Anti-Putin Protests

Russia told Google today to stop advertising 'illegal mass events' on Youtube after tens of thousands of Russians protested on Saturday, demanding free and fair elections.   It is estimated that over 50,000 protesters pitched up in central Moscow, waving the…

VLADIMIR Putin squeezed into a set of VERY tight leathers as he joined an ultra-patriotic biker gang at a motorcycle show. The Russian strongman, 66, was snapped grinning at a bike show in Sevastopol - as 50,000 protesters demonstrated against his rule in Mo…

Tens of thousands of people defied a crackdown by Russian authorities to stage what is believed to be the countrys biggest political protest for eight years. Demonstrators shouted down with the tsar! and waved the national flag as they took to the streets of…

Anti-Putin Leader Detained as Russians Hold New Election Protest

Anti-Putin Leader Detained as Russians Hold New Election Protest

Luiza Agadzhanova had nothing to do with the anti-Kremlin opposition before police arrested a fellow student for taking part in a Moscow street protest last month. Now she's helping coordinate a campaign of her own. Classmate Yegor Zhukov, 21, was among more…

Twenty years ago virtually no one - in or outside of Russia - had heard the name Vladimir Putin. But that all changed on August 9, 1999, when the then Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, named his security chief as his new prime minister. The ailing leader al…

August 9, 2019 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades. Here are s…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades. Here are some highlights …

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades. Here are some highlights o…