Navalny case strains EU-Russia relations
The oppositionist Navalny was charged with defrauding Kirovles, a state-owned timber company. According to investigators, he allegedly organized the theft of corporate property worth $510,000
Landing pad for Putin's Mi-8 helicopter appears in Kremlin
The president's press secretary announced that an helicopter landing pad has been built on the premises of the Moscow Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin will use it at the first opportunity
Liberal Democrats want to confiscate Russians’ dollars
Parliamentarian Mikhail Degtyarev of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia has submitted a bill banning dollar savings and transactions on Russian territory
Administrative case opened against Golos for refusing to register as foreign agent - ministry
The Justice Ministry has opened an administrative case against the regional public organization Golos, which is part of the Golos association, which receives funding from abroad, but is not registering as a foreign agent
Berezovsky buried near London amidst will turmoil
The funeral of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was always going to be a private affair, held behind closed doors to the media
Resumption of 2+2 talks between Russia and U.S. topical, but no decision made yet - Ryabkov
The resumption of the 2+2 format of engagement with the United States involving the foreign and defense ministers is topical but no concrete understandings to this end have been reached yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said
Lessons from Boston: How American bombings affect Russia
Two days after two blasts rocked the Boston marathon on April 15, the suspects were established as ethnic Chechens from a region in Russia's North Caucasus, implicating Russia in the bombings
Putin ally Surkov quits as Deputy Prime Minister
President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of his long-time ally and former chief ideologue Vladislav Surkov from his posts as Deputy Prime Minister and government chief of staff
Russian opposition tries to hold on despite challenges
The Russian opposition held a rally on May 6 to mark the anniversary of last year’s mass protests at Bolotnaya Square. The protests in 2012 involved violent clashes with police and resulted in the arrest of 400 protestors, a few of whom remain in cus
Up to 95 percent of Russia's NGOs are financed from abroad - Lev Ponomaryov
Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the movement For Human Rights, believes most of the NGOs operating in Russia are financed from abroad because the "Khodorkovsky case" has deterred Russian businesses from supporting human rights activists
Vladislav Surkov has been relieved of his duties as deputy prime minister
Surkov's resignation as Russian deputy prime minister and head of the government secretariat accepted, the Kremlin press service reported
Putin signs law banning top officials from having accounts in foreign banks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning specific categories of citizens from having accounts in foreign banks, the Kremlin reported on its website
Browder arrest warrant appealed
A lawyer for Bill Browder, chief executive of British investment fund Hermitage Capital, has appealed an arrest warrant for Browder issued by a Moscow court last month
Putin expects to meet personally with Obama in the near future
"I hope to meet with him personally in the near future, and we will have several such opportunities this year," Putin said at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow on Tuesday
Surkov: Russia’s political system has adapted to a new environment
According to Surkov the system has not collapsed, but has “defeated the opposition,” demonstrating a “long overdue harshness” toward extremists
Thousands rally in Moscow in support of Bolotnaya prisoners
Moscow saw this year’s biggest protest rally on Monday evening as about 20,000 people turned up to Bolotnaya Square across the river from the Kremlin, calling for the prosecution of 27 anti-government protesters to be dropped
New Russian law bans foreign bank accounts for officials
The bill was passed in the third and final reading by Russia’s State Duma and will be enacted as soon as it is signed by President Vladimir Putin
Foreign Policy magazine names 23 most powerful Russians
Twenty-three Russian officials and businessmen have been included in the list of 500 most powerful people on the planet compiled by the influential Foreign Policy magazine
May 5 protest action is aimed as provocation
The opposition forces who are organizing a rally in Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow on May 6 have accused the organizing committee of a protest, which is expected to take place in the same venue on May 5, of planning a provocation
Opposition rally allowed on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square on May 6
The Moscow mayor's office has denied permission to the opposition to hold a procession in the center of the Russian capital on May 6 but allowed it to hold a rally with a maximum turnout of 30,000 on Bolotnaya Square that day, said one of the rally o