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Russian protest leader sues Putin over 'corruption' AFP February 12, 2016, 5:39 am Moscow (AFP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced he had filed a lawsuit against President Vladimir Putin on Thursday over alleged graft, accusing him of ordering huge loans to a firm owned by...

Russia considers drastic steps to plug finances hit by tumbling oil Reuters February 11, 2016, 3:02 am A picture illustration shows rolled Russian rouble banknotes on a table in Warsaw, Poland, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel By Margarita Papchenkova, Darya Korsunskaya and Elena...

DiCaprio Agrees to Star as Putin in Upcoming Thriller The Moscow Times Feb. 02 2016 18:01 Last edited 18:01 Adrees Latif / Reuters Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has agreed to play the role of President Vladimir Putin in a movie called “Putin,” the Dozhd television station reported...

90% of Russian Regions Hit by Flu Epidemic The Moscow Times Feb. 02 2016 18:49 Last edited 18:49 Andrei Makhonin / Vedomosti Some 90 percent of Russian regions have been hit by the current flu epidemic, which has already killed over 120 people, the TASS news agency reported Tuesday, citing...

Moscow Security Guards Beat Customer, Breaking Ribs - Report The Moscow Times Feb. 03 2016 13:41 Last edited 13:41 Yevgeny Stetsko / Vedomosti Security guards at a Moscow supermarket have allegedly beaten a customer, breaking four of his ribs, after accusing him of trying to steal a...

Most Russian Regions See Population Decrease in 2015 The Moscow Times Feb. 03 2016 18:08 Last edited 18:08 Denis Abramov / Vedomosti Fifty-three out of Russia's 85 federal subjects saw their populations drop in 2015, the RBC news website reported Tuesday, citing official statistics data...

Defense Ministry Confirms Russian Military Advisor Killed in Syria The Moscow Times Feb. 04 2016 14:31 Last edited 14:31 An image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a car parked in front of damaged buildings in a town in Syria. Omar Sanadiki / Reuters Russia's Defense Ministry...

Russia raids state news agency TASS AFP February 5, 2016, 11:20 pm Moscow (AFP) - Russian state news agency TASS said on Friday that the authorities were raiding its Moscow headquarters in relation to an employee's former occupation. "The searches that are being conducted are linked to a...

12 Killed in Textile Factory Fire in Moscow The Moscow Times Feb. 01 2016 11:10 Last edited 11:10 Emergency Situations Ministry A huge fire at a textile factory in northeastern Moscow killed 12 people, including one baby, the TASS news agency reported Sunday, citing the Investigative...

Can somebody investigate my Swiss bank accounts? :p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

Ukraine blames Russian hackers for airport attack Kiev airport computer affected after hackers are blamed for blackout in western Ukraine about 24 hours ago Daniel McLaughlin in Kiev Kiev’s main airport, Boryspil, in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities will review the defences of government...

Russia ends probe against tycoon Yevtushenkov AFP January 14, 2016, 9:14 pm Moscow (AFP) - Russian authorities have closed the criminal case against billionaire tycoon Vladimir Yevtushenkov, his company said Thursday, after seizing some of his assets and briefly arresting him in a 2014 money...

Russian doctor caught on camera flooring patient with deadly punch PUBLISHED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 10:02pm UPDATED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 10:02pm Agence France-Presse in Moscow In the video, the strongly-built doctor in medical clothing drags the bare-chested male patient...

Russian doctor caught on camera flooring patient with deadly punch PUBLISHED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 10:02pm UPDATED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 10:02pm Agence France-Presse in Moscow In the video, the strongly-built doctor in medical clothing drags the bare-chested male patient...

Russia names ‘mastermind’ of Boris Nemtsov’s murder, but his allies see a cover-up PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 9:00am UPDATED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 9:00am Reuters in Moscow The body of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is covered with plastic on Moskvoretsky...

Chechen man sought in murder of Russian opposition chief Nemtsov AFP December 30, 2015, 5:08 am Moscow (AFP) - A panel probing the murder in February of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday identified a Russian of Chechen origin, Ruslan Mukhudinov, as being a lead figure in the...

Prominent Putin foe may seek asylum in UK AP December 25, 2015, 1:31 pm Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and once Russia's richest man, may seek asylum in Britain following the declaration in Moscow that he's been arrested in absentia for possible...

Russia issues international arrest warrant for Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky Former oil tycoon declared a fugitive wanted on murder charges PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 11:31pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 11:31pm Reuters in Moscow Former Russian oil company...

Russia says downed warplane's damaged black box 'not yet' readable AFP December 22, 2015, 3:53 am Moscow (AFP) - Russian military officials said Monday they would call on more specialists to help decipher the damaged black box of a warplane shot down by Turkey after a first attempt to read...