The shooting in Makhachkala on January 20 of a human rights lawyer and his relative has focused attention yet again on the brutal and indiscriminate approach of Daghestan's security forces to combating the Islamic insurgency.
Russian election authorities have disqualified Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the liberal opposition Yabloko party and a leading critic of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, from running in the March 4 presidential election.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq -- countries that have long occupied the lower rungs on corruption and freedoms rankings -- now have another disappointing evaluation to add to this list: they're positioned at the very bottom of the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says there will be no summit with Russia in May if there is no deal by then on missile defense cooperation.
Russian long-distance runner Tatiana Aryasova has been stripped of her 2011 Tokyo Marathon title after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance.
Russian soccer fans concerned about making it to Kyiv for the Euro 2012 championships need worry no longer. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced the country's leading airlines will provide free transport to and from at least some of the Russian team's matches.
Several days after sending mixed messages on immigration and ethnic discord, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said foreigners who break Russia's labor and migration laws should be barred from entering the country.
Moscow authorities agreed to allow a For Fair Elections rally in February
It's easy to dismiss Dmitry Medvedev as a political lightweight. But his little presidency-with-an-asterisk could turn out to be quite consequential.
Russia’s only independent election monitor has announced that it would deploy 2,000 observers at the March 4 presidential elections in spite of facing what it describes as intensifying harassment from authorities.
Russian election officials register Mikhail Prokhorov as a presidential candidate, while incumbent and Putin protege Dmitry Medvedev won't rule out a future bid for the presidency.
Putin's notion of a must-read book list for good Russian boys and girls (as well as other good children who may aspire to someday achieve Russianness themselves) has sparked a flurry of conversation in social media circles, including a #100knig Twitter thread.
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