Russian politics
Russian populist nationalist party LDPR has prepared a draft parliamentary address denouncing previous political activities of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and first Russian President Boris Yeltsin as “criminal and destructive.”
- Bill regulating debt collection services gets OK from Russian govt - report
The Russian cabinet has reportedly approved the bill that, if passed, would impose restrictions on debt collector agencies, including direct ban on psychological pressure or disclosure of debtors’ personal information to a third party. - Communists ask Putin to slap sanctions on Hillary Clinton over Yaroshenko case
A group of Communist Party lawmakers is seeking to impose sanctions on US officials involved in the kidnapping and jailing of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, proposing Hillary Clinton as the first candidate for the blacklist. - LGBT activist wins court case against Russian region over gay pride ban
A court in the Northern Russian city of Kostroma has ruled that municipal authorities had wrongly banned LGBT marches and pickets and ordered monetary compensation in favor of gay rights activist Nikolay Alekseyev. - Govt rejects proposal to ban mentioning terrorists’ religion in mass media
The Russian government has rejected an initiative from the Chechen legislature to ban any mention of terrorists’ religion in mass media, under threat of criminal prosecution and a prison sentence.
- Nationalists seek Duma recognition of Gorbachev’s, Yeltsin’s past actions as criminalRussian populist nationalist party LDPR has prepared a draft parliamentary address denouncing previous political activities of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and first Russian President Boris Yeltsin as “criminal and destructive.”
- Bill regulating debt collection services gets OK from Russian govt - reportThe Russian cabinet has reportedly approved the bill that, if passed, would impose restrictions on debt collector agencies, including direct ban on psychological pressure or disclosure of debtors’ personal information to a third party.
- LGBT activist wins court case against Russian region over gay pride banA court in the Northern Russian city of Kostroma has ruled that municipal authorities had wrongly banned LGBT marches and pickets and ordered monetary compensation in favor of gay rights activist Nikolay Alekseyev.
- Govt rejects proposal to ban mentioning terrorists’ religion in mass mediaThe Russian government has rejected an initiative from the Chechen legislature to ban any mention of terrorists’ religion in mass media, under threat of criminal prosecution and a prison sentence.
- Communists ask Putin to slap sanctions on Hillary Clinton over Yaroshenko caseA group of Communist Party lawmakers is seeking to impose sanctions on US officials involved in the kidnapping and jailing of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, proposing Hillary Clinton as the first candidate for the blacklist.
- Russian senator warns of dangers of international adoption after fresh US scandal
The recent scandal in which a Russian-born man sued the US couple who had adopted him as a boy over “years of sexual servitude” is more proof that international adoption is dangerous, upper house MP Yelena Mizulina has said. - Prosecutors brand Madeleine Albright’s NGO as undesirable in Russia
The Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled that the National Democratic Institute, chaired by a former US secretary of state, poses a threat to Russian security and constitutional order. It proposed including the NGO on the list of undesirable organizations. - Putin orders urgent investigation into attack on journalists near Chechnya
The Russian president has ordered the Interior Ministry to clarify all the circumstances behind Wednesday’s attack on a group of reporters and rights activists on their way to the Chechen capital, Grozny, and “issue a legal appraisal” of this incident. - Savchenko case used as excuse to step up anti-Russian campaign in Europe – State Duma deputy
A Russian MP believes European Parliament members’ calls for new sanctions on Moscow come from a desire to exclude Russia from the global war against terrorism, rather than out of concern for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, as they have claimed. - Communist MPs demand parliamentary probe into police break-up of meeting with voters
The Communist Party has demanded an investigation into a recent incident in which police first tried to prevent and then later dissolved a public meeting between lawmakers and voters in Moscow, reportedly inflicting injuries to a lower house MP. - Russian blogger files appeal with Strasbourg HR court after conviction for web post
An internet activist from Russia has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights claiming that his recent conviction, prompted by promotion of a Ukrainian neo-Nazi group ‘Right Sector’ was politically motivated. - EU’s refusal to accept Ukraine exposes Kiev’s deceit of its own people, says Russian MP
The Ukrainian people remain hostage to the deceitful Kiev regime, but no one is ready to welcome them into Europe, the head of the State Duma’s Committee for Security and Countering Corruption, Irina Yarovaya, has told reporters.
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Lavrov: Russia open to widest possible cooperation with WestRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has discussed the role of Russia in international relations, stressing the need for cooperation between Moscow and the West, in an article published in the Russia in Global Affairs magazine.
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Putin pays tribute to soldiers fighting terrorism abroad in New Year’s address (VIDEO)As Russia ushers in 2016, President Vladimir Putin has given his traditional televised address, aired at 5 minutes to midnight. This year he had special words for Russian soldiers fighting international terrorism. You can read the full speech below.
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