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A university professor in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg is under investigation for publicly denying the Holocaust.
The Russian parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, has approved the third and final reading of a bill aligning election laws with recent changes to the constitution.
Authorities in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea have detained another Jehovah's Witness amid an ongoing crackdown against the religious group.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed one of his staunch supporters, the governor of the Penza region in the Volga Federal District, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking a bribe.
Russia's Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into comments made by a notorious convicted rapist, known as the "Maniac of Skopin," about one of his victims during an interview he gave three weeks after his release from prison.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will get vaccinated against the coronavirus on March 23.
A Russian citizen who was arrested in the United States last summer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to introduce malware into the computer network of automaker Tesla.
MBK Media says Russia’s state media-monitoring agency, Roskomnadzor, has demanded Twitter delete the news outlet's account for alleged violations of Russian law.
The lower house of Russia’s parliament has adopted legislation that would introduce sentences of up to five years in prison for insulting World War II veterans.
The independent Russian investigative newspaper Novaya gazeta has called on Moscow authorities to investigate a "chemical attack" against its premises after a security camera recorded a person spraying its office entrance with an unknown liquid.
A 77-year-old Jehovah’s Witness in Russia's Far Eastern Primorye region has been handed a six-year suspended sentence on extremism charges amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group that has been banned in the country since 2017.
Opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has confirmed his relocation to a notorious penitentiary in the city of Pokrov, likening the institution to "a friendly concentration camp."
Russian police have stormed a gathering of independent local deputies in the capital called "Municipal Russia" and detained dozens of people, reportedly accusing them of taking part in an event organized by an "undesirable" group. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
Lawyers for Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny say he has been moved from a detention center in the Vladimir region, northeast of the Russian capital, but have not been told where the Kremlin critic currently is.
A court in Moscow has refused to remove Nasiliyu.net, a leading organization that addresses domestic violence and LGBT rights, from the registry of "foreign agents."
The Moscow City Court has upheld the two-year suspended sentence for an opposition politician who was convicted in December over her involvement in anti-Kremlin protest rallies.
A probe has been launched posthumously against a Moscow resident who was killed by his three daughters in 2018.
The trial of Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer for jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation who is charged with trespassing, has been adjourned just minutes after it started due to technical issues.
The Russian and Turkish presidents have witnessed the launch of construction of a new reactor at Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
A 34-year-old Moscow resident has been handed a suspended sentence for attacking a police officer during January 23 rallies in support of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny.
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