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Russia’s opposition says up to 60 activists were detained on March 31 when police broke up an anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow.
Marina Salye, one of the most prominent critics of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has died of a heart attack in St. Petersburg.
A Russian military court has found an army private guilty of deserting his unit in 2000 and sentenced him to two years in a minimum-security labor camp.
Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg steps down as chairman of aluminum giant Rusal and warns of a "deep crisis" at the commodities behemoth, prompting the world's largest aluminum producer to suspend trading of its shares.
A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has called on lawmakers to adopt a national law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors.
U.S. President Barack Obama has called Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, in the first conversation between the two men since Putin won a controversial third term in elections on March 4.
A group of major Russian human rights organizations criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her suggestion that Vladimir Putin was the "clear winner" of Russia's March 4 presidential election.
Wives of retired Russian military officers have marked International Women's Day by staging a protest outside the Defense Ministry in Moscow to demand better housing for their families.
Moscow city authorities have given permission for up to 50,000 people to gather on March 10 for a protest against Vladimir Putin's election to a third presidential term.
The Russian League of Voters, which unites celebrities and activists against the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has condemned the March 4 presidential election as an "insult to civil society."
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Prosecutor-General's Office to review the legality and basis for convictions of 32 people, including jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the co-defendant in that case, Platon Lebedev.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has lashed out at the European Union for expanding sanctions against his country last week.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he is confident he will win the country's upcoming presidential election on March 4, and that recent protests against his continued rule have made him a stronger candidate.
Moscow City Court has ruled that investigations of deceased attorney Sergei Magnitsky are proper and legal and can continue.
An activist of Russia’s opposition Solidarity movement has been arrested sent to a psychiatric clinic for alleged antigovernment action.
Russia's state-run Channel One television has reported that Russian and Ukrainian intelligence agents have uncovered an alleged plot to kill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after the March 4 presidential election and a group of suspects has been arrested.
Imprisoned tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has urged Russians to snub presidential favorite Vladimir Putin and vote for "alternative" candidates in the March 4 election.
Russia’s republic of Ingushetia has commemorated the victims of the 1944 deportation of Chechens and Ingush from the North Caucasus.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has addressed a massive rally at a stadium in central Moscow called to support his campaign for the presidency in the March 4 election.
Authorities in the Russian Siberian city of Barnaul have rejected an application for a protest involving toys.
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