 7 years in prison to 4-year suspended sentences.
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges that he rejects, has been transferred to a penal colony in the region of Mordovia, historically known for Russia's toughest prisons, including Soviet-era labor camps for political prisoners.
A court in the Russian city of Volsk in the Saratov region has sentenced a teenager to seven years in prison for attacking students and teachers at his school with homemade firebombs and an ax.
Dozens of people were reportedly detained at demonstrations across Russia on August 1 as a wave of anti-Kremlin protests continued following the unseating and arrest of a jailed former governor in Russia's Far East.
Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against Yulia Galyamina, an opposition member of a Moscow district council and an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, over her involvement in anti-Kremlin rallies.
Belarusian authorities say they have detained 32 Russian members of the private military company Vagner who were allegedly plotting to “destabilize” the country ahead of a presidential election on August 9.
YouTube has blocked accounts of the Tsargrad TV channel in Russia and its former chief editor, pro-Kremlin analyst Aleksandr Dugin.
A Russian journalist whose collarbone was broken by a police officer was fined for failing to obey police as he reported during a national vote on a series of changes to the constitution.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has killed a person from Central Asia who "planned a terrorist attack" in Moscow.
Russian special forces on July 25 raided the headquarters of the United Democrats movement in the Tatarstan capital Kazan during a seminar on corruption.
Russia's Federation Council has approved a bill that allows voting over as many as three days during elections.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has approved a court decision to strip an ultraconservative priest who took control of a convent of his religious rank.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the rank of military major general to the head of the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Prosecutors in the northern Russian city of Petrozavodsk have said they will appeal the 3 1/2-year prison term given to historian Yury Dmitriyev.
Police in Moscow have detained several demonstrators who were demanding the release of activists serving prison terms from the high-profile "Rostov case."
The lower chamber of Russia's parliament has approved the final reading of a bill that would allow voting over as many as three days during elections.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the governor of the Khabarovsk region, who was arrested on murder charges, sparking massive rallies in his support.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny is closing his Anti-Corruption Foundation after using it for almost a decade to reveal official wrongdoing.
Russia's Health Ministry has denied a report that political and business elites have been given early access to an experimental vaccine against COVID-19.
Tens of thousands of people in the Far Eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk marched in an unsanctioned rally on July 18 to protest the arrest of a local governor.
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