(AP) MOSCOW–Footage of feminist rockers Pussy Riot’s irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral last year has been banned in Russia and must be removed from the country’s Internet. Moscow City Court on Wednesday rejected band member
Russia’s parliament was expected Friday to give initial backing to a bill banning homosexual “propaganda” among minors that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public. The highly contentious measure is based on a law passed
(AP) MOSCOWThe Russian Space Agency says it will send a spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the country’s Far East. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the rocket booster would
At least 20,000 Russians marched on Sunday through Moscow to protest a Kremlin law that banned US adoptions of Russian orphans and led to a further split in an already polarized society. The protest dubbed “the March Against Scoundrels” was
Russians reacted Friday with amusement, disbelief and a heavy dose of irony to the news that the Kremlin has granted citizenship to French actor Gerard Depardieu to solve his tax woes. In a letter broadcast on Russian television on Thursday,
(AP) Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenshipBy JIM HEINTZ and LORI HINNANTAssociated PressMOSCOW The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen. The announcement Thursday that
Stanislav Mishin is a Russian who knows his history — particularly the history of how the Russian people were robbed of freedom once they were disarmed by Lenin & Co. after the Russian revolution in 1917. He knows how the
(AP) Putin signs anti-US adoptions billBy JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a U.S. law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Dec. 27 that he will sign legislation passed by both chambers of the Russian Parliament to ban adoptions of Russian orphans by American parents. The legislation was passed in retaliation for a new American law
Russia’s upper house of parliament was due Wednesday to vote for a bill barring Americans from adopting the country’s children, in retaliation for a new piece of human rights legislation in the US. The highly contentious bill has inflamed tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the final extension of a new $25 billion oil pipeline to the Pacific that underscores the energy power’s gradual shift away from stagnant European markets. The East Siberia – Pacific Ocean (ESPO) link is also
The mausoleum for Russia’s revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin must undergo major repair work after its foundation suffered water damage, the Kremlin said Monday. The communist icon’s body will also undergo preservation work, a move that adds fuel to a debate
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressNEW DELHIRussia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars Monday as President Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally. Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed cooperation between their countries
There are reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad is continuing to use Scud missiles against opposition forces. Although the Scuds are not laced with chemical weapons, their use is considered an escalation in the war. The Syrian government denied reports
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWRussia realizes changes in Syria are needed but is concerned that the push to unseat President Bashar Assad’s regime could plunge the country even deeper into violence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Putin’s assessment came just
As a result of a falling birthrate that created a crisis in Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s government is already paying women to have a second child and trying to establish a system of payments for mothers who have a third
(AP) MOSCOWRussia’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a measure banning the adoption of Russian children by Americans, a harsh retaliatory move against U.S. human rights legislation. Top Russian officials have expressed unease about the proposal, an apparent indication that the
AFP: Russian police on Saturday detained dozens of people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as they broke up an anti-Vladimir Putin rally that mustered hundreds in Moscow in defiance of an official ban. Scores of Muscovites, many holding white roses,
(AP) Russia backtracks on statement about Assad’s fallBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWRussia issued a clumsy denial Friday of a statement from its point man on Syria, who said a day earlier that Syrian President Bashad Assad is losing control of the
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday for talks on the conflict in Syria, a US official said. The three-way talks in Dublin come amid growing
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he supports Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi’s approach to “normalizing the situation” in Gaza. According to reports: “The Russian head of state underlined the need to stop the armed confrontation and called on
Russian blogs are announcing that Putin may be in trouble. He has been noticeably absent from recent affairs and the only answer officials give when asked of his whereabouts is, “He is fine.” Rumors of an illness abounded after the
(AP) Putin fires defense minister in wake of scandalBy JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWRussian President Vladimir Putin fired the country’s defense minister on Tuesday, two weeks after a criminal probe was opened into alleged fraud in the sell-off of military assets. Putin
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President Obama explained Saturday that he told Russia’s President that he would have “more flexibility” after reelection to work with Vladimir Putin because he was “off campaigning and doing all kinds of stuff.” Following a question from an audience member
