Screenshot from Facebook video by Dmitry Utukin Law enforcement agencies are investigating an attack on the office of the “Committee against Torture” NGO, the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has said, adding that any unlawful action will be punished, regardless of the reasons behind it. “Law enforcement bodies have launched a probe into […]
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Putin: 12 more countries interested in working with SCO
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the signing of joint agreements following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at Navruz Palace, Dushanbe. (RIA Novosti / Michael Klimentyev) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/264633-russia-sco-weight-putin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Foreign Ministry blasts EU’s anti-Russian ‘witch hunt’
View of the European Parliament building in Brussels (Reuters) A senior Russian diplomat has expressed bewilderment over the decision to limit Russian officials’ access to the European Parliament, adding that such unexplained and unmotivated actions were reminiscent of medieval witch hunts. “I have an impression that the European bureaucracy is partially returning into the times […]
Medvedev promises symmetrical response if new anti-Russian sanctions are introduced
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (RIA Novosti/Ekaterina Shtukina) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/264277-russia-sanctions-reciprocity-symmetrical/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Russians rule out universal polygamy, but some would allow exception for Muslims, poll shows
The newly-weds after their marriage in the Civil Registry Office. (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Vyatkin) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/264185-russian-polygamy-poll-islam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Anti-gay politician urges nationwide ban on topless walks
RIA Novosti / Grigory Susoev Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/263913-russia-law-topless-ban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Kudrin names condition of his return to Putin’s team
Alexei Kudrin (RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/263869-kudrin-government-return-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
‘Below the belt’: Foreign ministry slams Western diplomats for disclosing Russian blacklists
Building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (RIA Novosti / Maksim Blinov) The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed disappointment at their Western colleagues for publicizing lists of people subject to personal sanctions in Russia. They called such measures a threat to mutual trust. “When European partners surpass all boundaries, it can’t cause anything but […]
Moscow puts EU politicians on ‘blacklist’ in response to Western sanctions
RIA Novosti/Maksim Blinov Moscow confirmed that it has sent a list of officials, who were denied entry to Russia, to the countries of the European Union, a high-ranking official at the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, according to TASS news agency. “We would like to refrain from comments on names of the people who […]
Revival of Russian charity traditions enters spotlight at Crimea forum
Livadia Palace in the Crimea. (RIA Novosti/Sergey Subbotin) Scientists, clerics and activists from various parts of Russia as well as from Belarus, Ukraine and Israel have gathered in Crimea to talk charity, spiritual and moral values as part of a crowded forum taking place near the city of Yalta. The third annual forum “Elizabethan legacy […]
Rights activist wants retailers to give unsold food to charity
RIA Novosti/Vladimir Vyatkin A member of the Russian presidential council for Human Rights has asked the government to prepare a bill that would ban retailers from turning unsold food into waste, and order them to send it to farms or charity organizations. Yana Lantratova sent the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade a letter in […]
Law enforcer accuses foreign offshore havens of encouraging Russian corruption
RIA Novosti / Maksim Bogodvid Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262773-russia-corruption-west-provoke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Russia classifies military casualties in peacetime
RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree making all casualties suffered by the Russian military during special operations in peacetime a state secret. Previously, Russia listed as a state secret only casualties suffered by the military during wars. The new rules were published on the government’s legal information website on […]
Top banker Gref speaks against hasty political reforms
Sberbank CEO and Chairman of the Board German Gref (RIA Novosti / Iliya Pitalev) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262693-gref-russian-reform-dangers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Ban night calls from debt collectors, leftists say in draft bill
RIA Novosti / Alexandr Demyanchuk Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262449-russia-collectors-night-calls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Russia should ‘exclude international norms’ from its laws top investigator urges
Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin (RIA Novosti / Sergey Guneev) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262357-russia-international-law-investigator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Defense Ministry to improve conscripts’ preparedness through military lessons in schools
RIA Novosti / Igor Zarembo Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262085-russia-military-training-lessons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Counter attack: MP asks law enforcers to protect Russians from Google page counts
RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/262021-russian-google-protection-users/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Nationalists ponder prison sentences for selling unmarked GMO products
Reuters / Jim Young A number of Russian MPs have suggested altering the current legislation and introducing criminal responsibility for illegal trade in GMO products. The idea is to mete out prison terms of up to two years for repeated offenders. The bill tightening the rules for selling genetically modified products has been prepared by […]
Russia ready for dialogue, despite Western media attacks – Putin’s spokesman
RIA Novosti / Evgenya Novozhenina Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has described attacks by US and UK media on Russia and its president as “loosely made up lies,” but said that Moscow was prepared to work with the West despite this “pinching and nibbling.” Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, told reporters Friday that the latest examples of […]
Russian leftists promise intl action over fresh anti-communist laws in Ukraine
Reuters / Stringer Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/261125-russian-leftists-sue-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Japan admits US pressure behind anti-Russian sanctions – Duma speaker
Reuters/ Kevin Lamarque Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/261113-naryshkin-japan-us-pressure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Faith defender: Orthodox politician seeks ombudsman post for traditional religions
View of the Qolsarif mosque, left, and the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin (RIA Novosti / Maksim Bogodvid) A staunchly Christian St. Petersburg MP known for his anti-gay statements has prepared a bill to create the position of ‘ombudsman for believers’ rights’, who would defend followers of Russian Orthodox Church, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. […]
Hillary who? Russians skeptical about Clinton as future US president, poll shows
ARCHIVE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Moscow (Reuters / Sergey Pyatakov) Most Russians know nothing about Hillary Clinton as a politician, a poll shows. Of those who are aware of her political ambitions, most fear that her election could aggravate relations between Russia and US and worsen the overall situation. The […]
‘NATO expansion threatens Russia’s allies’ – key security official
Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/260337-patrushev-nato-expansion-threat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Duma passes bill allowing expulsion of undesirable foreign organizations
RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko Russia’s lower house has given final approval to a bill that, once signed into law, will prohibit the activities of foreign groups if prosecutors recognize them as threatening to Russia’s security or defense potential. The bill was drafted jointly by two opposition MPs – Aleksandr Tarnavsky of the Fair Russia […]
Russian lawmakers move to tighten law on abortions, restrict morning-after pills
RIA Novosti / Sergey Krasnoukhov MPs want to limit state insurance payments for abortions, ban private clinics from performing them and allow women to buy morning-after pills only on prescription after an obligatory health check. The bill was drafted Tuesday jointly by Sergey Popov of the conservative majority United Russia party and Yelena Mizulina of […]
Veteran activist Alekseyeva returns to presidential rights council
Human rights activist, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva (RIA Novosti / Mikhail Voskresenskiy) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/259965-alekseyeva-presidential-human-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
Russia refuses to join major arms trade treaty citing document’s weakness
Anti-aircraft S-300 missile systems.(RIA Novosti / Alexei Danichev) Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/259625-russia-arms-treaty-weak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS