• Russia confirms adherence to death penalty ban obligations (RIA Novosti) -- Moscow will stick to its commitments on the abolishment of the death penalty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Russia's Constitutional Court extended a moratorium on...
• Russian lawyer who accused police of corruption dies in prison A Russian lawyer jailed after uncovering evidence of police involvement in the theft of $230 million from the government has died in prison, officials said Tuesday, and his American partner is...
• Russia: More policemen confess to corruption online (RT) -- Russia's Interior Ministry is investigating charges of police corruption made by Russian police officer Aleksey Dymovsky. Meanwhile, more revelations are surfacing on the Internet of...
• This is the way the World works: Kids raped by senior Ukrainian politicians in famous Ukrainian recreation camp?
(RT) -- Senior Ukrainian politicians are facing allegations of child sex abuse at a Black Sea holiday camp. The claims will be heard by Parliament on Tuesday and come as the presidential election...
• Dmitry Medvedev cautions opponents of Russia's de facto one party system Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, warned anti-Kremlin opposition politicians on Thursday against adopting radical tactics, promising he would head off any attempts to undermine the de facto one...
• “Swine flu may be means of political manipulation in Ukraine” (RT) -- Ukraine may be using the H1N1 virus as a means of political manipulation, said investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen.
“What happened in Ukraine is the government of...
• Russia admits police corruption The Russian government has admitted that parts of the police have been turned into what the interior minister has described as criminal businesses. It is the most frank admission so far of corruption...
• Russian Justice: Russian cannibal who ate mother has sentence reduced 'because he was hungry' A Russian cannibal who killed and ate parts of his own mother has had his prison sentence reduced by nine months after a court accepted he resorted to cannibalism out of hunger rather than...
• Russian police officer who asked Putin for corruption probe fired (RIA Novosti) - A police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk has been fired after posting a video on the web asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a nationwide corruption...
• Let's Postpone those elections: Ukraine epidemic kills 109 Ukraine epidemic kills 109 Meanwhile, an expert from the World Health Organisation suggested that thousands more patients in Ukraine's hospitals could be infected. Read more
• Collusion with the U.S.: Medvedev says Russia certain to join WTO Related: Medvedev: U.S. blocking Russia's WTO entry; Finding Common Ground With Russia; Kissinger Backs Medvedev, Urges Dialogue with Russia(RIA Novosti) - Russia's president said on Wednesday he has...
• Global Economic Recovery? Russia's alcohol consumption more than 100% above critical level Related: Russia's strategic missile forces to play war games on 9/8 - 9/11Excerpt: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government on September 11 to prepare draft laws on his package of...
• Russian President Medvedev accuses U.S. of blocking Russia's WTO accession (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). "If not for the U.S. very cautious policy...
• Kremlin’s top economic adviser: Russia should sell oil and gas for roubles Russia should gradually switch to selling its oil and gas and other raw resources for roubles to turn the rouble into a key regional reserve currency, the Kremlin’s top economic adviser, Arkady...
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