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Police detained more than 450 people at rallies in Siberia and Russia’s Far East on Sunday as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets to protest his jailing, despite biting cold and the threat of arrest. The…

A Russian court on Friday ordered that the brother and several allies of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny be put under house arrest ahead of the new nationwide rallies planned for Sunday. Moscow police said they would close metro…

European Union foreign ministers will consider potential “next steps” against Russia after western nations condemned the Kremlin’s harsh treatment of demonstrators calling for the release of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The…

A Russian judge remanded Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny in pre-trial detention for 30 days on Monday for violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence, ignoring calls from Western countries to free the opposition politician immediately.…

Police detained prominent Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer. The move, which could see Navalny jailed for 3.5…

Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny is to return to Moscow on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned by a nerve agent last year. Navalny took off on Pobeda airlines plane in Berlin, bound for Russia. The…

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Monday sat down for talks with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan over the Nagorno- Karabakh truce. Putin brought together the leaders for the first time…

A fishing trawler sank in the northern Barents Sea on Monday, the emergencies ministry said, and 17 people were feared dead off the coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Rescue vessels were searching for survivors but only two people had…

South Korea said it scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into its air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft on Tuesday. Four Chinese warplanes entered the Korea Air Defence Identification…

Authorities in Moscow arrested a physicist on suspicion of state treason for allegedly passing classified information about Russia’s aviation industry abroad, news agencies reported late on Thursday. A Moscow court ruled that Anatoly…