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Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov whose arrest on fabricated illegal drug charges caused a mass outcry and rallies in Moscow in June, has received the Anna Politkovskaya award for professional courage.
Russia's ruling party appears headed toward holding fewer seats on Moscow’s city council election as voters shunned President Vladimir Putin's party at the polls following weeks of anti-government protests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron about the armed conflict in eastern Ukrainian and Iranian nuclear deal on September 8, according to the Kremlin's website.
Two Russian soccer players have been granted early release after serving less than half of their prison sentences for hooliganism over beatings they inflicted in Moscow last year.
Kremlin critic and former lawmaker Sergei Petrov has been put on an international most wanted list for allegedly siphoning off 4 billion rubles ($63.5 million) out of Russia in 2014.
Russia's Interior Ministry says an intruder broke into the home of Ella Pamfilova, the head of the country's Central Election Commission, and assaulted her two days before controversial regional and local elections.
A court in Moscow has sentenced a protester to four years in prison for repeatedly participating in unauthorized rallies.
A Moscow court has sentenced activist Yevgeny Kovalenko to 42 months in prison for assaulting a police officer during an opposition rally in July.
A Moscow court on September 4 handed down a three-year prison sentence to a protester over charges of using violence against police during a Moscow rally in late July.
A Moscow court has refused another prosecutor's request to deprive a couple of their parental rights and take their children from them for bringing them to a protest rally.
A court in Moscow has handed prison terms to two activists for assaulting police during unsanctioned rally on July 27.
A Russian blogger has been sentenced to five years in prison for threatening the children of National Guard officers on Twitter.
Law enforcement authorities detained three opposition activists in Moscow on September 2 for their participation in an unauthorized rally three days earlier, according to their social media posts, colleagues, and local media reports.
A court in Moscow has refused a prosecutor's request to deprive a couple of their parental rights and take their three children from them for bringing them to a protest rally.
Thousands of Russians marched in central Moscow as opposition activists defied authorities' warnings and pushed ahead with a protest focused on upcoming city council elections. The August 31 action was the latest in a series of confrontations between liberal activists and Moscow city authorities -- and the Kremlin. A leading opposition figure, Lyubov Sobol, speaking to journalists during the protest, said that repression will not work and also called on Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to resign.
Thousands of people have joined a march in Moscow, defying warnings by the authorities against taking part in an unauthorized demonstration. The crowds are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to run in forthcoming local elections.
A Russian court has extended the detention of Paul Whalen, a U.S. citizen and former U.S. Marine, until October 29 as he awaits trial on espionage charges that he denies.
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to prepare "comprehensive measures" in response to a U.S. missile test that has raised fears of a new arms race after the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
Kyiv and Moscow are reportedly preparing a prisoner exchange that would see each side swapping 33 detainees, possibly including Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian forces late last year.
An opposition candidate in Moscow’s upcoming municipal elections says local authorities have refused to issue a permit to hold a protest in the Russian capital on August 31.
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