Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Europe|News|World

Russian journalist jailed for anti-war statements declares hunger strike

Maria Ponomarenko, a journalist from Siberia serving a six-year prison sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, has declared a hunger strike,

Crime|News

Russia detains former deputy defence minister for suspected fraud as corruption probe deepens

A military court in Moscow placed Pavel Popov, a former deputy defence minister, in detention on Thursday on suspicion of fraud in the latest of a string of corruption

Russia detains former deputy defence minister for suspected fraud as corruption probe deepens
News|Political

Russian who made career of informing on others is charged himself

Timur Bulatov, a Russian activist who has boasted about denouncing LGBT people and Kremlin critics to the authorities, is now in the line of fire himself,

News|Political

Journalist and wife face being labelled by Russia as extremist group

A Russian court is considering a prosecutor's request to designate a journalist who frequently criticises the war in Ukraine and his wife as an extremist

News|Political

Russian soldiers' wives demand defence minister return their men from the front

А group of Russian women staged a small but rare protest outside the Defence Ministry in Moscow on Monday to demand the return of mobilised soldiers from the

News|Political

Kremlin critic Yashin loses 'foreign agent' appeal

Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin, imprisoned for criticising the war in Ukraine, lost a court appeal on Wednesday against being designated as a "foreign

Kremlin critic Yashin loses 'foreign agent' appeal
News|Political

Navalny allies urge sanctions on Putin allies over opposition leader's death

Allies of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and wealthy oligarchs should

Navalny allies urge sanctions on Putin allies over opposition leader's death
News|Political|Technology

Russian rights group says YouTube threatens to block its anti-war channel

A leading Russian rights group says it has received a notice from YouTube threatening to block access in Russia to one of its video channels featuring news on

Russian rights group says YouTube threatens to block its anti-war channel
News|Technology

Russian programmers play 'cat and mouse' game to outsmart censors

When Antony Rudkovsky was about 15, he began to teach himself how to build virtual private networks (VPNs) to access Internet content unavailable in Russia.

Russian programmers play 'cat and mouse' game to outsmart censors
Arts|News

Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial

A Russian theatre director and playwright told a court on Monday they were not guilty of charges of justifying terrorism on the first day of their trial over

Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial
Arts|Education

Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown

Roberto Carnero, an Italian literature professor at the University of Bologna, was shocked when he received a call from his Italian publisher in March about the

Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown
News|World

Russians in flooded regions complain of slow compensation

Russians living in flood-hit areas have taken to social media to complain that local officials are doing too little to compensate them for lost property nearly

Russians in flooded regions complain of slow compensation

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