A court in Russia has sentenced eight protesters for rioting and attacking police at a demonstration against Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a third presidential term in 2012. Seven of the "Bolotnaya" activists received prison terms of up to four years. An eighth, the only woman on trial, received a suspended sentence.
On one of the most transformative days in modern Ukrainian history, Russian officials condemned the opposition for failing to uphold the stipulations of an agreement signed by former President Victor Yanukovych and opposition leaders on Feb. 21.
The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday found the suspects in the case involving mass riots on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012 guilty of the charges, an Interfax correspondent has reported, citing the sentence handed out by Justice Natalya Nikishina.
Ukraine should not repeat "the Yugoslavian scenario" and events in this country are occurring at the instigation of the West, which continues to pursue its geopolitical goals, the State Duma said.
The flow of tourists to Sochi will grow considerably thanks to the Olympics and Formula One racing, Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov said.
The Kutaisi City Court found former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili guilty of the abuse of office, bribery of voters and the inefficient use of budget funds on Monday.
SOCHI, Russia — The pageant of Russian history presented in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies passed over the Soviet victory in World War II to the consternation of more than a few patriots. But the war seems to be making the news these days more than ever nonetheless.
(Reuters) - Russia has summoned an American embassy envoy, demanding diplomatic and medical access to a Russian drug smuggler imprisoned in the United States who Moscow says was tortured when arrested by the U.S. authorities in 2010.
Georgian President Giorgy Margvelashvili said Georgia must try and convince Moscow that its membership in NATO would not be a threat to Russia, but, on the contrary, could help Russia solve a host of problems, including that of combating terrorism.
The most active participants in a Saturday protest rally in Almaty have been detained.
Prices in Armenia are not expected to jump after Armenia joins the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union, President Serzh Sargsyan said.
The Russian State Duma passed on Friday in the third reading a law which returns mixed system of elections to the State Duma - half out of 450 deputies will be elected under party lists and half under single-mandate districts.
Religious leaders and public officials in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have urged locals not to celebrate Valentine's Day, while opponents and defenders of the holiday came to violence in Pakistan.
Moscow - The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed bewilderment over the summoning of Minister Counselor Andrei Vorobyov from the Russian Embassy to Ukraine to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry which warned him about the unacceptability of his statements made at a roundtable on the problem of Ukraine's federalization.
SOCHI, Russia — Before boarding the new trains serving Sochi and the Olympic sites here, passengers must pass through metal detectors and place their bags on X-ray machines — just as in airports. What many do not realize is that they are also being scanned by a far more sophisticated system that gauges emotional state in an effort to identify potential terrorists.
From environmental destruction to a brutal crackdown on dissent, Putin's Russia can be a scary place to live
TUAPSE, Russia — The purple Chrysler PT Cruiser sped through the night, barreling around rain-slicked hairpin curves on a clandestine rescue mission. It was 3 a.m. Ahead glared the harsh lights of a security check point. Sochi was 60 miles behind. This was the outer edge of the“Ring of Steel” guarding the Olympics, and the Chrysler was aiming to get past it, to break free into the vast Russian countryside that lies beyond.
Russia is hoping that partners in the UN Security Council will approach constructively the humanitarian draft resolution on Syria submitted by Moscow, the Russia Foreign Ministry said. Earlier Russia's foreign policy chief Sergei Lavrov has described the proposed draft resolution on Syria as a "separate document." He stressed the paper submitted today to the UN Security Council did not seek to amend the West's resolution but offered its own approach to the conflict.
Relations between Russia and the European Union should set clear long-term objectives, and the EU should stop using the friend-or-foe principle in dealing with Russia, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The European Union-Russia summit on January 28 was marked by a frank and open dialogue between the parties, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said.