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Chinese student and vlogger Xui Haoyang has fled Russia after a court in the Republic of Tatarstan found him guilty of violating Russia's law on promoting homosexuality, often called the gay propaganda law, and ordered his deportation.
A court in Moscow has sentenced former police officer Sergei Vedel (aka Klokov) to seven years in prison on a charge of distributing "false information" about Russia's armed forces involved in Moscow's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine launched in February last year.
Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been given just over one day to get acquainted with 700 pages that form a new criminal case launched against him, the details of which have yet to be made public.
The Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal filed by Darya Trepova against her pretrial detention for her alleged role in the assassination of a prominent Russian war blogger at a St. Petersburg cafe earlier this month.
A drone loaded with 17 kilos of C-4 explosives was found on the outskirts of Moscow, Russian state news agency TASS reported on April 24, quoting an unnamed source in law enforcement.
The son of President Vladimir Putin's longtime spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told Russian media he fought in Ukraine as a member of the mercenary Wagner group.
The Russian Foreign Ministry says it is expelling a number of German diplomats in what it calls a "mirror" action to a previously unannounced move by Berlin as relations between the two counties continue to deteriorate.
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes on April 22 in the Russian city of Belgorod after Defense Ministry explosives technicians discovered an aerial bomb on a city street, the region's governor said.
The Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg has canceled its April and May performances of Cyrano de Bergerac, according to an announcement on April 21 at the theater's website.
Russia on April 21 added the Japanese NGO Union of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands to its registry of undesirable organizations, saying the group's activities compromise Russia’s territorial integrity.
A Moscow court on April 21 issued an arrest warrant for Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry, on the charge of creating a terrorist group, a terrorist act, and illegal possession of explosives and firearms.
A court in Moscow on April 21 issued an arrest warrant for Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian investigative journalist with the Bellingcat group. The warrant was issued on a charge of allegedly crossing Russia's border illegally In December.
Damages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are estimated at $143.8 billion, deputy chief of Ukraine's Committee of National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, Yuriy Aristov, said on April 21.
The United Kingdom has sanctioned five Russians after the sentencing to 25 years in prison earlier this week of opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British-Russian dual national.
A Russian warplane "accidentally released" a bomb over the city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border late on April 20, causing an explosion and injuring two people, the Defense Ministry said.
A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of former Russian Deputy Culture Minister Olga Yarilova on suspicion of involvement in a fraud that led to the alleged embezzlement of 200 million rubles ($2.5 million).
The commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, has resigned following a snap inspection of the military preparedness of the fleet's units.
The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow has dropped a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire after a law on so-called "gay propaganda" was tightened.
A court in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has ordered two months of detention for a local activist who was interviewed by Evan Gershkovich and helped the jailed Wall Street Journal reporter before the American journalist was arrested on espionage charges.
Russian lawyer Vadim Prokhorov, who has defended noted opposition figures such as jailed politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin, as well as the late Boris Nemtsov, has fled Russia fearing for his safety.
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