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Authorities in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk said on January 11 that a 50-year-old segment of a heating pipe burst, flooding the area and leaving 237 buildings, including 104 apartment blocks, 20 schools, and several hospitals, without heating amid a deep freeze.
Prominent Russian left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov has been arrested and charged with "justifying terrorism" after he reported earlier on January 11 that police were searching his house.
A court in the Russian city of Samara on January 10 rejected an appeal filed by singer Eduard Sharlot against his pretrial arrest on charges of "rehabilitating Nazism and insulting believers' feelings."
A Moscow court on January 10 suspended for three months the operations of the Mutabor night club after it hosted the "almost naked" party attended by many celebrities last month, sparking outrage among lawmakers and pro-Kremlin groups.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, in his first court appearance since being moved to a notorious prison in the Arctic, joked and smiled at a hearing on his challenge to how he was being treated in prison, which the judge ultimately rejected.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 9 signed a decree granting citizenship to 44 foreign nationals, including Ratko Samac, a former officer of the Yugoslav army who is wanted in Bosnia-Herzegovina for war crimes he allegedly committed in 1993.
A Moscow court on March 6 extended the pretrial detentions for theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk until at least April 10.
A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Filip Kozlov, 39, now lives in Lithuania but continues his activism.
Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny says he was immediately placed in a punitive solitary confinement cell after finishing a quarantine term at the so-called Polar Wolf prison in Russia's Arctic region where he was transferred last month.
Czech authorities detained a Russian citizen at the Prague airport over the weekend due to an international arrest warrant issued by Moscow, Czech media reported.
Russia's Interior Ministry has added exiled Kremlin critic and ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to its wanted list on a charge of distributing "fakes" about Russian armed forces.
Fourteen wagons of a freight train detailed on the Transbaikal railway, Russian Railways said on January 8.
Russian rapper Vacio, who is serving a second jail term for taking part in a party at a Moscow nightclub last month that sparked controversy, has been summoned to a military recruitment center.
Three officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) have been arrested on corruption charges related to a 5 billion ruble ($55 million) bribery case, Russia's TASS news agency reported on January 8.
Wives and relatives of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine held a series of small protests in Moscow, the latest in a series of public displays of dissent against Kremlin policies.
The authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has offered to release Ukrainian prisoners of war in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions against his family members and horses, Russian media reported on January 5.
Russia's Central Election Commission has registered two candidates to run against Vladimir Putin in a presidential election in March.
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree expediting Russian citizenship to foreigners who sign at least one-year contracts to serve in the military or in "military formations."
Around 3,000 migrants were detained in St. Petersburg on New Year's Eve as part of a series of mass detentions across Russia, local media reported on January 2.
Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is serving a 19-year sentence at a prison above the Arctic Circle on charges widely believed to be politically motivated, sent “Arctic hugs” for the New Year to his supporters.
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