Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in prison after being detained at a major opposition protest that he had inspired by issuing a video exposing an outstanding wealth of the incumbent Russia’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in a trial many experts access as a ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ to jail a political opponent of…
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EU calls Russia to respect fundamental freedoms
“Police operations in the Russian Federation today, attempting to disperse demonstrations and detaining hundreds of citizens, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, prevented the exercise of basic freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly – which are fundamental rights enshrined in the Russian constitution,” – – said the statement of the European external actions service (EEAS). “We call…
Navalny with hundreds of Russians detained for anti-corruption protest
Police detained anticorruption activist Aleksei Navalny (pictured) as thousands rallied, and dozens were arrested, in cities across Russia in some of the larger public demonstrations the country has seen in years. People protesting in St. Petersburg's Palace Square in 1917 and today, chanting "Down with the Tsar!" pic.twitter.com/hGj5EwO40S — THEY/THEMARS 🇺🇦 #ArmUkraineNow (@Mortis_Banned) March 26,…
Russians unite in anti-corruption protests
Anticorruption protests led by Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny have begun in Russia’s Far East and Siberia. (Photo: demonstration in Novosibirsk) Наиболее многочисленные акции к этому часу прошли в Новосибирске, Иркутске, Красноярске, Владивостокеhttps://t.co/0aRvkXbqUe pic.twitter.com/v4WhzIyAmK — Медиазона (@mediazzzona) March 26, 2017 In Vladivostok, police detained at least 30 people. Local Russian media outlets reported that around…
Islamic State revindicates attack in Chechnya
The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a base of Russia’s National Guard in Chechnya’s Naursky district, a spokesman for the National Guard told Rusian news agency TASS. (Photo: illustration). Six servicemen of Russia’s National Guard were killed when repelling the attack, a spokesman for Russia’s National Guard told TASS: “During…
Turkey to acquire Russian S400
The Turkish officials showed interest in acquisition of an advanced S-400 air and missile defence systems from the Russia. Turkey’s efforts to enhance its defensive strategic military capabilities has been a long-term strategy. It has sought to have a long-range missile defence system of its own, as it is currently relying on NATO-deployed ballistic missile….
Russia, France towards Syrian talks
Russian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault have agreed to cooperate in preparing the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. #SYRIA Report of the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides (March,18th) https://t.co/eatogHylpn pic.twitter.com/uwd3kpg2ar — Минобороны России (@mod_russia) March 18, 2017 “The ministers have agreed…
EU and Russia for common approach towards Libyan conflict
“… Russia being a very important permanent member of the Security Council, my assessment has been that Russia has always been highly involved in the discussions but also in the work on the Libyan file but this is more for the UN Representative (Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission…
Suspect IS child-fighters in Chechnya
For the first time, severe repressive measures were applied to minors attending Islamic schools (‘medrese’), which in the Chechen Republic in recent years became numerous, – reports ‘Novaya Gazeta’, Russia. The human rights activists inform about 200 jailed, suspected in sympathies to the Islamic state, including children, detained for direct and indirect participation in attacks…
EU prolongs individual sanctions aganist Russians
On 13 March 2017, the Council prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months, until 15 September 2017. The measures consist of asset freezes and a travel bans. The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the…
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