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Thousands of believers gathered outside Russia's main cathedral on April 22 as part of what religious leaders called a day of prayer "in defense" of the Orthodox Christian faith.
The head of Russia's Central Election Commission says that its officials had noticed no fraudulent activities in video recorded at polling stations in Astrakhan's March 4 mayoral election.
A Moscow court is set to consider whether to extend the detention of three female punk rockers arrested after a protest performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.
A Russian opposition figure and environmental activist is to be awarded the world's largest environmentalist award, the Goldman Environmental Prize, in San Francisco.
Police have scuffled with opposition activists in Russia's southern city of Astrakhan, amid tensions over the disputed results of a local election.
Supporters of a Russian mayoral candidate who has been on a hunger strike for more than three weeks have rallied in the southern city of Astrakhan.
The Moscow-based independent "Novaya Gazeta" daily says it does not rule out the possibility that an attack against one of its journalists this week was connected to her professional activities.
Police in Moscow have detained about 30 antigovernment protesters outside the gates to Red Square.
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.
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