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The Moscow City Court on May 21 rejected an appeal filed by imprisoned Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza against a lower court's refusal to consider his lawsuit against Russia's Investigative Committee for failing to fully investigate his suspected poisoning.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a televised interview on May 20 that his country's authorities had arrested nine people suspected of saboteur activities under the supervision of Russian secret services.
The YouTube online video-sharing platform has blocked four videos after a request from Russia's Roskomnadzor media watchdog, Agentsvo Telegram channel reported on May 20.
A military court in Moscow has started the trial of theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk, who are charged with justifying terrorism.
Aleksandr Sungurov, a Russian political analyst and professor at the Higher School of Economics, has fled Russia after pro-Kremlin film director Nikita Mikhalkov accused him of anti-Russia activities.
A Moscow court on May 17 issued an arrest warrant for Zalina Marshenkulova, an activist journalist in exile, on a charge of justifying terrorism.
The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office said on May 16 it labeled the independent news outlet Sota "undesirable organization" amid ongoing crackdown on free media.
A Russian court has replaced a 10 1/2 year prison term in the drugs-related conviction of a former leader of the banned Open Russia rights group, Lia Milushkina, with a more lenient sentence in a case widely considered to be politically motivated.
Russian national Aleksei Pertsev, a co-developer of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency tumbler, has received a sentence of five years and four months in prison in the Netherlands for laundering $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency from 2019 to 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 16-17, according to the Kremlin's website.
Russian rapper Nikolai Vasilyev, who served 25 days in jail for attending a controversial "Almost Naked" party in Moscow wearing only a sock on his genitalia, has fled Russia, his colleague Yana Dzhalyu said on May 14.
Russia's Emergencies Ministry said on May 14 that the number of people killed in a residential building collapse in the city of Belgorod two days before has risen to 17 after rescue teams found two more bodies.
Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, who heads the personnel directorate of Russia's Defense Ministry, has been arrested in a corruption case after more than $1 million in cash and valuables were found during a search at his residence amid an ongoing crackdown on top military officials in Russia.
The Russian government on May 13 approved a bill allowing it to label any foreign organization, including those established by a government, as an "undesirable organization."
Ukraine's military says Russian forces have stepped up the large-scale assault on the border region of Kharkiv and the situation in the area of the town of Vovchansk has become very difficult, prompting the evacuation of the inhabitants of the small town.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on May 13 that the Moscow-installed Supreme Court of Ukraine's Crimea region sentenced five Ukrainian citizens to prison terms of between 11 and 16 years on espionage charges.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose military has been criticized at home for a perceived lack of progress and heavy losses during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, announced that he was replacing longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister.
Russian lawmakers approved Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister on May 10, hours after President Vladimir Putin nominated him for reappointment.
Just days after announcing military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the rising risk of a global conflict.
Russia's Constitutional Court has registered its first lawsuit against the government over its climate policy.
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