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An unsanctioned march was organized in Moscow on February 10 in solidarity with an activist who faced numerous obstacles when trying to see her dying daughter in a hospital.
Protesters have taken to the streets of several Russian cities in solidarity with an activist who had been refused permission to visit her sick daughter in the hospital until the girl was in a critical state.
Russian and international rights activists have expressed concern that a criminal investigation against prominent local journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva amounts to an infringement of freedom of the press.
Representatives of Taliban militants have met for a second day in Moscow with an Afghan delegation led by former President Hamid Karzai.
The embezzlement trial of Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov has been suspended after the judge ordered new research of the groups' activities.
Members of a Russia-based nongovernmental organization called the Public Monitoring Commission say they have seen evidence of torture on the body of a detained postgraduate mathematics student who attends Moscow State University.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Russia to voice anger over the environmental consequences of poorly managed landfills and household waste disposal.
Muscovites are getting angry about their new sidewalks. Many of the city center's walkways are being redone, but the stone tiling has already become badly uneven in many areas. Residents and officials disagree on whether it's poor construction, the tiles used, the weather, or corruption.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s government of “blatant interference” in the Orthodox Church in Ukraine after a new national institution split from Moscow’s patronage.
Russian investigators say they are examining allegations that law enforcement officers tortured a Kyrgyz citizen who was detained in the wake of an explosion that brought down part of an apartment building in the city of Magnitogorsk, killing at least 39 people.
Moscow emergency medical responders have received unofficial orders to transport fewer patients to the hospital, an ambulance station chief and a paramedic told RFE/RL.
A suspect has been detained in the theft of a 20th-century painting by a Russian artist from Moscow’s state-run Tretyakov Gallery and the artwork has been recovered, officials say.
The Kremlin has sought to cast doubt on a report that it has sent as many as 400 private military contractors to Venezuela to help embattled socialist President Nicolas Maduro strengthen security amid opposition protests and a competing claim to leadership by opposition head Juan Guaido.
Russian authorities say they have detained the owner of a cafe in the western Saratov region where an explosion killed at least one person and injured more than 20 others.
A number of organizations in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk have received anonymous e-mails warning of possible terrorist acts, local media have reported.
The director of a controversial Russian film set during the World War II-era blockade of Leningrad has reportedly been summoned for questioning by the Moscow police.
Russians in Moscow and other cities across the country have protested against the prospect of transferring the disputed Kurile Islands to Japan.
Several hundred people marched in central Moscow on January 19 to honor human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down in the Russian capital 10 years ago.
Several hundred people marched in central Moscow on January 19 to honor human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down in Moscow ten years ago.
The film Leto (Summer) by director Kirill Serebrennikov has won the 2018 White Elephant award for best direction from the Russian Cinematographers Union.
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