A small group of Russian truck drivers have been staging a protest at an Ikea parking lot since December 2, voicing their opposition to a new road-tax collection system which they say will drive them out of business. Their protests meant spending Orthodox Christmas at the freezing site.
Russian open-source bloggers say they have documented more evidence that Russia is using cluster bombs in its air campaign supporting Syria’s embattled regime.
Anger is mounting in Russia after more than 80 people whose cars were stranded on a snowbound highway waited 16 hours to be rescued, resulting in one death and numerous cases of frostbite. One of the survivors voiced his outrage in a video appeal to President Vladimir Putin.
The Coca-Cola Company has officially apologized to Ukraine for publishing on Russian social media a map of Russia that included Crimea, which was illegally annexed by the Kremlin in March 2014.
Two Russian officials have been banned for life by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after an investigation into blackmail, extortion, and doping cover-ups, the federations' ethics committee says.
The head of Russia's Orthodox Church has backed Moscow's deadly bombing campaign in Syria, describing it as a "defensive war."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended midnight Mass in a church in the village of Turginovo, about 150 kilometers northwest of Moscow.
U.S. security agencies are investigating whether Russian government hackers were behind a cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid last month.
Some experts say the transfer of Chechenneftekhimprom to Chechnya is intended to compensate for the inevitable scaling back in 2016 in light of the continuing economic crisis of funding from the federal government.
It's been more than a month since truckers set up a small encampment on the outskirts of Moscow, going national in their protest over a new road tax they say will hammer their livelihood. These drivers are in it for the long haul, spending the New Year and Orthodox Christmas in an Ikea parking lot that has become a home away from home.
Russia has rejected Ankara's accusation that it was arbitrarily denying visas to the Turkish budget carrier Pegasus.
The Russian currency has dropped to 74.58 per dollar, the weakest ever on a closing basis.
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